Beautiful Ruins : Costume Design Mary Claire – Stella – Haylee – Liz
Our Project 2 costume boards 1960’s board and modern board Hands-on / organic Mix of images, fabrics, and fashion objects Overall “looks,” hair, and makeup Looked to actors / actresses casted for the film for inspiration Blockbuster budget Our adaptation: true to book, with a few updates
Our Costume Designer: Colleen Atwood Nominated for 10 Academy Awards for best costume design Won 3 Academy Awards for Chicago, Memoirs of a Geisha, and Alice and Wonderland Close collaborator with Tim Burton, Rob Marshall, Jonathan Demme
1960’s Board Dee Jackie Kennedy / Grace Kelly “Wide-brimmed hat” Old Hollywood glamour Classic Pasquale Image-conscious Put-together despite not having money Third-rate Italian suits Slicked-back hair
1960’s Board Cont. Michael Dean / Richard Burton Old Hollywood Expensive looking Wealth Dean as a Cary Grant-type character Alvis Bender Rugged Former soldier turned writer Strappy, intellectual Ernest Hemingway
Modern Day Board Dee Still attractive as an older lady Good taste Michael Dean An older version of his younger self Still wearing expensive suits
Modern Day Board Cont. Claire The ultimate modern girl Sophisticated Young Hollywood Real life Emma Stone Shane Wheeler Went against the book Modern, young Hollywood, Hip Professional
History of Costume Design First decade and a half If contemporary clothing was needed, actors/actresses wore their own 1912 – costume rental companies 1920s – jobs and opportunities with boom of film industry Costume design is integral to movies