Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Why Bway's 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' has no tiaras
The Denver Post: The Holly Golightly who has shown up on Broadway isn't wearing oversized Wayfarer-style sunglasses, tiaras, big hats, a pink cocktail dress or anything by Hubert de Givenchy.
Three-time Academy Award-winning costume designer Colleen Atwood avoided the classic outfits that made Audrey Hepburn such a style icon when she designed the clothes for an adaptation of "Breakfast at Tiffany's" that opens this week.
"Why go see something that's the same as the movie that's already been done? What's the point? We've seen that Givenchy black dress a million times," said Atwood, who won Oscars for her work on "Chicago," "Memoirs of a Geisha" and "Alice in Wonderland."
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I really enjoyed this article. This is such a great way to approach costume design. I agree that if something has already been done, especially if it has been done well, there is no point in trying to do it the exact same way agin. There is no design or innovation there. It is great that she took into account who her actors are and the purpose of this show. Just because you are telling the same story does not mean it needs to be told in the same way every time. This seems to be a pretty common problem in high school theatre, at least in the part of the country where i come from. I remember doing shows and the director telling me to look up older versions of shows and draw him the same costumes for our version of the show. That was always disappointing to have to do that. There is so much room and opportunity for exploration in theatre I think we should take the chance whenever warranted.
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