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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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

" 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 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. "

" The costumes had to serve the choreography. "

" My own style is pretty classic; I much prefer to design for others. "

" 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. "

" Inspiration comes from everywhere: books, art, people on the street. It is an interior process for me. "

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

" 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 get more distracted by hair or a really bad wig than I do costumes any day of the week. "

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" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" I have watched 'Project Runway,' but I'm not a devout watcher of it. But I think it's a great show, what I've seen of it, and I think Tim Gunn is a very positive, amazing guy. "

" It's often said that costume designers are a faceless group of people. But we can contribute to fashion in a way that might be new and different. "

" 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. "

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

" One thing about costume design - and I think design in general - but especially costume design, is people have a misconception that it's very glamorous work. "

" 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 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" When I do period work, I really like to read about the period as much as I like to look at pictures because sometimes the written word is much better at conveying what their lives were really like and how much they had and where their clothes came from. Because, a lot of time, people dressed in their Sunday best to pose for a picture. "