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Nashville – a Letter from a Production Wife

Published by KMB on May 20, 2013 in NOTES. 0 Comments Tags: behind, candelabra, candleabra, crew, danger, ellen, fall, frock, frock talk, frocktalk, frocktalk.com, HBO, hours, letter, long, member, michael douglas, mirojnick, nashville, show, studio, suits, talk, television, the, tv, wife, work.

This is a VERY interesting letter, written by the wife of one of the producers on TV’s NASHVILLE. Check it out – it’s an interesting perspective on the work and hours we perform, how we are treated, and what it all means. I applaud its author, Micaela Bensko, and I kind of want to have her and family over for dinner. Read on Frocktalkers. Thanks for bearing with me – I have been flying by the seat of my pants these days. Will have a juicy interview up for you very soon – ELLEN MIROJNICK, talking about her work on the upcoming Liberace movie for HBO, BEHIND THE CANDELABRA! Have a great week, everyone!

-KMB

Filmjackets.com Interview with Yours Truly

Published by KMB on May 10, 2013 in Interviews. 1 Comment Tags: burk, Burke, costume, costumes, death sentence, design, designer, designs, dress, dresses, film, film jackets, filmjackets.com, films, frock, frock talk, frocktalk, frocktalk.com, internet, interview, jacket, jackets, james wan, kristen, Kristin, movie, movies, talk, tv, wardrobe, website.

Death-Sentence

Hey there, Frocktalkers – Happy FRIDAY! Here’s a little interview you can read on your phone while you are stuck in traffic on the 101 on your way home from work. Our friend Rick over at Filmjackets.com interviewed me for his site, and I thought you might find it interesting, or maybe hilarious, or maybe it will make you want to punch me in the face. I don’t know. I hope you don’t want to punch me in the face, but I can’t control that. OMG, is it the weekend yet?! I am fried!! INTERVIEW HERE Enjoy, and have a great weekend, everyone!!

- KMB

The Great Gatsby

Published by KMB on May 9, 2013 in Reviews. 0 Comments Tags: 2013, baz, baz luhrmann, carey mulligan, catherine martin, color, colors, costume, costumes, dress, dresses, elizabeth debicki, film, frock, frock talk, frocktalk, frocktalk.com, gatsby, great, great gatsby, isla fisher, joel edgerton, leonardo dicaprio, luhrmann, movie, suit, suits, talk, the great gatsby, tobey maguire, wardrobe.

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Hi everyone – I’ve just returned from a screening of The Great Gatsby, and wanted to briefly record my impressions here for you. First of all, there are a TON of costumes. Like thousands and thousands of costumes, all very different from each other. There are dance costumes and party costumes and poor people costumes and banker/Wall Street costumes and rich people costumes, etc., etc., etc., it’s exhausting! Bottom line: it’s beautiful. But keep in mind, this is not a Merchant-Ivory movie; this is not the place to be looking for exacting period accuracy. This is a Baz Luhrmann movie, and his specific vision is what comes to life here, courtesy of costumes and sets by designer Catherine Martin. Continue reading ‘The Great Gatsby’

Dribs and Drabs and Stuff

Published by KMB on May 8, 2013 in NOTES. 1 Comment Tags: Academy, alex prager, clothing, costume, edith head, ellen mirojnick, film, frock, frock talk, frocktalk, frocktalk.com, hitchcock, identity, lecture, oscars, Pacific Palisades, sophie de rakoff, speech, talk, TED talk, TED talks, TEDx, twitter.

Hey there, Frocktalkers! Sorry it’s been such radio silence here. My world has exploded in the past few weeks and I am scrambling to keep up with all of it. There is some great news, though – I’ve been asked to do a TED talk – OMGsonervousIcan’tevenstandit! I will be speaking at TEDx Pacific Palisades on June 29, 2013! Yeah, exciting and crazy! I will be talking about clothing and identity, and how we use the language of clothing in our work as costume designers. Tickets available soon on the website – check it out HERE.

Also , tons of other cool things happening in the costume design world – on June 20, 2013 Costume Designer Sophie de Rakoff will be hosting a panel of costume designers for the Academy. From the Hollywood Reporter:

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Awardsapalooza 2013: The Daytime Emmy Nominations!

Published by KMB on May 1, 2013 in NOTES. 0 Comments Tags: 2012, 2013, award, awards, ceremony, costume, costumes, daytime, design, designer, designers, designs, emmy, frock, frock talk, frocktalk, frocktalk.com, honor, nomination, nominations, nominee, nominees, styling, stylist, talk, wardrobe.

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Congratulations to the costume designers and their teams who were nominated this morning for Daytime Emmy awards! They are as follows:

