Colleen Atwood
Colleen Atwood
Colleen Atwood is an American costume designer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDesigner
CountryUnited States of America
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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.
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My own style is pretty classic; I much prefer to design for others.
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I always have a moment when I know I'm designing the last costume that gets made for a movie and it's always been floating up there but it's kind of the last one. That's always probably the hardest one for me.
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In designing Supergirl, I wanted to embrace the past but more importantly, thrust her into the street-style action hero of today,
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While researching design, I was inspired globally, from Peru to Turkey to Africa to Japan-from the 5th century through to today.
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I have always loved beautiful leather objects, especially the detail that goes into designing them both inside and out.
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I worked in fashion, but I worked more in the sales side of fashion than in design. I was an assistant buyer for a department store back in the '70s and the early years of Saint Laurent. And I used to have a lot of private clients that I bought for.
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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.
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I've been lucky in the things I've got to work on. I've been able to keep it fresh, always getting to do different kinds of things.
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Sometimes a contemporary film like Silence of the Lambs is difficult. To make it look real but interesting is always a challenge.
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I really don't over-theorize about design. I'd rather feel it than talk it to death. A lot happens as you unroll the design.
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I really like the original Apes costumes. The colors were great, and the use of heavy materials was something that influenced me for this film.
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In Chicago, I walked in knowing what the dancers were going to need.
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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.