Voice Of Costume - Creating Character through Costume Design
23 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsEver wonder how characters in film and TV get their look?
Do you like creative inspiration?
Want to hear great behind-the-scenes stories?
Listen in on working costume designers discussing getting started, inspirations, creative problem solving, career hurdles and the films and shows they work on. Join costume designer, Catherine Baumgardner, as she talks to other designers, directors, and actors on creating characters through costume. Hear behind-the-scene stories and personal advice from professionals in the field.
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Ep 23 - Antoinette Messam - The Book of Clarence, Lift, and going all in on costume design
March 20, 2024 01:00 - 54 minutes - 50.2 MBThe “Voice of Costume” is the first podcast created between working costume designers sharing stories, inspiration, struggles, and insights into the creative career of costume design. Please comment and leave a 5-star review to help get the voices of these Costume Designers into the world. Listen in on this inspirational, one-on-one conversation between Antoinette Messam and Catherine Baumgardner. Topics Include: Influence of parents and grandparents Jamaican childhood Inspired by ...
Ep 22 - Jennifer Starzyk - The Iron Claw, impact of mentors, and creative inspirations
January 11, 2024 14:00 - 47 minutes - 43.2 MBThe “Voice of Costume” is the first podcast created between working costume designers sharing stories, inspiration, struggles, and insights into the creative career of costume design. Listen in on this inspirational, one-on-one conversation between Jennifer Starzyk and Catherine Baumgardner. Topics Include: Growing up with a fashion conscious mom College journey and internships First costume credit and sleeping in Pioneer Town Working and Learning from many mentors Bringing joy...
Ep 21 - Ellen Mirojnick - Oppenheimer and winning the Super Bowl with Christopher Nolan
December 28, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour - 56 MBThe “Voice of Costume” is the first podcast created between working costume designers sharing stories, inspiration, struggles, and insights into the creative career of costume design. Listen in on this fun, one-on-one conversation between Ellen Mirojnick and Catherine Baumgardner. Topics Include: Painting at 3 years old Art school at 5 years of age Leaping from fashion to film Memorable film experiences: Fatal Attraction, Wall Street, Chaplin Seeing the story first Her focus o...
Ep 20 - Giovanni Lipari - Designing modern twists into the 1880's for "The Buccaneers"
December 26, 2023 23:00 - 47 minutes - 43.8 MBThe “Voice of Costume” is the first podcast created between working costume designers sharing stories, inspiration, struggles, and insights into the creative career of costume design. Listen in on this fun, one-on-one conversation between Giovanni Lipari and Catherine Baumgardner. Topics Include: Growing up feeling restricted, leading to creative escapism Supportive parents in pursuing creativity His path into fashion industry Fashion industry vs costume design The beauty of hi...
Ep 19 - Oliver Garcia - Designing the period film "Chevalier" in 4 weeks
December 23, 2023 08:00 - 46 minutes - 42.4 MBThe “Voice of Costume” is the first podcast created between working costume designers sharing stories, inspiration, struggles, and insights into the creative career of costume design. Listen in on this fun, one-on-one conversation between Oliver Garcia and Catherine Baumgardner. Topics include: Growing up in Canary Islands His brothers’ influence on his creative journey Sandy Powell’s influence and mentorship Pitching to get the job on "Chevalier" Designing and prepping a perio...
Ep 18 - Megan Gray - Murder at the End of the World and filming in Iceland
December 11, 2023 14:00 - 41 minutes - 38 MBThe “Voice of Costume” is the first podcast created between working costume designers sharing stories, inspiration, struggles, and insights into the creative career of costume design. Listen in on this fun, one-on-one conversation between Megan Gray and Catherine Baumgardner about Megan's latest project as the Costume Designer on the FX show "Murder at the End of the World". She shares the lessons of filming in Iceland weather and the creativity used within a restricted color palette. M...
Ep 17 - Valerie Klarich - Saturday Night Live, Gossip Girl, and Dicks: The Musical
November 29, 2023 16:29 - 44 minutes - 40.7 MBThe “Voice of Costume” is the first podcast created between working costume designers sharing stories, inspiration, struggles, and insights into the creative career of costume design. Listen in on this encouraging, one-on-one conversation between Valerie Klarich and Catherine Baumgardner about Valerie's beginnings on Gossip Girl and Saturday Night Live to her latest project as the Costume Designer on the movie "Dicks: The Musical". Valerie shares a very insightful day-by-day breakdown fo...