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN FOR A DRAMA SERIES

The Bold and the Beautiful CBS

Danielle King, Costume Designer

Days of Our Lives NBC

Jayne Marie Kehoe, Costumer Designer

General Hospital ABC

Mary Iannelli, Costume Designer

The Young and the Restless CBS

Jennifer Johns, Costume Designer

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN/STYLING

The Ellen DeGeneres Show SYNDICATED

Jamie Salazar, Wardrobe Supervisor

Kellen Richards, Costume Designer

Ric Renae Hughes, Key Costumer

The Fresh Beat Band Nickelodeon

Gene Barnhart, Costume Supervisor

Kiki Garwood, Costume Stylist, Key Costumer

Joyce Kim Lee, Costume Designer

Frank Alexander, Jessica Torok,

Kacy Treadway, Carly Mills, Erin Lenk, Costumers

R.L. Stine’s The Haunting Hour The Series The HUB

Farnaz Khaki-Sadigh, Costume Designer

Sesame Street PBS

Brian Hemesath, Jared Leese, Costume Designers/Live Actors

Jason Weber, Rollie Krewson, Constance Peterson,

Polly P. Smith, Michelle Hickey, Lara Maclean,

Anney Ozar, Heather Asch, Andrea Detwiler,

Loryn Brantz, Stanley Ulysses Jones, Elizabeth K. Hara,

Doug James, Colette Nickola, Jane F. Pien, Costume Designers/Muppets

Congratulations, everyone!! Awards will be televised live on June 16th at 8PM EDT, 5PM PDT on HLN!

-KMB

Spotlight On: Costume Illustrator Phillip Boutte!

Published by KMB on April 23, 2013 in Interviews. 7 Comments Tags: Arianne Phillips, art, artist, artists, boutee, boutte, breaking dawn, catching fire, comic con, comiccon, costume, costumes, designer, designers, fashion, frock, frock talk, frocktalk, frocktalk.com, hunger games, illustrator, illustrators, inception, madonna, man of steel, music, painting, philip, phillip, photoshop, rendering, rock, sketch, sketches, Star Trek, talk, tour, trish summerville, twilight, wardrobe.

Phillip Boutte is one of the hottest costume illustrators in town. With a resume that includes box-office behemoths like Inception, Man of Steel, Twilight/Breaking Dawn, and Star Trek, his rise has been meteoric. We sat down to breakfast and ended up talking about everything from new rendering programs to racism in the media. I really adore Phillip and am so excited to share this interview with you. Grab a cup of coffee and join us, won’t you?

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Burt Wonderstone: Interview with Designer Dayna Pink!

Published by KMB on April 14, 2013 in Interviews. 1 Comment Tags: burt, burt wonderstone, clothes, clothing, costume, costumes, crazy, crazy stupid love, dana, dayna, design, designer, designs, dress, film, films, frock, frock talk, frocktalk, frocktalk.com, hot, hot tub time machine, incredible, jack black, jacket, last, last vegas, machine, movie, movies, pink, sarah silverman, steve carell, stupid love, style, styling, stylist, suit, talk, television, the, time, tub, tv, vegas, wardrobe, wonderstone.

Olivia Wilde as Jane in “The Incredible Burt Wonderstone”

Frocktalkers, I am very excited to share this interview with you. I sat down for breakfast with costume designer Dayna Pink, and we ended up talking about everything from Tenacious D to the tenuous work-life balance in our industry. Grab a cup of coffee and join us for breakfast!

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HOLLYWOOD COSTUME Coming to Melbourne!

Published by KMB on April 10, 2013 in NOTES. 0 Comments Tags: albert, australia, australian, center, centre, costume, costumes, deborah, design, designer, designers, designs, display, exhibit, exhibition, fashion, film, films, frock, frock talk, frocktalk, frocktalk.com, history. collection, hollywood, image, landis, movie, movies, moving, nadoolman, show, talk, v & a, victoria.

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Frocktalkers, remember that awesome HOLLYWOOD COSTUME exhibit that Deborah Nadoolman Landis put together at the V & A in London last October? Well, it’s on the move! The show will open at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image in Melbourne on April 24. This is a DO NOT MISS event, people. If you are in Australia or New Zealand (or anywhere else close-by), this exhibit merits a trip, for sure. It’s so exciting. More info HERE! Enjoy, everyone!

- KMB

Sync On Set!

Published by KMB on April 5, 2013 in NOTES. 0 Comments Tags: breakdown, continuity, costume, design, designer, film, films, frock, frock talk, frocktalk, frocktalk.com, hair, makeup, movie, movies, on, set, sync, system, talk, television, tv, wardrobe, work.

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Hey Frocktalkers! If you don’t know about Sync on Set yet, you really need to listen up. It’s a cloud-based continuity system. Use your computer, iPad, iPhone to track continuity, break down scripts, communicate with the department, share information, etc. We used it on Insidious 2 and it was really great – we didn’t even need a set binder, kids – it was amazing. They have an AUTOMATED SCRIPT BREAKDOWN (okay?!) and if that’s not enough for you, they offer free classes and tutorials. Here’s more info!

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The Incredible Burt Wonderstone

Published by KMB on April 4, 2013 in Reviews. 0 Comments Tags: bracelet, burt, buscemi, carrell, carrey, clothes, clothing, costume, costumes, dana, dayna, design, designer, designs, frock, frock talk, frocktalk, frocktalk.com, illusion, incredible, jim, magic, magician, necklace, olivia, pink, rhinestones, steve, suit, talk, trick, wilde, wonderstone.

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Review Date: 4-2-2013

Release Date: 3-15-2013

Runtime: 100 min.

Period: Contemporary (flashbacks to 1980s)

Costume Designer: Dayna Pink

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone is a very interesting movie, and the costumes are awesome. What kind of a dream job would it be to create a world of magic? To span a few decades doing so? To work with some of the best comedic talent in the process? I sat down with costume designer Dayna Pink to discuss her work on the show, and I will run that interview soon. But first, have a look at some of her outrageous and hilarious costumes.

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