Costume design is more than just period – much more. Contemporary costume has an even tougher job of defining character and establishing setting. Yet every once in a while a period film comes along with clothes, hats and accessories so impeccably researched and realised on screen that it is impossible not to get swept along in the majesty of the past.
Predominately early 1930s set Lawless is one such example. Costume designer Margot Wilson (The Thin Red Line, The Proposition, The Road), has created one of the richest costume palettes of 2012, and all in a believable real world setting. Speaking exclusively to Clothes on Film, Ms. Wilson talks us through her process:
Clothes on Film: How did you undertake your research for Lawless?
Margot Wilson: As always reading the script quite a number of times and then researching the period. Late 1920’s to early 30’s. I also like to research...
Predominately early 1930s set Lawless is one such example. Costume designer Margot Wilson (The Thin Red Line, The Proposition, The Road), has created one of the richest costume palettes of 2012, and all in a believable real world setting. Speaking exclusively to Clothes on Film, Ms. Wilson talks us through her process:
Clothes on Film: How did you undertake your research for Lawless?
Margot Wilson: As always reading the script quite a number of times and then researching the period. Late 1920’s to early 30’s. I also like to research...
- 9/27/2012
- by Chris Laverty
- Clothes on Film
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