I worked in fashion, but I worked more in the sales side of fashion than in design. I was an assistant buyer for a department store back in the '70s and the early years of Saint Laurent. And I used… — Colleen Atwood Copy Share Image
The exposure I have had to beautiful materials across the world, from Japan to Italy, enables me to pull design ideas together. This, combined with years of historical research, has created a great fountain of ideas for me. — Colleen Atwood Copy Share Image
Chicago is partly a fairy tale because it's inside one person's head, so that part of it's made up and the rest of it… — Colleen Atwood Copy Share Image
I think a lot of young girls go through that period in their life of finding who they are, and at that point, looking… — Colleen Atwood Copy Share Image
I always carry pictures of my children and grandchildren, which is what makes it all worthwhile. It's great fun that my grandkids get to… — Colleen Atwood Copy Share Image
The designs were based on quite a lot of research of what a movie musical is, filtered through the eyes of today. If we'd… — Colleen Atwood Copy Share Image
Sometimes you have dreams about the day or something like that. But, for the story, it's just present and what you have left ahead… — Colleen Atwood Copy Share Image
I can create clothes for so many different time periods. I've always tried to avoid being pigeonholed. Plus, everything I learn about design and… — Colleen Atwood Copy Share Image
I choose colors I like and will photograph well. I don't do color theory! — Colleen Atwood Copy Share Image
I always have a moment when I know I'm designing the last costume that gets made for a movie, and it's always been floating… — Colleen Atwood Copy Share Image
I grew up in a small town in Washington State, so I wasn't really aware of costume design as a career growing up, but… — Colleen Atwood Copy Share Image
It's fun conjuring what people will be wearing in the future. We exist in this world today, and yet there are people walking around… — Colleen Atwood Copy Share Image
I get more distracted by hair or a really bad wig than I do costumes any day of the week. — Colleen Atwood Copy Share Image