Ep 16 - Shekhar Rahate - Designing for the Red Carpet
November 29, 2023 16:10 - 46 minutes - 65 MBThe “Voice of Costume” is the first podcast created between working costume designers sharing stories, inspiration, struggles, and insights into the creative career of costume design. Listen in on this enlightening, one-on-one conversation between red carpet designer, Shekhar Rahate, and Catherine Baumgardner about Shekhar's surprising journey from photographer to run way model to designer. Check out his streaming TV show "Red Carpet Ready" showing the process to create a gown for the red ...
Ep 15 - Trish Summerville - Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
October 27, 2023 19:51 - 51 minutes - 47.2 MBThe “Voice of Costume” is the first podcast created between working costume designers sharing stories, inspiration, struggles, and insights into the creative career of costume design. Listen in on this enlightening, one-on-one conversation between Trish Summerville and Catherine Baumgardner about Trish's process for design, managing her team, and reflecting on her journey in filmmaking. Hear what Trish called, "Hoop It Out" to help herself and her team deal with stress during productio...
Ep 14 - Dominique Dawson - The Power of Collaboration, Friends, and Travel
August 01, 2023 14:14 - 53 minutes - 48.6 MBThe “Voice of Costume” is the first podcast created between working costume designers sharing stories, inspiration, struggles, and insights into the creative career of costume design. Listen in on this enlightening, one-on-one conversation between Dominique Dawson and Catherine Baumgardner about how Dominique started in her journey as a creative and creating the looks for her shows. Be sure to hear the great places that Dominique recommends to visit! Dominique shares her insights in crea...
Ep13 - Tiffany Hasbourne - Wisdom about Brands, Budgets, and Becoming Oneself
July 24, 2023 22:43 - 1 hour - 96 MBThis episode Catherine and Tiffany cover her journey from youth to today. How her parents influence set her on the trajectory she is on now and how they even continue to aid her insights into creative solutions. (Listen to how her father's scuba hobby helped her know how to design for a scene! ) Tiffany Hasbourne began building her career by styling for some of the biggest names in music such as 50 Cent, French Montana, Busta Rhymes, Nas, Missy Elliot and more. Hasbourne later expanded her...
Ep12 - Justine Seymour - The Choices, Challenges, and Rewards of Period Design and International Filming for "Transatlantic"
June 23, 2023 16:45 - 54 minutes - 75.4 MBJustine is back on the podcast! Listen to Episode 7 for a deep dive into her creative journey and process. This episode Catherine and Justine cover the inspirations and challenges of the limited-series "Transatlantic" about the inspiring true story of rescuing artists out of Nazi Germany in 1940. PLEASE leave a FIVE STAR ***** REVIEW to help us get the Voices of these Costume Designers into the world! COMMENT at Voice Of Costume IG about what you learned from this episode! Leave a co...
Ep11 - Jennifer May Nickel - Designing "Gotham Knights", burning her costumes, and loving her job
June 17, 2023 00:53 - 57 minutes - 52.7 MBThe “Voice of Costume” is an enlightening, one-on-one conversation between working costume designers sharing stories, inspiration, struggles, and insights into the creative career of costume design. Do not miss this episode with the "Adorkable" Jennifer May Nickel! This episode is a great entry to the podcast if you are looking for where to start! PLEASE leave a FIVE STAR ***** REVIEW to help us get the Voices of these Costume Designers into the world! COMMENT at Voice Of Costume I...
Ep10 - Kelly Kwon - How costumes on "Quasi" were inspired through world travel, overcoming obstacles, and family
June 15, 2023 03:50 - 50 minutes - 46.6 MBThe “Voice of Costume” is an enlightening, one-on-one conversation between working costume designers sharing stories, inspiration, struggles, and insights into the creative career of costume design. Kelly Kwon has been designing costumes for almost two decades. Learning to be nimble and creative on several movies with Hallmark and many other shows, she now sinks her creative teeth into a dream project called "Quasi" about a hapless hunchback who yearns for love, but finds himself in the m...
Ep09 - Elaine Montalvo - Walking Dead, Big Time Rush, and One True Loves
June 04, 2023 16:00 - 41 minutes - 37.8 MBElaine Montalvo started designing costumes for film and TV straight out of college. She shares how her attitude and work ethic in college created work for her immediately. Her career spans decades of films and tv shows including: Walking Dead, One True Loves, Blindspotting, Flamin' Hot, Big Time Rush and much much more. Listen in to hear the design differences between an apocalyptic show like "Walking Dead" and a movie that spans years like "One True Loves". An episode with great insights a...
