Echoâs costume designer Ambre Wrigley on Alaqua Cox styling Marvel characters and more

Echo, the latest Marvel series released with a positive reception. The series starring Alaqua Cox, Vincent D’Onofrio and others revolves around Maya Lopez, picking up after the events of Hawkeye. Bringing the character to life meant going back to the comic book’s pages. Costume design is key to translating the visuals into live-action. Ambre Wringley was tasked with fleshing out the unique costumes of Echo. She offers insights on accurate costumes, creating a character’s personal style and more in a press release.

Describing her experience of working with Alaqua Cox, Ambre says, “She was very warmhearted, and professional and communicated easily about the fit and feel of her costumes which is a designer’s dream. I look forward to seeing where her acting career takes her.”

Further delving into her experience with Marvel Studios, she says, “Marvel is exciting to work for and I appreciate the universes they’re creating. These characters are beloved by people all over the world and seeing them jump from the page to the screen is a very special moment to be a part of. I hope to continue bringing the characters to life as authentically as possible for as long as Marvel and its fans will let me.”

Echo is pretty much a standalone Marvel series that deviates from the Avengers’ and multiversal narrative. It has a grounded story that spotlights the Choctaw Nation and its people. Opening up about a “beautiful once-in-a-lifetime moment” while filming the stickball scene in the second episode, Ambre reveals, “This scene was very complex and took place in a specific but creative era. Our prep time for it was quick and my focus was on getting as much detail into the costumes as possible… I thought of nothing else for 3 weeks. My costume crew and I reached the shooting location and we were strictly locked in on getting it right and ensuring the representatives of each Nation were pleased and excited with their characters’ looks.”

She adds, “I can still remember the sound of the grass as we walked, our brains and bodies maxed out but still running on the adrenaline of it all. We turned left, I lifted my head from thought, squinted into the set and I just stopped. It was seeing the characters all in their spots, in motion, on location with hair and makeup and the set decoration and just the size of it all was stunning. We stood there staring in awe and this smile spread across both our faces and we giggled in shock. I remember saying to her ‘In what world would we ever have imagined getting to see this?’ We were standing in front of a 1000AD stick ball battle with Chiefs and Tribal Representatives from multiple Nations and we had helped make it happen.”

Echo is currently streaming on OTT.