Costume Design 101
A designer responsible for creating the clothing and costumes for characters
What is a costume designer?
This 1939 film is famous for its iconic ruby slippers and was the inspiration behind multiple musicals and adaptations
What is The Wizard of Oz?
This costume designer is famous for her collaborations with director Tim Burton and has designed costumes for films such as Sweeney Todd, Chicago, Memoirs of a Geisha, Wednesday, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice etc.
Who is Colleen Atwood
The costumes in this Andrew Lloyd Webber musical famously include leotards, leg warmers, and spandex to resemble dancing felines.
What is Cats
Known for flapper dresses, cloche hats, and beaded gowns, this fashion style reflected women’s increasing independence after World War I.
What is the Jazz Age or Roaring Twenties?
A prototype of a costume used to ensure fit and style
What is a mock-up
This movie’s costumes, designed by Edith Head, include glamorous 1950s dresses for Audrey Hepburn and features a famous jewelry brand
What is Breakfast at Tiffanys
This Costume Designer has won 2 Tony Awards, one for Hamilton and the other this past year for Death Becomes Her. He also received his first Oscar for the hit movie musical adaptation, Wicked.
Who is Paul Tazewell
Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote, composed, and starred in this hip-hop musical about one of America’s founding fathers.
What is Hamilton?
This decade introduced miniskirts, bold geometric prints, and mod styles inspired by designers like Mary Quant.
What are the 60s?
Before any costume is built, designers create these drawings or paintings to show the director and production team exactly what each character will wear on stage.
What are Renderings
Kym Barrett created the iconic black trench coats and sunglasses for Neo and Trinity in this 1999 sci-fi classic.
What is the Matrix
This designer made history in 2019 as the first Black woman to win the Oscar for Best Costume Design for the Marvel blockbuster Black Panther
Ruth E. Carter
Bob Mackie designed the sparkling, feathered costumes for this 2019 jukebox musical about a legendary diva.
What is The Cher Show?
The period style often used in Shakespearean plays, including doublets, gowns, and ruffled collars.
What is Elizabethan?
To stay organized, designers prepare this document that details every costume change in a production, listing which character wears what in each scene.
What is a costume plot
Eiko Ishioka designed surreal, gothic costumes for Gary Oldman in this 1992 horror film directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
What is Bram Stoker’s Dracula?
This designer won an Academy Award for the elaborate costumes in Marie Antoinette.
Who is Milena Canonero?
William Ivey Long designed the infamous schoolgirl plaid skirts and Britney Spears-inspired looks for this Tina Fey adaptation.
What is Mean Girls?
This fashion era took place in the early 19th century and had low necklines and a short, narrow-backed bodice attached to a separate skirt. (Hint, worn in Jane Austin novels/movies)
What is Regency
These costumes are built for fast transformations, allowing an actor to pull them off in one move or reveal another layer underneath.
What are Breakaway costumes
Sandy Powell received an Oscar for dressing Cate Blanchett in regal Tudor gowns in this 1998 historical drama.
What is Elizabeth
This designer won an Oscar for Keira Knightley’s famous emerald green gown in the 2007 adaptation of a British novel, Atonement
who is Jacqueline Durran
Legendary costume designer Theoni V. Aldredge created the flashy sequin outfits and iconic bowler hats for this 1975 Fosse show.
What is Chicago?
Originating in the late 18th century, this style emphasized simplicity with white chemise dresses and Greco-Roman inspiration, a reaction to Rococo excess.
What is Neoclassical fashion?