Serbian costume designer Bojana Nikitović doesn’t know who referred her to work on “ Dune : Prophecy.” “I don’t know who suggested my name, and I never found out, but I’m really grateful for whoever that was,” she says. Vague origins aside, the decision proved fruitful, as Nikitović’s work brought the Frank Herbert-inspired characters to life with distinction, earning the show an Emmy nomination in outstanding fantasy/sci-fi costumes for its debut episode, “The Hidden Hand.”

Streaming on HBO Max, “ Dune: Prophecy ” takes place 10,000 years before the birth of Paul Atreides and the events of the Denis Villeneuve films. It follows two Harkonnen sisters as they build their Sisterhood school into the powerful sect of Truthsayers known as the Bene Gesserit. In true “Dune” fashion, the seri

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