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" As a designer, you have to solve a lot of problems. Even though people are wearing clothes that are supposed to look beautiful, they'll have to do all kinds of things. "
Colleen Atwood
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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. "
Colleen Atwood
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" 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. "
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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. "
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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. "
Colleen Atwood
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" I am always looking for ideas, whether it is in art on the street or in my world travels. It comes to me randomly and unexpectedly. "
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" One of the challenges with period costumes is, on a technical level, making the scale of different periods work on contemporary bodies. We're much bigger than what people were in older times. "
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" I always loved clothes, just not clothes that were appropriate to the place I grew up in. "
Colleen Atwood
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" For contemporary fashion, I'm a huge fan of so many of the people out there. I think Azzedine Alaia holds up through three generations of very specific, beautiful design. I think Jean Paul Gaultier also is very interesting with a long span. "
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" I had to work out that it was something that could move, without having everybody in spray painted leotards. "
Colleen Atwood
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" 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. "
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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'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
Production
Inspiration
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" 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
Diversity
Detail
Love
" The reward is that you can actually create a world separate from reality with a story, actors, music, and camera design. When it works it can entertain, move people and teach us all. "
Colleen Atwood
Reality
People
World
" In real life, a lot of people at that level will have their kimonos made especially for them. "
Colleen Atwood
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Lot
" 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. "
Colleen Atwood
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Happens
Talk
" If you want someone to feel warm, you dress them in a warm color and put a warm light on them and you get the picture. Sometimes, all that needs pushing a little bit to help tell the story. "
Colleen Atwood
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" 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
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Design
" People like to stir up the fashion vs. costume world, and I think what they mean by 'too costumey' is that it's too much, or not real enough for everyday wear. You couldn't say that about John Galliano's shows, right? I mean, they're awesome, and they're total costume. "
Colleen Atwood
You
Fashion
People
" I don't design my own clothes. It's so not what I think about. "
Colleen Atwood
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Own
" 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
First Impression
Open
You
" 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
Dress
Fun
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" Sleepy Hollow had a lot of action in it, even though it was a fairy-tale movie. "
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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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Kind
" My own style is pretty classic; I much prefer to design for others. "
Colleen Atwood
My Own
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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. "
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You
Character
Design
" Some of the kimonos took as long as four to five months to make, with all the layers that go into it. "
Colleen Atwood
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Some
" The right costume determines the character, helps the actor feel who he is, and serves the story. "
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Story
Right
" 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. "
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You
Perception
" I've always loved movies, art and clothes. "
Colleen Atwood
Loved
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