Monday, March 27, 2023

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery movie costumes on display...

In Rian Johnson's murder mystery sequel, Glass Onion, Daniel Craig reprises his role as the private investigator 'Benoit Blanc'. Set during the COVID-19 pandemic, Edward Norton's tech billionaire 'Miles Bron' hosts a murder mystery game at his mansion, the Glass Onion, on his private island in Greece. Invited are Miles old friends, including the politically incorrect former supermodel-turned-fashion designer 'Birdie Jay' (Kate Hudson) and 'Andi Brand' (Janelle Monáe) his genius ex-business partner who also a twin sister 'Helen'. Benoit Blanc arriving at the island is a surprise to the billionaire, but he assumes one of the other guests invited him as a joke.

Andi/Helen Brand costume worn by Janelle Monáe,
Detective Benoit Blanc costume worn by Daniel Craig
and Birdie Jay costume worn by Kate Hudson
in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Glass Onion Knives Out movie costumes
Janelle Monáe Glass Onion Andi Brand movie costume
Janelle Monáe Glass Onion Andi Brand costume
Janelle Monáe Glass Onion Andi film costume
Glass Onion movie costumes
Daniel Craig Glass Onion Benoit Blanc movie costume
Daniel Craig Glass Onion Benoit Blanc film costume
Glass Onion film costumes
Kate Hudson Glass Onion Birdie Jay costume
Kate Hudson Glass Onion Birdie costume
Kate Hudson Glass Onion Birdie Jay costume
Kate Hudson Glass Onion Birdie costume
Glass Onion Knives Out film costumes
This trio of summery costumes from the murder mystery written and directed by Rian Johnson were photographed on display at the FIDM Museum in Downtown Los Angeles on March 7, 2023.

Jenny Eagan is Costume Designer on Netflix's Glass Onion and you can see more of her work with these Suburbicon movie costumes, this Catch-22 mini-series costume and these Beasts of No Nation movie costumes.

Fans of the whodunit film franchise can also enjoy a closer look at these Knives Out movie costumes previously on display (also designed by Jenny Eagan).

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery movie billboard
Glass Onion Knives Out billboard

Thursday, March 23, 2023

Avatar: The Way of Water movie costumes on display...

In Avatar: The Way of Water we return to the habitable moon of Pandora sixteen years after the Na'vi race repelled the human RDA (Resources Development Administration) invasion. 'Jake Sully' (Sam Worthington) is now chief of the Omatikaya clan, raising a family with his mate 'Neytiri' (Zoe Saldana). When the RDA return to colonize the moon, their family is forced to flee their forest tribe and seek refuge on Pandora's eastern seaboard with the oceanic Metkayina clan. 'Tonowari' (Cliff Curtis) is chief of the reef-living clan, living there with his free-diving pregnant wife 'Ronal' (Kate Winslet) and his daughter 'Tsireya' (Bailey Bass).

Na'vi costumes from Avatar: The Way of Water
Avatar Way of Water movie costumes
Avatar Way of Water film costumes
Bailey Bass Avatar Way of Water Tsireya costume
Avatar Way of Water Tsireya costume
Avatar Way of Water costumes
Kate Winslet Avatar Way of Water Ronal costume
Kate Winslet Avatar Way of Water Ronal costume
Avatar Way of Water Ronal costume detail
Avatar Way of Water Ronal costume detail
Avatar Way of Water Ronal movie costume
Cliff Curtis Avatar Way of Water Tonowari costume
Cliff Curtis Avatar Way of Water Tonowari costume
Avatar Way of Water Tonowari costume detail
Avatar Way of Water Tonowari loincloth costume detail
Avatar The Way of Water film costumes
Zoe Saldana Avatar Way of Water Neytiri costume
Avatar Way of Water Neytiri costume detail
Avatar Way of Water Neytiri costume detail
Avatar Way of Water Na'vi headdress
Avatar Way of Water Na'vi tools
Avatar Way of Water movie costumes
Deborah Scott is Costume Designer on the movie sequel and this assortment of costumes from the film were photographed on display at Downtown L.A.'s FIDM Museum on March 7, 2023.

Even though actors are not dressed on sets every day whilst filming, concept art and actual physical costumes are created for the nine-foot-tall blue Na'vi to give the actors in their performance capture suits an understanding of what they will look like and how they may move in the finished movie.

