That was the question Katina Danabassis was tasked with answering as the costume designer of Materialists, the new film from writer-director Celine Song. Danabassis previously worked with Song on Past Lives, her critically acclaimed directorial debut. Now, two years later, she is dressing a new, and very different, leading lady.

The ambition of Celine Song’s “Materialists” — her romantic comedy-drama starring Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans, and Pedro Pascal — is apparent from the first frame. Shot on 35mm film, the movie opens with a towering wide shot not of modern-day New York City, but a verdant forest, where we watch two cave people fall in love.