Knowing who the actors were as you were designing them helped, with Catherine's beauty and Renee's frailty, they directed me visually just… — Colleen Atwood Copy Share Image
Costume design allows you to do a different type of research and create characters, whereas in fashion, you create an image and… — Colleen Atwood Copy Share Image
As for futuristic costumes, I loved doing 'Gattaca' because I'm a minimalist at heart, and it's a very minimal film. Plus, with… — Colleen Atwood Copy Share Image
I really don't over-theorize about design. I'd rather feel it than talk it to death. A lot happens as you unroll the… — Colleen Atwood Copy Share Image
The thing that's great about being a costume designer is you never know what's going to be next; you never what world… — Colleen Atwood Copy Share Image
Costume, hair and makeup can tell you instantly, or at least give you a larger perception of who a character is. It's… — Colleen Atwood Copy Share Image
I think that sometimes people don't understand that a costume that has to be worn every day and doesn't change the whole… — Colleen Atwood Copy Share Image
I design for the movie and the character as well as the person wearing the costume. I show the ideas to the… — Colleen Atwood Copy Share Image
People like to stir up the fashion vs. costume world, and I think what they mean by 'too costumey' is that it's… — 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
