Always Quote by Colleen Atwood

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

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

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

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

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

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

I choose colors I like and will photograph well. I don't do color theory!

— Colleen Atwood

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

It's true that I'm not cozy. I'm more reserved.

— Colleen Atwood

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

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

I get more distracted by hair or a really bad wig than I do costumes any day of the week.

— Colleen Atwood