When watching the Netflix series Master of None it can be difficult to decipher where the show's co-creator and star, Aziz Ansari, ends and his character, Dev, begins. Both men are funny, insightful guys with overlapping autobiographical details—and great clothes. We've long been fans of Ansari's elevated everyman look—pulled off via a wardrobe of in-season designer gear and closet staples—and he brings that same effortless sense of style to the show. Ansari is a young multi hyphenate up there with the best of them (see: Pharrell, James Franco, Donald Glover) but it turns out even the comedian/writer/actor/director needs some help getting dressed—especially on screen. Enter Dana Covarrubias. The costume designer has worked closely with Ansari on both seasons of the hit show and in real life too, helping to curate an approachable mix of menswear that lands the funnyman on best-dressed lists time and time again. We talked with Covarrubias on all things style, how she's developed Ansari's style on and off the screen, and where she finds those excellent threads. Be forewarned, mild spoilers ahead, but in exchange you get some golden style advice.

How did you get involved with Master of None?

Dana Covarrubias: I got involved in costume design in the film world right after school. I grew up in Texas and it wasn’t something I even knew existed. I studied theater designer, so even after getting out of college I didn’t know about film costume design and how different it is. I got an internship working in the costume department of a TV show and I fell in love with it, I absolutely fell head over heels in love with it. It was one of those things when you feel like something is so easy for you, you’re like This is what I should be doing.

I started out working on comedy TV shows and sort of kept doing it. My first big job was doing Louis, season two on FX. From there, you’re name sort of gets out there as being a comedy costume person and so I worked with that company on a bunch of different projects, like I worked on the pilot of Broad City and established those looks.

So you’re the go-to designer of all the cool, Brooklyn-y shows.

You kind of just get in that zone of things. I guess my name just came up for Master of None’s first season. I went in to interview and I just really hit it off with Aziz and Alan [Yang, the show’s co-creator]. We’re all about the same age and I think I sort of came in and brought in research with me that would be great for Dev’s looks for the show. I think we all just liked the same brands, like Steven Alan and Band of Outsiders.