Disney Selling 'Cruella' Outfits Without Paying Film's Costume Designer
Costume designers are pushing back against studios using their work without credit, with 'Cruella' at the heart of the controversy.
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Costume designers are pushing back against studios using their work without credit, with 'Cruella' at the heart of the controversy.
In 2020, the cult film Clueless marked 25 years since its initial release. Not a year has passed since 1995 when it hasnât influenced the wardrobes of more than one rising It-girls. The latest to take cues from the filmâs fashion-obsessives Cher Horowitz and Dionne Davenport? Step up, Irina Shayk. Shayk also wore a Barriere mask. Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin Strolling through the streets of New York City this week, the new-gen super wore a purple and yellow coloured plaid Vivienne Westwood skirt-suit. In short: the punchy statement â styled by Marc Edam â could easily have be...
For Disney's live action 'Mulan', costume designer Bina Daigeler had to adapt. Stunt versions of the main character's leather boots were actually Stella McCartney sneakers in disguise. Photo: Instagram/@mulan The artisans behind some of this year's films were tasked with creating a myriad of stunts, regardless of century or setting. While stunt actors execute the physicalities in a script, it's not without support from other departments, including costumes. A costume may be wonderful, but unless it can withstand the necessary action sequences as well, it just won't work. For Disney's live ac...
Share 'She was a young ingenue, she had been in one or two music videos and she didn't have a lot of experience with film. She was already then, at 18, an activist. 'She would come in in her sweats with her dogs and she really had to learn about high fashion and designer clothes and how to become that character.' The sci-fi film reunited the 44-year-old Cali blonde with her Blast from the Past producer Sunil Perkash (L), who shared a snap from the Copper King Hotel on December 23 'We're still close friends': SHTF also reunited Alicia with costume designer Mona May (L), who selected all of h...