.

MILENA CANONERO #1 

Milena Canonero is one of my absolute favourite costume designers ever! She recently won an academy award for Costume Design for her work on The Grand Budapest hotel. She has also won the award previously for her work on the film Marie Antoinette, which is one of my favourite films of all time because of the stunning costume and set design. 

The costumes for the Marie Antoinette film were beautiful remakes of the fashions from the 18th century with almost a modern twist. The mix of vibrant and soft colours along with the exquisite embellishment ensured that the film was aesthetically perfect. Milena Canonero stated: “Sophia [Coppola] gave me a box of macaroons from Ladurée. We looked at them and the beautiful colours and they became a guideline in a way. We didn't do everything based off of them, but they were definitely an inspiration." A few years ago I came across a website named the costumers guide which includes full length and up close photographs from various famous films. The website is an amazing resource and it is where i found the photos for this post, below is the link: 

http://www.costumersguide.com/cr_ma.shtml

I also love Canonero's quirky work on the more recent film The Grand Budapest Hotel which is based on the 1930s period with a vibrant injection of colour thanks to Canonero. Every costume complements the other and I particularly love the rich daring purple that Canonero chose shown below: 

 My favourite character of the movie costume wise is Tilda Swinton's character Madame D. It is suggested that the inspiration for the costumes came from the work of GKlimt, I love this concept and I love his work. Below are the computer aided designs of one of Madame D's costumes.

 Canonero says of being a costume designer, “You're not like a fashion designer who is just free to design your collection. Sometimes the director wants to spend a lot of time with you. Sometimes you have more room. You work really closely with the hair and makeup team so you can put together a total look.”