For decades, film and television have influenced fashion, toys, Halloween costumes, and cosplay without costume designers profiting from their creations. “That’s changing, thanks to the massive success of social media,” notes costume designer Amy Parris for hit series…

For decades, film and television have influenced fashion, toys, Halloween costumes, and cosplay without costume designers profiting from their creations. “That’s changing, thanks to the massive success of social media,” notes costume designer Amy Parris for hit series…

When joining the Costume Designers Guild, members become part of a community of costume designers, including assistant costume designers and costume illustrators. Membership offers valuable networking opportunities, as well as vital protections guaranteed by our union contracts. It provides an opportunity to form lifelong personal relationships with other artists who share everyday livelihoods, shared interests, […]

The Studio lives in the space between art and commerce, idealism and vanity, actuality and image. All the characters balance along that tightrope. The characters are immediately recognizable, particularly to anyone who has worked on a set. Clearly drawn from personal experience from show creators, the series is inhabited with fictional characters drawn so close to life that actual celebrity cameos fit in like jigsaw puzzle pieces.

“None of this had been done before—and never on this scale,” she says.

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The only singer-songwriter to receive a Nobel Prize in Literature, Bob Dylan has long been a guiding voice in American culture. Now his legendary music narrates the story of his most turbulent years in A Complete Unknown. Costume designer Arianne Phillips is exceptionally diverse in what she chooses to design. Film, television, Broadway, music videos, and tours—she’s done it all. Working closely with production designer François Audouy, the results are so authentic you can almost smell the gritty streets of New York City.