Costume Design

Ane Crabtree creates the look of the cast putting together entire portfolios for her team to work from. She uses historical references to inform shows like Masters of Sex and lets her imagination roam free inspired by the script and characters.

Kenneth Branagh’s Murder on the Orient Express harkens back to another era but is updated with modern and eternal themes – ethnic discrimination, greed and revenge. The Agatha Christie classic allows for plush material and incredible tailoring, lavishly employed by costume designer Alex Byrne.

Set in the late 1950s the wardrobe of Wonder Wheel is lush with clothes that show up the feminine form fantastically without being blatant. The clothing is a palette of warm colors on Kate Winslet that emphasize the waist.

Wardrobe, hair and makeup are seldom given their due. To understand how important those departments are click through the gallery to witness the many manifestations of Tatiana Maslany in Orphan Black, as she portrays multiple characters covering everything from a scientist, an assassin, to an executive and more.

One of the themes of War for the Planet of the Apes is the humanization of animals and the animalization of humans. Costume designer Melissa Bruning has a multilayered task – she’s a key element in the process of clothing motion-captured creatures and determining the color and design of their motion-capture suits (which the wizards of Weta Workshop will render as apes); and she also has the creative oversight on the costuming of flesh and bone characters, adding to the whole visual atmosphere of the movie, reinterpreting military paraphernalia, conveying power and, at the same time, evoking emotions.

What does it take to object when you are treated as an object? That line could be a mantra for women in our current political climes. Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale creates a world in which child-bearing women are raped to populate the world.

Ryan Murphy’s latest limited series, FEUD: Bette and Joan, tells the story of the rivalry between two of the silver screen’s greatest actresses Bette Davis and Joan Crawford. The series is a visual delight – talented costume designer Lou Eyrich has recreated the glamour of a bygone era.

How do you bring an animation classic to life? You hire production designer Sarah Greenwood and costume designer Jacqueline Durran. You put Bill Condon in the director’s chair, and musical legend Alan Menken in place to oversee and score the new musical numbers.

The fascinating tale of two Russian spies – “Elizabeth” and “Philip” – living in the United States as a regular American family in the last years of the Cold War, the FX series The Americans has received several accolades, including Golden Globe nominations for its stars Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys. While people may have wondered about Cold War themes in the new millennium, the talk of a possible Russian shadow in America’s last election and on-going questions and innuendo between the two countries, has made the show almost prescient – and hotter than ever.

Colleen Atwood is among the most celebrated costume designers working today. A total of eleven Oscar nominations (Little Women, Beloved, Sleepy Hollow, Chicago, A Series of Unfortunate Events, Memoirs of a Geisha, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Nine, Alice in Wonderland, Snow White and the Huntsman and Into the Woods) and three victories (Chicago, Memoirs of a Geisha and Alice in Wonderland) are the best proof of her talent.