"Secondly, this film is unusual because so much revolves around mistaken identity. The challenge is to make the actors look alike and, at the same time, individual. Finally, it's also important to recreate the persistent name-dropping found in the book," Mussenden adds. To that end, she received loans of actual 1980s clothing from an assortment of prominent designers. For "the downtown, edgy, Soho style," Vivienne Westwood, Gaultier, Versace and Betsy Johnson are represented, while the era's Asian influences are reflected in fashions by Issey Miyaki, Yohji Yamamoto and Kenzo.