beautiful ruins : costume design

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