In a career spanning over three decades, she is recognized for her prolific work across independent films and blockbusters.

[2] After graduation, Zophres moved to New York City and began her career in fashion, which included stints for Norma Kamali and Esprit, among others.

She worked under costume designer Judy L. Ruskin, who first tasked her to sort through and organize massive piles of thrifted buy-by-the-pound clothing into categories: '50s, '60s, and '70s, and then asked her to return another day.

[2] Zophres moved to Los Angeles and began a professional relationship with designer Richard Hornung.

During the preproduction of Coen's 1996 film, Fargo Hornung felt ill and couldn't finish the project.