costume designers

When it comes to T.V or film I love anything that has some sort of costume and that isn't considered 'normal' in today's clothing. Probably because its fantasy and not real, the imagination can stretch and anything is possible. A costume can create a character and help tell the story. It holds power in a movie or T.V of fantasy, getting away from everyday normal life and escaping reality.

One of my favourite movies of all time is The wizard of oz, it has mesmerized me for as long as I can remember; it host one of the most iconic costumes in film history, Dorothy's (Judy Garland) blue and white gingham dress. As well as Dorothy's costume Glinda's costume is also iconic to the film, both charactors are good and powerful and reflect this in the costume- high puffed out shoulders similar to that of the power dressing era in women in the 90's.
Costume designer for The wizard of oz- Adrian Adolph Greenberg

Here are some of my other favourite costumes from films, each one poweful and striking in it's own right.

 Charlize theron Snow whit and the huntsman- Costume designer-Colleen Atwood

Beatlejuice- Costume designer- Aggie Guerard Rodgers

 Johnny depp in Edward scissor hands-Costume designer-Colleen Atwood

Michelle Pfeiffer in Batman returns- Costume designer- Bob Ringwood and Mary E. Vogt

One of the most successful costume designers is Colleen Atwood, she has contributed her talents to film and tv for over 30 years. 

Some of her titles as a costume designer are-

Snow white and the huntsman (film)

Arrow (TV series)

Dark shaddows (film)

In time (film)

Alice in wonderland (film)

Sweeney Todd (film)

Memoirs of a Geisha (film)

Chicago (film)

Sleepy hollow (film)

Silence of the lambs (film)

Edward Scissorhands (film)

Once upon a murder (TV series)

Colleen has worked with many Hollywood stars with Johhny Depp being the most frequent in several films she designed for.

She has been nominated for an Academy award ten times for best costume design and won three times with Chicago (2002), Memoirs of a geisha (2006) and Alice in wonderland (2011).

She has also been nominated for a BAFTA nine time and won 3 times with Sleepy hollow (1999), memoirs of a geisha (2006) and Alice in wonderland (2011)

I thought I would share some of her work with you throughout her career so far, I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.