Contribute Quote by Colleen Atwood

One thing about costume design - and I think design in general - but especially costume design, is people have a misconception that it's…

— Colleen Atwood

Costumes, fashion, it's all an expression of self, and the more you push the boundaries - the more that people work at creating alternative…

— Reese Witherspoon

What a costume designer does is a cross between magic and camouflage. We create the illusion of changing the actors into what they are…

— Edith Head

As a costume designer, it's important to give each person his or her own personalized look.

— Eric Daman

I don't gravitate toward any one designer because I think of fashion as the costume of the everyday woman.

— Kerry Washington

Fashion designing involves a lot of work, and, as opposed to the general perception, it is different from costume designing for films. While a…

— Keerthy Suresh

Most designers don't dress in fashion. They dress in an anonymous way so that people are just judging their work.

— Louise Wilson

I turned my hand to costume design a few years ago when I created the outfits for 'This Is the Sea,' with Richard Harris…

— John Rocha

Costume design allows you to do a different type of research and create characters, whereas in fashion, you create an image and clothing for…

— Colleen Atwood

The thing that's great about being a costume designer is you never know what's going to be next; you never what world you are…

— Colleen Atwood

My favorite part about costume designing is the artistry of the job. You meet with a director and a visionary to discuss ideas. You…

— Ruth E. Carter

“Fashion can be a mask to cover imaginative poverty, and is often the antithesis of individual taste, but it can also become a weapon…

— Madge Garland