Couture has copied my things for years, in addition to countless other costume designers, claiming theirs were the original ideas. It's all part of the business, unfortunately.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
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.
It's not like what I do or what I wear is my copyright. What I'm wearing now also is an inspiration. It is how I saw it on the mannequin, and I just wore it, so it's in a way copied. But obviously, I wouldn't want to spend my life thinking about dresses. It is such a waste of life.
I design all of the costumes for my movies, actually.
What a costume designer does is a cross between magic and camouflage. We create the illusion of changing the actors into what they are not. We ask the public to believe that every time they see a performer on the screen, he's become a different person.
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.
I brought a lot of my own pieces of clothes to the design room when I first met with the design team just so they could see what my style was like.
I decided to do everything around fashion but fashion itself, and that's accessories.
I have worked with some of the most amazing costume designers in the world.
I'm a pain in the ass to all of the costume designers with whom I work because I have very strong feelings about the subject.
The true essence of fashion is being able to reinvent yourself with what you have.
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