Tazewell, a previous nominee for “West Side Story,” already has an Emmy award (“The Wiz Live”) and Tony award (“Hamilton”) under his belt. He triumphed over fellow costume designers: Arianne Phillips (“A Complete Unknown”), Linda Muir (“Nosferatu”), Lisy Christl (“Conclave”) and Janty Yates and David Crossman (“Gladiator II”). costumedesignersguild.com/press_news/paul-tazewell-makes-oscars-history-as-first-black-man-to-win-best-costume-design/">
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The series’s costume designer talks dressing Kristen Wiig, Allison Janney, and Carol Burnett for the event of the season.

Sometimes, a costume design needs fabric that exists only in the imagination of the designer.

Ann Roth began with a few instructions: “Do NOT call me amazing. Do NOT call me a 91-year-old legend. Do NOT call me the oldest person in the ‘Barbie’ movie.” I had driven four hours through a biblical downpour to interview the revered costume designer. After a hike down a dark path through the woods to an 18th-century house, I felt as though I were opening the Narnia wardrobe and entering a whimsical fantasy world.
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Luster Bayless had a warm southern affect, but was fearless. He lived his life in hyperbole, from playing a championship football game directly after appendix surgery to hitchhiking cross country on the promise of a job in Hollywood. costumedesignersguild.com/press_news/last-looks-luster-bayless/">Read More

In a 1995 interview with Wired magazine, Steve Jobs likened creativity to a game of connect-the-dots, with truly innovative design happening when the dots are culled from the far, the wide, and the unexpected.