Sydney Lokant Costume IV Project 1 8/29/16 Costumes are the first impression that you have of the character before they open their mouth-it really does establish who they are. –Colleen Atwood Colleen Atwood is one of the most recognizable costume designers of these times. She was born September 25th, 1948 in Yakima, Washington. She started as a fashion advisor and then moved to New York to study art at NYU. After a happenstance in 1980, Colleen ended up with a job as a Production Assistant for Ragtime. She then worked as an assistant costume designer for A Little Sex. She continued working on projects until she landed the opportunity to costume Sting’s Bring On The Night tour and documentary in 1981. This brought her the recognition to begin …show more content…
One important element of Colleen Atwood’s style, prevalent throughout her designs, especially in Bigfish, is “unthought-of” objects she incorporates into her signature designs.(Vilkomerson). Like in Snow White and the Huntsman, she incorporated rooster feathers, chainmail, leather spikes and manipulated parchment to make some off the wall touches to her designs. (Miller, 2012). In other works she has tweaked what everyone thinks of and made it look like something never seen before. (Miller, Inside Meryl Streep’s Glam Into the Woods Makeover, and Colleen Atwood’s Other Fairy-Tale Costumes, 2014). She also uses colors and fabrics to set the mood of the scene being played out. Lucy's costumes are similarly elegant, hinting at her innocence and purity. She quite literally glows in Todd's initial flashback of her, wearing peachy-white lace from head to toe, including her bonnet, which casts a halo-like light around her face. Atwood says, "The world of Lucy was a rosy memory. I wanted that whole world to have a sort of peachy glow about it. I used diaphanous fabrics to create a transparent feeling; they could almost evaporate," (DeDominicis, 2008). This is compared to the dark almost monochromatic colors used in the rest of the
A Chauvin woman who was stabbed to death at a Grand Isle beach Sunday was a generous woman who loved photography and gardening, and did everything she could for her three kids despite being an amputee, her sister-in-law said. Jennifer Dozier was at the beach near Cypress Lane around 10:30 p.m. Sunday when a fight broke out between her and her boyfriend of nearly two years, Randy Paul Marcel, of Pine Street in Chauvin, police said. The fight, which witnesses say started over drugs or cigarettes, culminated in Dozier, 34, being stabbed the multiple times in the neck and torso, said Glen Boyd, Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office public information officer. Marcel left Dozier's 2-year-old son, Gabriel, with his mother's body and left the scene, police said.
Isabella Baumfree, now known as Sojourner Truth, was born into slavery in 1797, though her birthdate was not recorded. Isabella Baumfree protested when John Dumont , Isabella Baumfree 's previous owner whom she ran away from, sold her son, Peter, to a family in Alabama. Two white lawyers, whom we don 't know the name of, in New York gave Baumfree free legal help and liberated Peter through the courts. Sojourner Truth moved to Battle Creek, Michigan, in 1857 and became active there helping black people escape on the Underground Railroad to freedom.
Maria Mitchell was born in Nantucket, Massachusetts on August 1, 1818, and was one of nine brothers and sisters. Her family were Quakers and believed in equal education for men and women. Maria attended local schools and was tutored by her father. He taught her how to use a telescope when she was twelve, and she helped him calculate exactly when the annual solar eclipse would be. By the time she was fourteen, she was writing directions for sailors’ whaling trips.
Who would have thought that someone could go from being injured while in an active combat, to being a professional paratriathlete? Well, Melissa Stockwell did just that. In her younger ages, she loved her country to the extent of wanting to be in the army when she grew up. While knowing that she wanted to do that, she also kept in mind that she needed to be more athletic. Therefore, she began gymnastics at a younger age and also undertook many school activities.
Elizabeth Short ( born July 29th, 1924 -Jan 14-15 1947) also known as the black Dahlia was brutally murdered and found in a parking lot. In an article that discusses possibly who and where Elizabeth Short was brutally murdered, the author states that “ there were multiple suspects but not pinning one to the case. A local resident found the mutilated body of a young woman in a vacant lot on south Norton Avenue near L.A’s Leimert Park” (Pruitt). This quote shows… how Elizabeth's short body was discovered yet no one knows who did it.
Early life and Education Lauren Giraldo was born on 11th January 1998 in Miami, Florida. She belongs to White-American ethnicity and holds American nationality. Born into a mediocre family Giraldo has a sister, Kristina Giraldo, is a popular social media star. Their mother worked at the children’s hospital.
Kayla Montgomery is worth admiring because she is still chasing her dream while being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. MS blocks nerve signals which causes her legs to go numb while running in the races. Kayla is one of the fastest long distance runners in the country and is a freshman on an athletic scholarships at Nashville’s Lipscomb University. With her condition, she has no feeling whatsoever while running when her body temperature gets higher and higher. People feel as if that isn 't fair-
name is Alyssa Loredo, I was born and raised in Odessa, Texas. I have moved around frequently, but I have not yet to move out of Odessa. And who am I? That's an Interesting question, but overall I would describe myself as Devoted, Ambitious, and a Perfectionist when I need to be. There are many stories I could tell you about how I became the person I am today, but none of those stories made the most amount of impact in my life as the one I'm about to tell you.
Aaliyah Mcrae some may think she’s just another student at Manchester Regional High School and although she is a student,there is a lot more to her than you think. She has been a four year varsity basketball player. Some may ask, How is she’s so good?
Jane Long had a rough start of life but a great ending that changed the history of Texas for good. Jane Long was born on July 23, 1798 as the tenth child of her big family. Jane’s father, Capt. William Mackall, fought in the revolutionary war before she was born but died in 1799. In 1811 her mother, Ann Herbert Wilkinson, moved their family to Mississippi but died soon after in 1812 making Jane an orphan at age 14.
Trisha Yearwood Trisha Yearwood is married to Garth Brooks. She is a southern country girl and loves to cook southern food with a healthy twist. She used to live near Tulsa, OK, but recently moved to Nashville, Tennessee. She is also known for her country music.
Her hands are designed to look like her hands are on her hips or behind her back. Her fashionable Victorian dress has a laced collar and consists of assorted
Legendary San Francisco stripper Carol Doda, whose splashy act helped introduce topless entertainment to the city more than 50 years ago, died at age 78. Doda died Monday in the city from complications of kidney failure, friend Ron Minolla disclosed Wednesday. Doda first went topless in 1964 at the Condor Club — a move that changed every nightspot on busy Broadway in San Francisco. During its heyday in the early 1970s, the street in North Beach buzzed with more than two dozen clubs where carnival-like barkers beckoned passers-by to watch bare-breasted dancers. The era spanned some 20 years.
She is an interesting person who is sure to pique the interest in anyone that converses with her. Her mysterious works of art and unique Gothic fashion sense are both great conversation starters. You would think she’s dressed for Halloween; which is her favorite holiday. However, she insists her long black skirt, blue, black and purple make-up and the purplish-blue streak in her jet black hair is what she wears every day. Her daily ensemble also includes knee-high black boots with gigantic heels!
The outfits worn by the individual characters show their personalities and give the audience the assumption of the characters. For example, Dorothy’s costume shows youthful innocence in colour. Her hair is neatly braided with soft and pleasant make-up. She also wears a blue checked pinafore. She is portrayed as perfectly innocent and sweet.