Elle Spain, September 2009
A new course blog is launched on Fashion & Film. We will be considering the intersection of the two media all semester long and it will host student posts.
8 time Oscar winner Edith Head, immersed in sketches
The power of color, A Clockwork Orange, 1971 by Milena Canonero
The challenge for a costume designer is expressing context. A film's context is when the film is set also influenced by when it is filmed as well as when original book or script was written. All three influence the values expressed in the film and styles of costumes expected.
The challenge of context means designing and sourcing time appropriate clothing for films as in the challenge of the early 80's for The Last Days of Disco, 1998, costumes by Sarah Edwards. Reality is a constant sliding context. Something from 1980 will not have only things from 1980 but also style factors from prior years.
