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| Edith Head |
Do you have a Fantasy Occupation? I have a few....Park Ranger, Stone Mason and
COSTUME DESIGNER!!
That is why I get so excited when the Academy Award nominations are announced. I can't wait to find out the nominees for Best Costume Design.
Sometimes while I'm watching a film I'll get so caught up in watching the Costumes that I'll hardly even notice what is going on in the story!
So here are the Oscar Nominees for 2013:
Jacqueline Durran for ANNA KARENINA.
Ms. Durran has said that her inspiration for this film was 1950's Couture meets 1870's Russia. Yes, Please! She was also previously nominated for Atonement and Pride and Prejudice which I guess makes her Keira Knightly's official costumer. I would imagine that it is almost impossible to make
Keira Knightly look bad.
Paco Delgado for LES MISERABLES.
This is his first nomination, however, he has two Goya Awards for Costume Design. The Goyas are the Spanish version of the Oscars.
Jacqueline Durran for ANNA KARENINA.
Ms. Durran has said that her inspiration for this film was 1950's Couture meets 1870's Russia. Yes, Please! She was also previously nominated for Atonement and Pride and Prejudice which I guess makes her Keira Knightly's official costumer. I would imagine that it is almost impossible to make
Keira Knightly look bad.
Paco Delgado for LES MISERABLES.
This is his first nomination, however, he has two Goya Awards for Costume Design. The Goyas are the Spanish version of the Oscars.
Joanna Johnston for LINCOLN.
This is her first nomination. But she has worked on lots and lots films. She was Assistant Costume Designer on Out of Africa. Wasn't that a beautiful movie? What a great training ground!
Eiko Ishioka for MIRROR MIRROR.
Sadly Ms. Ishioka passed away in January 2012 but she was Astounding! This is her second nomination. She Won an Academy Award for the Costumes for
Sadly Ms. Ishioka passed away in January 2012 but she was Astounding! This is her second nomination. She Won an Academy Award for the Costumes for
Bram Stoker's Dracula. She was quite prolific. She designed Costumes for Bjork music videos, some Costumes for the Opening Ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the Costumes for Cirque du Soleil: Varekai just to name a few.
She will be missed.
Colleen Atwood for SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN.
This is a big year for Snow White at the movies. And also a big year for Colleen Atwood.
This is her 10th Academy Award Nomination. She has already won 3 Academy Awards for:
She is the only American in the bunch. She's kind of like the Meryl Streep of Costume Designers.
She also designed the costumes for another film that came out this year, Dark Shadows. I actually thought the costumes for Dark Shadows were better than those for Snow White...but I'm a sucker for knee sox.
If you check out her resume you will notice that she has worked on quite a few Johnny Depp movies. Yep, I'd like to get Johnny Depp in for a Costume Fitting!
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The 2013 Academy Awards Ceremony will be broadcast on Sunday, February 24.
Which one of these is YOUR favorite?
