Costume Design

You are what you wear – this old cherry is explored with superheroes as the cast discussed how the clothing in Marvel Universe’s Captain America: Civil War helps them embody their iconic characters. Chris Evans, who portrays Captain America, is careful to avoid hints of jingoism.

How do you take costumes avid fans know intimately and update them? That was the challenge for costume designer Michael Wilkinson. Having created the clothing for 300, American Hustle and Man of Steel, the Academy Award nominee was up to the task.

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It’s easy to see why Outlander, nominated for three Golden Globes, is a fan favorite, with its romantic Scottish backdrop, a time traveling heroine caught in the 18th century, and strapping men in kilts. Created and executive produced by Ronald D.

One of an occasional series on the artists and craftspeople working behind the scenes to bring movies to life. The costumes of The Bastard Executioner, most as appropriately bleak as the storyline, were as important to the authenticity of the Kurt Sutter series as the accents and the set design.

Look closely. Of course you are either scared out of your wits or enthralled by Guillermo del Toro’s masterful retelling of a classic gothic ghost story, but take a moment and try.

Lizzy Caplan and Ane Crabtree talk about the costumes of Masters of Sex Ane Crabtree has dressed some of the icons of TV. And as costume designer on shows like The Sopranos, Luck and Rectify she has been responsible for creating iconic looks for some of television’s biggest contemporary characters.

It might not be surprising to learn that Deborah Nadoolman Landis is the costume designer responsible for the clothes seen in such classics as The Blues Brothers, Animal House and Trading Places; those films are after all directed by her husband John Landis. But the Academy Award nominated designer is also responsible for such iconic items as Harrison Ford’s fedora in Indiana Jones and the red leather jacket that Michael Jackson wore in the Thriller video and she was twice president of the Costume Designers Guild.

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