As a fashion design graduate, one of my heroines is
three-time Academy Award winner, Colleen Atwood. She is the costume designer behind some of my
favorite film looks like Chicago, Sweeney Todd and Alice in Wonderland (among
many others!).
Her most impressive work yet is the epic Snow White &
the Huntsman film out today. In the
film, the dramatic costumes have gravity defying silhouettes. The intricate details are constructed with
everything from papier mache, beetle wings, feathers to...Read Full Story
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Colleen Atwood’s style aesthetic has been exhibited across the silver screen in over 50 films to date, including Tim Burton’s Edward Scissorhands and Rob Marshall’s Chicago—where fashion is at the crux of the drama. Having just wrapped her latest project, Snow White and the Huntsman (in theaters June 1), the Academy Award-winning costume designer is now dipping her toe in the fashion pool as well—with a 12-piece, Snow White-inspired...Read Full Story
If you’re a Hollywood A-Lister, than you have most likely worked with, and have definitely heard of, visionary Costume Designer Colleen Atwood. She’s worked with the best of the best and when you see the upcoming film Snow White and the Huntsman, you’ll know why that is.Excited to work with Rupert Sanders on his feature-film debut, Atwood was sure that she could honor the audience’s shared memories of the lead character. Recalling that Snow White was of the first movies that she saw as a...Read Full Story
When it comes to clothing celebs for the big screen, no one does it quite like costume designer Colleen Atwood. For her latest project, the three-time Oscar winner tackled dressing the cast of Snow White and the Huntsman and, according to the seasoned pro, she had a little help from the flick’s very own Kristen...Read more»Read Full Story
When it comes to clothing celebs for the big screen, no one does it quite like costume designer Colleen Atwood. For her latest project, the three-time Oscar winner tackled dressing the cast of Snow White and the Huntsman and, according to the seasoned pro, she had a little help from the flick’s very own Kristen…Read more» [...]Read Full Story
Oscar-winning costume designer Colleen Atwood has worked on some of the most major movie costumes in recent history—Alice in Wonderland, Chicago, and Memoirs of a Geisha to name a few. Her latest? A new take on medieval clothes, dressing Kris ..
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Atwood -- who has won three Academy Awards for best costume design for Chicago ... Universal’s Snow White and the Huntsman opens in theaters on June 1. Watch THR’s full interview with Colleen Atwood above.
This May 3, 2012 photo shows Academy Award-winning costume designer Colleen Atwood with a costume from the film "Snow White and the Huntsman" in Los Angeles. The costume, designed by Atwood, was worn by actress Charlize Theron in the film.
WWD chats with the Oscar-winning costume designer about her work on "Snow White and the Huntsman." Continue reading...Follow WWD on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook.
The little sparkly one is medieval, kind of middle-class, kind of peasant would wear, but with a big skirt. But I thought it would be fun sort of doing it as a little dress or as a little bathing suit cover-up idea. A lot of medieval things had ...
Rarely do they hang serenely still upon clotheshorse actors for the camera to admire, though that's partly because she favors such restless filmmakers as collaborators: Jonathan Demme, Rob Marshall and, of course, Tim Burton have required Atwood ...
Kristen Stewart’s suede Snow White costume begins as a gown, but is quickly converted into a tunic to accommodate the heroine’s Enchanted Forest adventures. In a nod to the princess's traditional dress, Atwood designed puff sleeves but opted for earth ...
Three-time Oscar winner Colleen Atwood has been designing costumes for some of the most elaborate Hollywood productions for the better part of three decades. Perhaps best known for her singular collaborations with director Tim Burton (another of ...
Academy Award-winning costume designer Colleen Atwood has brought her immense knowledge and creativity to her role in designing the costumes for Snow White and the Huntsman. Atwood has been nominated for nine Academy Awards, with three wins for ...
Colleen Atwood talks about designing costumes for Johnny Depp, Eva Green, Michelle Pfeiffer and other 'Dark Shadows' actors."Dark Shadows,"which hit theaters on Friday, not only revives long-dormant vampire Barnabas Collins, it also brings back some giggle- and cringe-inducing fashions of the early 1970s.