Colleen Atwood is no stranger to creating dazzling costumes for musicals, counting such spectacles as

“Nine” and “Chicago” among her credits.

Now, she can add Bill Condon’s “ Kiss of the Spider Woman ” to that list. In Condon’s adaptation of the Broadway musical, Atwood crafted a wardrobe for Jennifer Lopez’s dual characters of Ingrid Luna and Aurora/Spider Woman that ranges from an elite working woman’s ward- robe (Aurora is head of a fashion glossy) to movie star looks, calling back to the Golden Age of MGM musicals.

Atwood was familiar with Manuel Puig’s 1976 book, and subsequently saw Héctor Babenco’s 1985 film adaptation and the Broadway musical.

Atwood’s designs reference those pre- vious iterations. In one sequence, Lopez wears a cream suit with a hat. “That outfit really i

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