Mercy Street season one TV costumes on display...

The period medical drama Mercy Street is set in America's Civil War in 1862 and follows two volunteer nurses from opposite sides of the conflict, 'Nurse Mary Phinney' (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) and 'Emma Green' (Hannah James) who work at Mansion House Hospital in Alexandria, Virginia.

Original season one costumes from Mercy Street

This display of costumes from the show's first season was photographed at Downtown L.A.'s FIDM Museum on August 9, 2016. Amy Andrews Harrell is Costume Designer, Johann Stegmeir is Assistant Costume Designer and Taneia Lednicky is Costume Supervisor on the wartime hospital drama.

Mrs. Jane Green costume worn by Donna Murphy

in Mercy Street

In the series Donna Murphy plays 'Mrs. Jane Green' the entitled Southern belle whose life is turned upside down when her family's luxury hotel is transformed into a Union Army hospital in Alexandria, a border town between North and South forces.

Nurse Mary Phinney costumes worn by Mary Elizabeth Winstead

in Mercy Street

Elizabeth Mary Winstead plays the New England head nurse, 'Mary Phinney', assigned to the repossessed Green family hotel turned hospital.

Doctor Jedidiah Foster costume worn by Josh Radnor

in Mercy Street

Josh Radnor stars as 'Dr. Jed Foster' a progressive army surgeon from a privileged Maryland background.

Emma Green costume worn by Hannah James

in Mercy Street

Hannah James stars as 'Emma Green', a young, naive Confederate belle who volunteered at the makeshift hospital as an act of rebellion against her privileged family.

If you like these U.S. Civil War era costumes, make sure you also check out these Oscar-nominated Lincoln movie costumes on display.

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More movie costumes from The Hateful Eight on display...

Around this time last year, Quentin Tarantino fans were early awaiting the Christmas release of his eighth movie, the bloody Western thriller, The Hateful Eight. Before the movie opened I was able to spy several movie costumes exhibits around L.A., but it was on February 12, 2016 at Downtown L.A.'s FIDM Museum that I was able to get a closer look at some of the cool looks from the movie.

Original film costumes from The Hateful Eight

Courtney Hoffman was Costume Designer on this mystery Western set in the snowy wilds of post-Civil War Wyoming, and you can also check out more movie costumes from The Hateful Eight from the other exhibits I'd had the good fortune to see before.

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A costume I'd not been lucky to see in person before was this costume worn by James Parks as the stagecoach driver 'O.B. Jackson' in the movie.

O.B. Jackson costume worn by James Parks

in The Hateful Eight

Also on display at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising (FIDM) Museum's 24th Art of Motion Picture Costume Design exhibition was Samuel L. Jackson's cool 'Major Marquis Warren' Bounty Hunter look.

Major Marquis Warren costume worn by Samuel L. Jackson

in The Hateful Eight

Fans of the actor can also check out his Nick Fury movie costume from Avengers: Age of Ultron on display.

Costume worn by Demián Bichir as Bob
in The Hateful Eight

The exhibit also included Demián Bichir's 'Bob' costume and Jennifer Jason Leigh's 'Daisy Domergue' outfit.

Daisy Domergue costume worn by Jennifer Jason Leigh

in The Hateful Eight

If you like these Western looks, make sure you also enjoy these movie costumes from The Lone Ranger, these Zorro TV costumes and these original Back to the Future III film costumes.

And hopefully next time it won't take me so long to post costume images like these (but they were worth the wait, right?).

The Hateful Eight movie poster

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them movie costumes on display...

On my way to see more magical creatures last night, a Q&A with Tom Ford for his Nocturnal Animals movie, the ArcLight Hollywood cinema also conjured up this amazing collection of costumes from J.K. Rowling's latest Harry Potter prequel spin-off, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

Original costumes from Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

These five character costumes from David Yates new film were designed by Oscar-winning Costume Designer Colleen Atwood, no stranger to the world of fantasy having created costumes for both of Disney's Alice in Wonderland movies and the film costumes for Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.

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In this first installment in a new magical five movie film franchise, Eddie Redmayne plays 'Newt Scamander', a shy and daffy English magizoologist who travels the globe collecting extraordinary endangered magical creatures.

Newt Scamander costume worn by Eddie Redmayne

in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

The wizard's travels bring him to 1926 New York City where he's on the hunt for some exotic new species and an accident causes some of his mystical beasts to escape his magical suitcase, threatening to draw attention from the non-magical population and the American wizards and witches policing magical use.

I think there's a very Matt Smith Doctor Who costume feel to this eccentric Newt Scamander look with the bow tie and tweed materials.

Fans of Eddie Redmayne can also check out these movie costumes and props from The Theory of Everything, these Oscar-nominated costumes from The Danish Girl and his Marius movie costume from Les Misérables.

Queenie Goldstein costume worn by Alison Sudol

in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

American mind-reading witch 'Queenie Goldstein' is the free-spirited younger sister of 'Porpentina Goldstein' and helps Newt on his New York adventures.

Porpentina Goldstein costume worn by Katherine Waterston

in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

'Porpentina' or 'Tina' Goldstein is the older sister and roommate of Queenie, a down-to-earth witch and former Auror at the Magical Congress of the United States of America (MACUSA).

Percival Graves costume worn by Colin Farrell

in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

'Percival Graves' is a high-ranking Auror and the Director of Magical Security of the MACUSA tasked with tracking down Newt. I loved seeing the detail and trim on his 1920s-inspired costume up close, especially his deadly scorpion collar pins.

Jacob Kawolski costume worn by Dan Fogler

in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

'Jacob Kowalski' is a 'No-Maj' (the American term for 'Muggle', a non-magical human) who becomes embroiled in Newt's escapades to recapture his magical creatures.

For more from the wizarding world, make sure you also check out all these original costumes and props from the Harry Potter movies.

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