Costume Designer

Almost thirty years after Clueless, Mona May is still one of the most revered and impactful Costume Designers in Hollywood. The name Mona May doesn’t go unnoticed in the Costume Design world.

The 2023 black comedy drama series Beef streamed by Netflix has instantaneously become a sort of a cultural phenomenon. Created for A24 by Korean filmmaker Lee Sung known for his scriptwriting of Golden Globe nominated Silicon Valley series.

For once, costume designers were center stage at UCLA Film School's James Bridges Theater last Saturday. The five Oscar nominees for Best Costume Design were the main cast of characters in a lively and interesting panel moderated by Deborah Nadoolman Landis, a renowned costume designer herself (Animal House, The Blues Brothers, Indiana Jones, among her many film credits).

In an unusual act of homage, Babylon’s Director Damien Chazelle conducted a Q&A session with his own crew members – Costume Designer Mary Zophres, Music Composer Justin Hurwitz, Production Designer Florencia Martin and Art Director Anthony Parrillo – at American Cinematheque’s Aero Theatre on Saturday, March 4, 2023. The reality of filmmaking is full of “hard choices and compromises,” said Chazelle addressing his team.

"I'll be wearing something very simple to the awards", says Jenny Beavan, one of the most Oscar and BAFTA nominated Costume Designers of our time who is putting her "simple" outfit together for the Baftas on Saturday as we speak. Her latest achievement comes for Mrs.

What does love look like? Oscar Nominated Massimo Cantini Parrini (Cyrano) has captured the intangible and magical feeling in fabric and hue, so if the viewer feels like they are inside moving art, the twice nominated Italian costume designer – previously nominated for Pinocchio – has achieved his aim, for he drew inspiration from 18th century watercolors he’d observed in the museums of London and Rome. At Italy at The Oscars, the Tuscan native declared, “I love to work.

When you think long-term, you win. Jenny Beavan got her first break on an unpaid position as a costume designer on a small Merchant/Ivory picture, followed by many more from the famous independent producer team, including A Room with a View which got her first Oscar.

There’s a moment in Wonder Woman 1984 where Gal Gadot enters a party in a flowing white ensemble, the breeze catches just right and the skirt lifts and balloons showing an endless stretch of leg casually but impactfully. Costume designer Lindy Hemming refers to the stunning look, rightfully, as, “the goddess garment.

“The school had to ask my mother not to allow me to wear my clothing choices when I was 5 to pre-school because the other kids were wanting to emulate me, turning up in a slip over a t-shirt with a giant tulle skirt,” laughs the costume designer of Sylvie’s Love, Phoenix Mellow, who created a lush period look pulled from Chanel’s Karl Largerfeld period and inspired by Audrey Hepburn, Diahann Carroll, Sidney Poitier and John Coltrane. The costume designer’s love of vintage is apparent, combing the feel of the ‘50s and ‘60s and using writer/director Eugene Ashe’s family photos to finesse the stars’ wardrobe.

The Undoing is set in the heart of New York City. The main characters, Grace and Jonathan Fraser, – played by Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant – live on the rich Upper East Side, where women and men take luxurious designer brands for granted as part of their wardrobe.