The reference to the Depp/DS film in this article is a bit misleading because it makes it seem as if Courtney Hoffman was the costume designer on the film, but we all know that was Colleen Atwood. Courtney Hoffman was actually a costume buyer for DS.
The person interviewed seems to think the DS paperbacks were only for kids. Sure, kids certainly bought them because we were all kids when we bought them - but we weren't actually the target audience because women were...