How ‘The Vince Staples Show’ Costume Designer Captured the Essence of Long Beach Style

If you’re not from Los Angeles, items like Nike Cortez and freshly pressed Dickies suits likely come to mind when you think of the city’s signature style. Yes, those are key pieces of the L.A. uniform for certain groups in the city, but it isn’t what everyone is wearing. Neishea Lemle, the costume designer of The Vince Staples Show, is an L.A. native herself. She was conscious of this when putting together the outfits for each character across the show’s five-episode first season. More specifically, she wanted to spotlight the style cues of Vince Staples’ hometown of Long Beach as authentically as possible, down to minute details like how certain characters wear their socks or stack rings on their fingers. Read more at Complex.