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<i>By Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer</i><br>
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Famed "Sex and the City" sytlist Patricia Fields styled the "Ugly Betty" pilot, but costume designer Eduardo Castro has done every show since.<br>
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("Those were big shoes to fill," he said).<br>
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Castro said styling the show is an insane amount of work (think of all those characters, and all those colors!) but ultimately rewarding since at least the outfits get noticed.<br>
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The hardest of all to style? Miss Betty (America Fererra) herself.<br>
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"You don't want to make her pretty or awkward or clumsy or ugly," he said. "You just want to make her authentic and quirky and interesting. Her choices are ... interesting."

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By Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer

Famed "Sex and the City" sytlist Patricia Fields styled the "Ugly Betty" pilot, but costume designer Eduardo Castro has done every show since.

("Those were big shoes to fill," he said).

Castro said styling the show is an insane amount of work (think of all those characters, and all those colors!) but ultimately rewarding since at least the outfits get noticed.

The hardest of all to style? Miss Betty (America Fererra) herself.

"You don't want to make her pretty or awkward or clumsy or ugly," he said. "You just want to make her authentic and quirky and interesting. Her choices are ... interesting." (ABC)

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