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Colleen Atwood Quotes

The costumes had to serve the choreography Picture Quote #1

I don’t design my own clothes. It’s so not what I think about Picture Quote #1

In Chicago, I walked in knowing what the dancers were going to need Picture Quote #1

On Planet of the Apes, I had a very knowledgeable team who knew good materials, but I had one main source person who worked online and on the street continually looking for the proper materials Picture Quote #1

It’s great fun that my grandkids get to see the costumes in ‘Alice in Wonderland’ or a doll with grandma’s dress, but then they also let me know they’re bummed I didn’t do any of the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ movies Picture Quote #1

I get more distracted by hair or a really bad wig than I do costumes any day of the week Picture Quote #1

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The exposure I have had to beautiful materials across the world, from Japan to Italy, enables me to pull design ideas together. This, combined with years of historical research, has created a great fountain of ideas for me Picture Quote #1

I have always loved beautiful leather objects, especially the detail that goes into designing them both inside and out Picture Quote #1

The thing that’s great about being a costume designer is you never know what’s going to be next; you never what world you are going to enter Picture Quote #1

My work space is so visually crammed. It’s like an insane candy store. The number of textiles I’m surrounded with is mind boggling. It’s a treat to come home to a nice negative space Picture Quote #1

I choose colors I like and will photograph well. I don’t do color theory! Picture Quote #1

Costume design allows you to do a different type of research and create characters, whereas in fashion, you create an image and clothing for the masses Picture Quote #1

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I grew up in a small town in Washington State, so I wasn’t really aware of costume design as a career growing up, but I loved clothes. I remember I saved all my money, and the first thing that I bought was a white blazer, which was to the horror to my parents. But I have always had a strange connection with clothing Picture Quote #1

Costume, hair and makeup can tell you instantly, or at least give you a larger perception of who a character is. It’s the first impression that you have of the character before they open their mouth, so it really does establish who they are Picture Quote #1

It’s often said that costume designers are a faceless group of people. But we can contribute to fashion in a way that might be new and different Picture Quote #1

One thing about costume design - and I think design in general - but especially costume design, is people have a misconception that it’s very glamorous work Picture Quote #1

I can create clothes for so many different time periods. I’ve always tried to avoid being pigeonholed. Plus, everything I learn about design and costume from one movie somehow works its way into something else Picture Quote #1

I think that sometimes people don’t understand that a costume that has to be worn every day and doesn’t change the whole movie becomes iconic. It’s very important because it requires a different design process, since you have to make something that people aren’t going to get tired of looking at Picture Quote #1

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I design for the movie and the character as well as the person wearing the costume. I show the ideas to the actor, then do fittings for shape and technical things such as movement in the costume. Once the costume in this form is on the actor, you have a sense of their connection with it. I then take it to the next level with the final fit Picture Quote #1

Every story is different, so what is a detail in one might not be in something else. Diversity is something I embrace and love about my work Picture Quote #1

Chicago is partly a fairy tale because it’s inside one person’s head, so that part of it’s made up and the rest of it is reality Picture Quote #1

If I’m doing something contemporary, for sure I’m very aware of what’s going on. Personally, I like fashion trends, but when I’m doing a movie, it doesn’t affect what I do particularly at all. I don’t relate to it in that way Picture Quote #1

Costumes are the first impression that you have of the character before they open their mouth-it really does establish who they are Picture Quote #1

The designs were based on quite a lot of research of what a movie musical is, filtered through the eyes of today. If we’d gone strictly with the 20s, the movement would have been impaired Picture Quote #1

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Sleepy Hollow had a lot of action in it, even though it was a fairy-tale movie Picture Quote #1

Planet of the Apes was a gigantic challenge, making the clothes work so people could do stunts and action in the clothes. I really learned a lot about that in that movie Picture Quote #1

On Planet of the Apes, I had a very knowledgeable team who knew good materials, but I had one main source person who worked online and on the street continually looking for the proper materials Picture Quote #1

I’d seen the current stage production and the 1975 production of Chicago. I liked them both very much, but I didn’t use them necessarily as inspiration Picture Quote #1

Costumes are the first impression that you have of the character before they open their mouth-it really does establish who they are Picture Quote #1

Knowing who the actors were as you were designing them helped, with Catherine’s beauty and Renee’s frailty, they directed me visually just by who they were Picture Quote #1

