In creating the world of Nia DaCosta’s “ Hedda ,” hair and makeup artist Sharon A. Martin created a new phrase to explain the aristocratic world of mid-century England.

“I coined the phrase ‘classic modernity’ to it because it’s [a] very period [film], but then it could also be [a mix of] today and the period that we had to play with,” said Martin during a Variety Artisans Spotlight presented by Amazon MGM Studios, moderated by Senior Artisans Editor Jazz Tangcay.

“Because we had the two groups of friends, it gave me a lot of scope to play around with the shapes and the looks because I decided that they could be influences of the day,” continued Martin. “George’s friends were a little bit more classic, and Hedda’s friends are looking more to the future. It gave us a good playground.”

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