Costume design
From Freepedia
Costume design is the design of the appearance of the characters in a theater or cinema performance. This usually involves designing or choosing clothing for the actors to wear, but it may also include designing masks, makeup or other unusual forms, such as the full body animal suits worn in the musical Cats(designed by John Napier, winner of the 1983 Tony Award for Best Costume Design.)
Costume Designer
The Costume designer is the person whose responsibilty is to design costumes for a movie or stage production. One of the most prolific costume designers in cinema was Edith Head.
Costume designers will typically seek to enhance a character's persona through the way that character is dressed, while at the same time allowing the character to move freely and perform actions as required by the script. The designer needs to possess strong design capabilities with a thorough knowledge of fashion history.
Notable Costume Designers
Broadway and Off-Broadway
- Theoni Aldridge - One of Broadway's most prolific designers, including Annie, Barnum (musical) and A Chorus Line.
- Bob Mackie - On the Town
- Desmond Heeley - Brigadoon
- Julie Taymor - Lion King
- Gregg Barnes - Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (musical)
- Ann Roth - Assassins (musical)
- Jane Greenwood - The Scarlet Pimpernel (musical), Once Upon a Mattress
- Santo Loquasto - Fosse (musical), Ragtime (musical)
- Susan Hilferty - Wicked (musical)
- Ann Curtis - Jekyll and Hyde (musical)
- William Ivey Long - The Producers (musical), Chicago (musical)
- Ann Hould-Ward - Beauty and the Beast (musical)
- Willa Kim - The Will Rogers Follies
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