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The costumes had to serve the choreography (Colleen Atwood Quotes) I don’t design my own clothes. It’s so not what I think about. (Colleen Atwood Quotes) In Chicago, I walked in knowing what the dancers were going to need (Colleen Atwood Quotes) On Planet of the Apes, I had a very knowledgeable team who knew good materials, but I had one main source person who worked online and on the street continually looking for the proper materials. (Colleen Atwood Quotes) It’s great fun that my grandkids get to see the costumes in ‘Alice in Wonderland’ or a doll with grandma’s dress, but then they also let me know they’re bummed I didn’t do any of the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ movies. (Colleen Atwood Quotes) I get more distracted by hair or a really bad wig than I do costumes any day of the week (Colleen Atwood Quotes) The exposure I have had to beautiful materials across the world, from Japan to Italy, enables me to pull design ideas together. This, combined with years of historical research, has created a great fountain of ideas for me. (Colleen Atwood Quotes) I have always loved beautiful leather objects, especially the detail that goes into designing them both inside and out. (Colleen Atwood Quotes) The thing that’s great about being a costume designer is you never know what’s going to be next; you never what world you are going to enter. (Colleen Atwood Quotes) My work space is so visually crammed. It’s like an insane candy store. The number of textiles I’m surrounded with is mind boggling. It’s a treat to come home to a nice negative space. (Colleen Atwood Quotes) I choose colors I like and will photograph well. I don’t do color theory! (Colleen Atwood Quotes) Costume design allows you to do a different type of research and create characters, whereas in fashion, you create an image and clothing for the masses. (Colleen Atwood Quotes) I grew up in a small town in Washington State, so I wasn’t really aware of costume design as a career growing up, but I loved clothes. I remember I saved all my money, and the first thing that I bought was a white blazer, which was to the horror to my parents. But I have always had a strange connection with clothing. (Colleen Atwood Quotes) Costume, hair and makeup can tell you instantly, or at least give you a larger perception of who a character is. It’s the first impression that you have of the character before they open their mouth, so it really does establish who they are. (Colleen Atwood Quotes) It’s often said that costume designers are a faceless group of people. But we can contribute to fashion in a way that might be new and different. (Colleen Atwood Quotes) One thing about costume design - and I think design in general - but especially costume design, is people have a misconception that it’s very glamorous work. (Colleen Atwood Quotes) I can create clothes for so many different time periods. I’ve always tried to avoid being pigeonholed. Plus, everything I learn about design and costume from one movie somehow works its way into something else. (Colleen Atwood Quotes) I think that sometimes people don’t understand that a costume that has to be worn every day and doesn’t change the whole movie becomes iconic. It’s very important because it requires a different design process, since you have to make something that people aren’t going to get tired of looking at. (Colleen Atwood Quotes) I design for the movie and the character as well as the person wearing the costume. I show the ideas to the actor, then do fittings for shape and technical things such as movement in the costume. Once the costume in this form is on the actor, you have a sense of their connection with it. I then take it to the next level with the final fit. (Colleen Atwood Quotes) Every story is different, so what is a detail in one might not be in something else. Diversity is something I embrace and love about my work. (Colleen Atwood Quotes) Chicago is partly a fairy tale because it’s inside one person’s head, so that part of it’s made up and the rest of it is reality. (Colleen Atwood Quotes) If I’m doing something contemporary, for sure I’m very aware of what’s going on. Personally, I like fashion trends, but when I’m doing a movie, it doesn’t affect what I do particularly at all. I don’t relate to it in that way. (Colleen Atwood Quotes) Costumes are the first impression that you have of the character before they open their mouth-it really does establish who they are. (Colleen Atwood Quotes) The designs were based on quite a lot of research of what a movie musical is, filtered through the eyes of today. If we’d gone strictly with the 20s, the movement would have been impaired (Colleen Atwood Quotes) Sleepy Hollow had a lot of action in it, even though it was a fairy-tale movie (Colleen Atwood Quotes) Planet of the Apes was a gigantic challenge, making the clothes work so people could do stunts and action in the clothes. I really learned a lot about that in that movie (Colleen Atwood Quotes) On Planet of the Apes, I had a very knowledgeable team who knew good materials, but I had one main source person who worked online and on the street continually looking for the proper materials (Colleen Atwood Quotes) I’d seen the current stage production and the 1975 production of Chicago. I liked them both very much, but I didn’t use them necessarily as inspiration (Colleen Atwood Quotes) Costumes are the first impression that you have of the character before they open their mouth-it really does establish who they are (Colleen Atwood Quotes) Knowing who the actors were as you were designing them helped, with Catherine’s beauty and Renee’s frailty, they directed me visually just by who they were (Colleen Atwood Quotes)

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