The dark comedy series Sirens is making waves for its New England-inspired wardrobe, and creator Molly Smith Metzler is spilling the significance behind the show's Lilly Pulitzer wardrobe.

In an interview with Variety, Metzler admits that the outfits are "ridiculous" and shares the inspiration behind the lockets worn by the "sirens" in the show.

The Inspiration Behind the Lilly Pulitzer Wardrobe

Metzler explains that the characters' clothing was inspired by her time spent in coastal New England towns, specifically Nantucket. "Lilly Pulitzer is for real," she told Variety. "They all have it on in Nantucket. Then there's the Nantucket reds, the salmon color pants. The first time you see it, you're like, 'Where am I?' It's so bright. It's sort of like, if you've been there, you're in on the joke, you know the pants to buy."

Metzler adds that the majority of the Lilly Pulitizer-esque clothing on the show is custom-made. "I love Lilly, I have some Lilly, but it's a little ridiculous," she shared. "There's something so saturated and bright about it. We're so fortunate [Caroline Duncan], our costume designer, took that and just ran with it — most of the stuff on the show that looks like Lilly Pulitzer is actually custom."

The show's creator also addresses the lockets that all of the "sirens" wear, saying that the jewelry is a "status symbol" in Nantucket. "It's something you can only buy in Nantucket, they're called basket necklaces, and they usually have ivory from Wales in them," she explains. "But they're very expensive, they're handmade and everyone in Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard is wearing them."

Metzler describes the piece as "a little culty." "It's a little like wearing a cross, like a religion," she says. "You know something that everyone else doesn't."

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Sirens is streaming on Netflix.