Monday 25 July 2011

Recycled Movie Costumes


I thoroughly recommend having a look at this website i just found-

www.recycledmoviecostumes.com/

Costume designers frequently have to work to a very constrained budget and have to devise cheaper ways to make costumes look just as fabulous. This website shows how designers sometimes recycle old costumes from previous productions and make them their own. I knew this happened in fringe all the time, but it's nice to see that even big Hollywood designers still keep their amazing resourcefulness. 

Best Costume Design Oscar Winners 1967 - 1979

And here, again, i continue with the Academy Award winners...

For 1967 the category was recombined for one last time.

1967
Camelot - John Truscott



1968
Romeo and Juliet - Danilo Donati

1969
Anne of the Thousand Days - Margaret Furse



1970
Cromwell - Vittorio Nino Novarese


1971
Nicholas and Alexandra - Yvonne Blake and Antonio Castillo



1972
Travels With My Aunt - Anthony Powell


1973
The Sting - Edith Head



1974
The Great Gatsby - Theoni V. Aldredge



1975
Barry Lyndon - Milena Canonero and Ulla-Britt Soderlund



1976
Fellini's Casanova - Danilo Donati


                                           
1977
Star Wars - John Mollo


1978
Death On The Nile - Anthony Powell


1979
All That Jazz - Albert Wolsky 




Saturday 23 July 2011

Best Costume Design Oscar Winners 1957 - 1966

And here i continue posting about the Academy Award for Best Costume Design. This part will cover 1957 -1966.

1957 and 1958 the 2 awards were combined so just one oscar was presented for Costume Design.

1957
Les Girls - Orry-kelly


1958
Gigi - Cecil Beaton



For 1959 the Award was again divided into two awards.

1959
Some Like it Hot - Orry-Kelly (Black and White)



Ben-Hur - Elizabeth Haffenden (Colour)


1960
The Facts of Life - Edith Head (Black and White)


Spartacus - Arlington Valles (Colour)



1961
La Dolce Vita - Piero Gherardi (Black and White)


West Side Story - Irene Sharaff (Colour)



1962
What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? - Norma Koch (Black and White)


The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm - Mary Wills (Colour)


1963
8½ - Piero Gherardi (Black and White)


Cleopatra - Renie Conley, Vittorio Nino Novarese and Irene Sharaff (Colour)


1964
The Night of the Iguana - Dorothy Jeakins (Black and White)


My Fair Lady - Cecil Beaton (Colour)



1965
Darling - Julie Harris (Black and White)


Doctor Zhivago - Phyllis Dalton (Colour)



1966
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - Irene Sharaff (Black and White)


A Man For All Seasons - Elizabeth Haffenden (Colour)

Friday 22 July 2011

Best Costume Design Oscar Winners 1948 - 1956

And now it's time to celebrate the creme de la creme of the costume world- The Oscar Winners! This award was introduced in 1948 and originally 2 Oscars were presented; one for colour film and one for black and white.

I''m going to start at 1948 and work my way to present day. Part 1 will cover all the years where there were 2 separate awards for costume. So let the list commence!

1948
Hamlet - Roger K. Furse (Black and White winner)




Joan of Arc - Dorothy Jeakins and Barbara Karinska (Colour winner)



1949
The Heiress - Edith Head and Gile Steele (Black and White winner)



Adventures of Don Juan - Marjorie Best, Leah Rhodes and William Travilla (Colour Winner)



1950
All About Eve - Edith Head and Charles LeMaire (Black and White)



Samson and Delilah - Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Elois Jenssen, Gile Steele and Gwen Wakeling (Colour)


1951
A Place in the Sun - Edith Head (Black and White)




An American in Paris - Orry-Kelly, Walter Plunkett and Irene Sharaff (Colour)


1952
The Bad and the Beautiful - Helen Rose (Black and White)


Moulin Rouge - Marcel Vertès (Colour)


1953
Roman  Holiday - Edith Head (Black and White)



The Robe - Charles LeMaire and Emile Santiago (Colour)


1954
Sabrina - Edith Head (Black and White)



Gate of Hell - Sanzo Wada (Colour)


1955
I'll Cry Tomorrow - Helen Rose (Black and White)



Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing - Charles LeMaire (Colour)


1956
The Solid Gold Cadillac - Jean Louis (Black and White)


The King and I - Irene Sharaff