Ep08 - Deborah L. Scott - Avatar: Way of Water, Titanic, and E.T. Building Costumes for Other Worlds
May 15, 2023 19:00 - 52 minutes - 48.9 MBDeborah L. Scott, has created an impressive tapestry of costume designs that include such beloved films as E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Back to the Future, Legends of the Fall, Heat, The Patriot, Minority Report, Titanic, Avatar, Avatar: Way of Water and much more. Do not miss out on this Academy Award winning costume designer discuss her process, building practically for a digital world, overcoming creative blocks and a heartwarming story about E.T.’s bathrobe. PLEASE leave a FIVE STAR ...
Ep 07 - Justine Seymour - International Costume Designer discusses process and tragedy of “Women of the Movement”
January 17, 2022 22:01 - 50 minutes - 46.7 MBCostume designer Justine Seymour's work can be seen in Netflix hit German-American drama miniseries Unorthodox — currently streaming on the platform — for which she was nominated for an Emmy and won the German TV Award Best Costume Designer 2020. Host Catherine Baumgardner and Justine discuss her latest work on "Women of the Movement" and her process on that show and her creative journey.
Ep 06 - Paul Tazewell - Hamilton Costume Designer talks journey, life lessons and creative process
July 03, 2020 23:22 - 1 hour - 47.1 MBPaul Tazewell joins VOC and shares his journey from growing up in Ohio to becoming a Tony Award winning Costume Designer for Hamilton: An American Musical Ever wonder how characters in film and TV get their look? Join us as we talk to costume designers, directors, and actors on creating characters through costume. Hear behind-the-scene stories and personal advice from professionals in the field. Article mentioned in the podcast: https://www.businessinsider.com/paul-tazewell-costume-de...
Ep 05 - Lisa Vreeland - Director of “Love, Cecil” talks the fascinating life of costume designer for My Fair Lady
August 15, 2018 17:15 - 31 minutes - 16 MBDirector Lisa Immordino Vreeland shares her journey of documenting the life of Cecil Beaton who is best known for his costume designs for My Fair Lady and Gigi. She shares with us the life of this inspiring artist, author, designer, and photographer. Art of Style : for M2M (Made to Measure). This is exclusively my program: https://m2m.tv/art-of-style Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/lovececilbook_film/ Film Schedule : https://zeitgeistfilms.com/film/lovececil Voice of Costume tw...
Ep 04 - Eden Coblenz - Costume Supervisor talks Modern Family, Set Organization, & Coen Brothers
July 25, 2018 06:48 - 46 minutes - 23 MBWhat is it like to run a costume department for a hit TV show like Modern Family? Eden Clark Coblenz shares what it takes to do costumes for scripted tv, working on Coen brothers films, and how to keep your department organized on set. Please let us know what you enjoyed from the show! Eden Coblenz IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0163603/ Voice of Costume IG: voice_of_costume Voice of Costume Twitter: @voiceofcostume Please rate and subscribe! Thanks for listening!
Ep 03 - Gates McFadden - Life Lessons & Creative Journey from Ohio to Star Trek: The Next Generation
July 07, 2018 04:36 - 51 minutes - 25.1 MBKnown for her role as Dr. Beverly Crusher on Star Trek: The Next Generation, Gates McFadden joins us to discuss the role costumes have played for her as an actor, director, and choreographer. She shares life experiences, her unique journey abroad, and what advice she’d give herself. Please let our guest know what you enjoyed from the show! Gates McFadden Twitter: @gates_mcfadden Gates McFadden website: GatesPlays Voice of Costume IG: voice_of_costume Voice of Costume Twitter: @voic...
Ep 02 - Mark Bridges - 2-time Oscar Winner shares his Journey, Inspirations, & Creative Process
June 16, 2018 05:45 - 51 minutes - 25.2 MBAcademy Award winning Costume Designer Mark Bridges joins the show and tells us all about how he got started, who inspired his career, his creative process, and what he did with his jet ski. 'Phantom Thread' Q&As with Mark Bridges: qa-with-mark-bridges phantom-thread-costume-designer-creating-look-a-fictional-fashion-house phantom-thread-oscars-mark-bridges-interview-paul-thomas-anderson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSvxgcDwH0w Mark Bridges IG: mb_costume Voice of Costu...
Ep 01 - Salvador Perez - The Mindy Project, Pitch Perfect films, & President of Costume Designers Guild
June 02, 2018 07:39 - 59 minutes - 28.8 MBSalvador Perez joins us to talk about how he got started, the Mindy Project, working on 3 Pitch Perfect films, and being President of the Costume Designer's Guild. Hear Salvador's advice on the conviction of your design work, how to go about joining the guild, and the importance of making your name synonymous with your designs. Links: Voice of Costume Twitter @voiceofcostume Voice of Costume Instagram Salvador's Twitter http://www.salvadorperezdesign.com/ Visit our website to see ...