Fargo was a feat of research and engineering. Melissa Byers "Doing a piece like Fargo was interesting because it's a period piece, but the tone and the kind of mindset of Fargo is like a mythology genre, like the genre that is that old cops and gangsters genre, and sort of American myth genre." says costume designer JR Hawbaker. Season four of the series is even more so, because the story has changed location and time period. Set in the 1950s in Kansas City, the story follows rival Black and Italian gangs fighting for control over the movement of contraband. There are deals, and gunfights, and lots and lots of characters to clothe, and it all has to be authentic.