Dan Levy has admitted 'Schitt's Creek' was the "greatest gift" for his love of fashion. The 41-year-old actor - who co-created the series with his father and co-star Eugene Levy - used to spend "all year round" searching for his dream costumes for the programme and was very hands-on when it came to putting together looks for co-stars Catherine O'Hara and Annie Murphy. He told the Daily Telegraph newspaper: "I feel as a storyteller you can say so much through how someone chooses to dress.
And 'Schitt’s Creek' was obviously the greatest gift. "I got to find pieces from collections I’d loved in the past to dress Catherine or Annie in. "I got to touch and feel clothes that when I was younger I had admired from afar.
We had no budget when we started, so I was on Grailed and eBay. "Everything came from some kind of designer consignment site. I would search all year round.
"And then I would bring all the clothes into our costume department, we would unpack them, and then myself and Debra Hanson, the costume designer on the show, would take the clothes that I had bought and style them." Dan was interested in fashion from a very young age and even used to go home from school at lunchtime so he could try a different outfit for the afternoon. He said: "My parents, I think, had a suspicion that I was gay from a young age, but there’s just something about fashion that I’ve always loved.
"My mom tells a story – although I can’t remember this – about when I was in elementary s.