This years Academy Award-nominated films featured costumes that can best be described as dazzling, elegant, and gritty.
Here, Best Costume Design nominees discuss how they brought those looks to life.
Powell was inspired by colors captured in the street photography of the time.
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Carols color palette is elegant, and so too is her style.
Her romantic counterpart, Powell explains, begins with a style thats simple but pops, artsy but unselfconscious.
The looks scream whimsy, and Powell says that came naturally.
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It wasnt difficult making the costumes fun because its a fairy tale, she says.
She has to walk into the ballroom and immediately look different from everybody else, Powell says.
She has the biggest dress in the room, but its also the simplest and it was deliberate.
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How did Powell create that effect?
Then we tried to to make two complete opposite worlds.
Its costumes are perfectly dystopian, with a grimy aesthetic and metal details.
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The desert landscape also played a big role, though it did present challenges.
Namely, West applied black wax to pristine costumes to give them a more authentic, worn look.
It had a shine, but a depth.
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West found inspiration in her director and his passion for the story.
Beyond being symbolic, it shows a real resourcefulness.
He has the wherewithal and intuitiveness to take it with him.
