Mikaze, Sarath Ton, makes gear for several WWE Superstars, and one of those WWE Superstars that he always helps bring out the story of their character through the gear they are wearing is Sasha Banks.
Speaking to Renee Paquette on The Sessions, Mikaze spoke about making WrestleMania gear for his wife, Sasha Banks and the "sexy" look she was going for.
"Sasha wanted to look extra sexy this year," said Mikaze. "Specifically, she said she wanted cut-outs. So I just started playing with that idea and just trying to figure it out."
Furthermore, Mikaze explained how he can easily separate the character of Sasha Banks from Mercedes Varnado, his wife.
"I understand what it's like to be a wrestler and to want to walk in feeling a certain way. At the end of the day, that's Sasha Banks, that's not Mercedes," he explained. "So you're just trying to convey her strength and her bossiness in a sexy way. Also, you're elevating it from years past. So like, I was talking to one of the ladies this past week, and I said, 'Some girls, they approach things thinking, 'I just need to sparkle. If I sparkle, then it's gonna look great' But in the end day, it's not necessarily always about the sparkle. Sometimes it's just changing your look drastically from one end to the other.' It can be the plainest gear possible. If it's a drastic change, then it conveys a whole other side of you."
Mikaze also explained the importance that gear can play in a character change.
"It would have to be driven by the story. What's the point of the story he's trying to get across? Because, it's hard to put someone into wrestling gear when they're getting ready for a deathmatch. Why would you even think to go in that direction? On the same token, you can have someone walking into a deathmatch, but their whole stance is, 'I am a wrestler, I'm gonna go in there with my tights because I am a true professional wrestler. That's my uniform.' I think, when you're trying to elevate or change a person's look, it's just a matter of like, at the end of the day, it has to still feel like that person. You can't just go out of the box just for the sake of it because if it looks like it doesn't fit him, then he's now he's just a guy wearing a costume," Mikaze said.
Elsewhere in this podcast, Mikaze spoke about making the gear for Logan Paul. Read more here.
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