The Metkayina clan costumes incorporated lots of woven and braided materials and shells, with colours influenced by the ocean and sunsets.

You can see more of Deborah Scott's work in Avatar, plus these costumes from The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and these Transformers: Dark of the Moon costumes and these Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen costumes on display.

Avatar: The Way of Water movie billboard
Avatar Way of Water movie billboard

Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Oscar-nominated Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris movie costume on display...

In Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris, Lesley Manville plays a widowed cleaning lady in 1957 London who becomes enamoured with her client's beautiful haute couture dress by Christian Dior which inspires her to take all her savings and her war widow's pension and travel to Paris to buy her very own Dior dress. This movie is an adaptation of Paul Gallico's 1958 novel, Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris directed by Anthony Fabian and received an Oscar nomination for Jenny Beavan for Best Costume Design.

Ravissant dress from Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Mrs Harris Goes to Paris Ravissant dress
Mrs Harris Goes to Paris Ravissant dress
Mrs Harris Goes to Paris Ravissant costume
Mrs Harris Goes to Paris Ravissant gown
Mrs Harris Goes to Paris Ravissant costume
Mrs Harris Goes to Paris movie costume
Mrs Harris Goes to Paris Ravissant dress
This floral embellished "Ravissant" dress is what inspired 'Mrs. Ada Harris' to buy her own Dior dress in the comedy-drama and was photographed on display at Downtown L.A.'s FIDM Museum on March 7, 2023.

This was Jenny Beavan's twelfth Academy Award nomination for Best Costume Design and she's already won three Oscars for A Room with a View, Mad Max: Fury Road and Cruella.

This year's Oscar winner was Ruth Carter for her Black Panther: Wakanda Forever costumes, plus other nominees were Catherine Martin for these Elvis movie costumes, Mary Zophres for these Babylon movie costumes and Shirley Kurata for these Everything Everywhere All at Once costumes.

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris movie poster
Mrs Harris Goes to Paris movie poster

Sunday, March 19, 2023

Oscar-nominated Babylon movie costumes on display...

Even though Damien Chazelle's ode to the excess, cruelty, debauchery and corruption in the silent era of Hollywood, Babylon, was a box office bomb, it still managed to score three Academy Award nominations for Original Score, Production Design and Costume Design by Mary Zophres. The film follows multiple characters, including Margot Robbie as the ambitious actress 'Nellie La Roy' and Li Jun Li's lesbian cabaret performer 'Lady Fay Zhu', as they navigate the decadence and depravity of early Hollywood.

Lady Fay Zhu costume worn by Li Jun Li
and Nellie LaRoy costumes worn by Margot Robbie
in Babylon
Babylon movie costumes
Li Jun Li Babylon Lady Fay Zhu movie costume
Li Jun Li Babylon Lady Fay Zhu costume
Babylon Lady Fay Zhu film costume
Babylon Lady Fay Zhu back costume detail
Babylon Lady Fay Zhu costume detail
Lady Fay Zhu Babylon movie costume
Babylon movie costumes
Margot Robbie Babylon Nellie LaRoy costume
Margot Robbie Babylon Nellie LaRoy costume
Margot Robbie Babylon Nellie LaRoy movie costume
Margot Robbie Babylon Nellie LaRoy film costume
Babylon Nellie LaRoy costume back
Babylon Nellie LaRoy costume detail
Babylon Nellie LaRoy costume shoes
Margot Robbie Babylon Nellie LaRoy movie costume
This trio of Oscar-nominated costumes from the movie were photographed on display at Downtown L.A.'s FIDM Museum on March 7, 2023.

This is Mary Zophres fourth Academy Award nomination for Costume Design and you can see her other Oscar-nominated designs with these La La Land movie costumes, these costumes from The Ballad of Buster Scruggs and these True Grit movie costumes on display.

Meanwhile Margot Robbie fans can enjoy a closer look at her Harley Quinn costumes from Suicide Squad, Birds of Prey and The Suicide Squad, plus her I, Tonya movie costumes, Mary Queen of Scots movie costumes and her Goodbye Christopher Robin film costume on display.

Babylon movie billboard
Babylon movie billboard