The “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 the outdoors
Starting as a model
Journey from Modeling to Styling to Buyer for Film to Designer
First show “Catwalk”
Moment she knew Costume Design was the destination
Realization of too many things going in life
Doing your homework to get the job
The importance of the message of Book of Clarence
Research for 1st century production
Directing the color palette you have available
Actor Feedback for contemporary vs period costumes
Challenges of communication between different countries
Working on two films
Being a parent on a film set
Needed mindset shift to take from the work day to home life
Advice for her younger self
Plus Deep Dive and Rapid Fire Questions!
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The “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 to set everyday
THE IRON CLAW
Making costumes from scratch
Designing for real people in the 1980’s
Symbolism in the character’s belts
Surprise impact of the Iron Claw story
Hard lesson learned in life
Why you should tell others your goals/dreams
Genre wish to design for someday
Movie that inspired Jennifer
Advice for others
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The “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 on 'contemporary design'
Creating history versus interpreting history
The rise of costume designers in the press
Having a ‘classical eye’
First Meeting with Christopher Nolan
Steven Soderbergh reigniting her love for costume design
How to handle big meetings
Solving the problems of the job
Creating the design for Oppenheimer
Tackling the limitation of ‘no hats’
Making a “fat free” film
Working with Chris Nolan is like being on a super bowl winning team
Costume details when shooting in IMAX
The importance of the silhouette
Costume ‘arc’ of Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer’s personally created signature look
Ellen’s definition of ‘success’ Ellen’s motivation to keep going Letting creativity soar The Inspiration of museums
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The “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 history vs modern design
Modern twist on historical time periods
Staying faithful to the time period "shape"
Transitioning a show to another costume designer
Collaborating with another designer
The creative process never stops
Bringing items on trips that make you feel at home
Plus rapid fire questions: Favorite Book Hopeful Time Period to Design Top places to visit in the world Craziest thing ever done Projects on the horizon
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The “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 period film in 4 weeks
Using color for theme and character
Removing dripping wax from a costume
Motivated by failure
Who to surround yourself with
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The “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. Megan shares what she learned from large productions like Matrix Resurrections and DC's Birds Of Prey.
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The “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 for the frenetic process on SNL for the wardrobe department. Also, hear her inspirational thoughts on crowdsourcing your process to find the best ideas.
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The “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 carpet.
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The “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 production!
An inspiring conversation. One not to be missed.
Do watch Trish's latest work "Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" and Trish's Oscar nominated work for "Mank"
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The “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 creating the new Amazon show "SWARM" about an obsessed fan who goes to increasingly violent lengths for her favourite R&B singer.
**** listener warning as there is discussion about depression and suicide****
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This 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 career by designing for hit TV shows such as "Ballers" (HBO), "Shooter" (USA), "Atlanta" (FX) and more. In addition to designing looks for these series, she continues her styling with celebrity clients.
Her latest film "Sweetwater" about Hall of Famer, Nat 'Sweetwater' Clifton, makes history as the first African American to sign an NBA contract, forever changing how the game of basketball is played.
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