#daniel selon

Daniel being a support to the Coven True project, and Aubrey liking it. <3

Here's the info from the project's website:

Every witch needs their coven.

Inspired by the representation, hope, and community created by Agatha All Along, and the conversations following the loss of Jeff Baena, our little coven has worked to create The Coven True Project. We’ve set out to provide resources, build community, and raise funds for The Trevor Project.

Interesting article about Daniel Selon. I didn't realize he'd already won an Emmy with the Wanda team; that makes me feel a little better for them being shut out this year.

The parts about Daniel:

Daniel Selon ’08 was at a friend’s house on July 15 when his phone started pinging non-stop. One particular text stood out from the rest: “Congratulations, you genius witch!”

It came from Jac Schaeffer, creator of Agatha All Along, the Marvel Studios series (streaming on Disney+) starring Kathryn Hahn as the titular witch alongside a coven of costars, including Patti LuPone and Aubrey Plaza. Selon and his team had been nominated for Outstanding Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes in the Creative Arts Emmy Awards competition.

“Soon after that text, we had a very emotional FaceTime call with the costuming crew where I got to sob and tell them how much I love them all,” says Selon, an actor-turned-costume designer who won a 2021 Emmy in the same category as an assistant costume designer for WandaVision, the predecessor series to Agatha. When Selon considers his trajectory as a costume designer, he points to his father’s own path as an architect. The two professions, he suggests, are closely related: “You’re creating forms that go over bodies; you’re creating negative and positive spaces; and you’re turning something you design from two dimensions into three.” After graduating from Occidental as a theater major, Selon landed bit parts in the occasional commercial and TV show, but what resonated most with him on set were the garments he was given. “I loved how wearing costumes informed and made me feel a certain way as an actor,” he recalls. (Selon learned to sew during his time as work-study in the Theater Department’s costume shop.) Delving deep into costume design, Selon designed on several shows such as The League on FX, but he found his footing once he began as assistant costume designer under Mayes C. Rubeo on Marvel's Thor: Love and Thunder, WandaVision, and DC’s Blue Beetle. In the wake of WandaVision‘s Emmy win for costuming, Schaeffer offered him the role as costume designer on Agatha—an opportunity he embraced to the fullest.

When Selon considers his trajectory as a costume designer, he points to his father’s own path as an architect. The two professions, he suggests, are closely related: “You’re creating forms that go over bodies; you’re creating negative and positive spaces; and you’re turning something you design from two dimensions into three.” After graduating from Occidental as a theater major, Selon landed bit parts in the occasional commercial and TV show, but what resonated most with him on set were the garments he was given. “I loved how wearing costumes informed and made me feel a certain way as an actor,” he recalls. (Selon learned to sew during his time as work-study in the Theater Department’s costume shop.) Delving deep into costume design, Selon designed on several shows such as The League on FX, but he found his footing once he began as assistant costume designer under Mayes C. Rubeo on Marvel's Thor: Love and Thunder, WandaVision, and DC’s Blue Beetle. In the wake of WandaVision‘s Emmy win for costuming, Schaeffer offered him the role as costume designer on Agatha—an opportunity he embraced to the fullest.

“With Agatha, it was so intentional about how we told the stories of these witches, with everyone in the costume department breaking out their tarot cards or lighting candles while we worked,” he recalls. “It truly was incredible.”

Every costume tells a story, Selon adds. “I have to come to the table with creative ideas and say, ‘I have this real estate on this cape, it’s going to be on screen a lot, so how can we add to a character’s lore by adding something to it?’ (“I just think he’s a wizard,” Hahn said of Selon when the show premiered last fall. “He was so invested in the soul of this.”)

Compared to its Marvel Cinematic Universe predecessors, “This show is different,” says Selon, who identifies as queer. “It has the most authentic queer representation in any cast within the MCU.” Although Agatha was unable to conjure up an Emmy win for Selon and his team, he’s already deep into a new dream job: designing the costumes for producers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s revival of The Muppet Show, due in 2026. “This is going to be a super fun and energetic and playful show, while paying homage to the original,” he says.