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" It actually is as fun to make men's costumes, especially if they are as good-looking as Chris Hemsworth. "

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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. "

" I think that sometimes people don't understand that a costume that has to be worn every day and doesn't change the whole movie becomes iconic. It's very important because it requires a different design process, since you have to make something that people aren't going to get tired of looking at. "

" I always loved clothes, just not clothes that were appropriate to the place I grew up in. "

" My work space is so visually crammed. It's like an insane candy store. The number of textiles I'm surrounded with is mind boggling. It's a treat to come home to a nice negative space. "

" The right costume determines the character, helps the actor feel who he is, and serves the story. "

" 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. "

" In real life, a lot of people at that level will have their kimonos made especially for them. "

" In Chicago, I walked in knowing what the dancers were going to need. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I'd say probably the most expensive costumes I've ever made were the costumes in 'The Planet of the Apes,' because of the research and development that went into them and the amount of layers. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I think a lot of young girls go through that period in their life of finding who they are, and at that point, looking good matters the most. "

" Costumes are the first impression that you have of the character before they open their mouth-it really does establish who they are. "

First Impression

" It's true that I'm not cozy. I'm more reserved. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I had to work out that it was something that could move, without having everybody in spray painted leotards. "

" 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. "

" I wanted to be a painter when I was a kid. And then, I had to make a living. I had a child when I was in high school, so I kind of had that work phase in my life. "

" I choose colors I like and will photograph well. I don't do color theory! "

" I have always loved beautiful leather objects, especially the detail that goes into designing them both inside and out. "

" I love designing costumes that I can actually construct, working to create an environment that people want to be in. "

" The designs were based on quite a lot of research of what a movie musical is, filtered through the eyes of today. If we'd gone strictly with the '20s, the movement would have been impaired. "

" It's fun conjuring what people will be wearing in the future. We exist in this world today, and yet there are people walking around who still look like they're in the '60s. "

" I don't design my own clothes. It's so not what I think about. "

" As for futuristic costumes, I loved doing 'Gattaca' because I'm a minimalist at heart, and it's a very minimal film. Plus, with Uma Thurman, Ethan Hawke and Jude Law, how could you go wrong? "

" 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. "