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Leopard? ✔️ Expensive? ✔️ 'Hacks' costume designer on how to keep a character on the right side of caricature

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Jun 18, 2022
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SPOTTED Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) and Ava (Hannah Einbinder) in Season 2 of Hacks. (HBO Max)

Deborah Vance is about as far from “Coastal Grandmother” as you can get.

Played by national acting treasure Jean Smart in the HBO Max smash Hacks — just renewed for a third season — Smart’s Las Vegas comedian wouldn’t be caught dead in neutral hues and withering…

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