Roth spends much of her time far from the bright lights of Hollywood and Broadway, at her home in Eastern Pennsylvania. It's where she and her late husband raised their daughter, and where Roth keeps her vast research library - such as the huge volumes for the military uniforms in the Civil War epic, "Cold Mountain." They contain information about where the jackets were made, where the wool was woven, where the wool was dyed, where it was washed.
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I personally don't know too much about Ann Roth and her designs, but the more I learn about costume design, the more I hear her name. Ann Roth is one of the most well know costume designers in the industry have designed over 100 films and dozen of shows. The fact that she designs from home now and lives in Pennsylvania was one of the points that I found the most fascinating. Its cool to see a famous designer working from home in her person studio. She has her own personal library of sources and research material which is every designers dream. The fact that she is designing three shows practically simultaneously at age 83 is astonishing. This is a women who has her heart completely in her work and will keep going until she stops.
It's really inspiring to hear a little bit about Ann Roth's experience costume designing. I don't know too much about her and the first time I actually heard her name. The amount of time she has been designing is fascinating! I;m trying to imagine how much she must love what she does to be 83 and have the intention to continue designing. I would love to pick her brain about hermit designing and the experiences she has had. It sounds like she has developed quite a history amongst actors and directors alike but I am also interested in the repertoire she has with different clothing companies or costume shops. I can't help but wonder if there will be a day when I am that old, still designing, and have a history such as hers. How inspiring!
This article didn't really have much content in it... I've heard of Ann Roth before but didn't realize how big she is. I think it's great to hear about her attention to detail and her interaction with the actors. I think that both are really important when designing and creating for a show or film. And the list of what she's designed for just seems to keep going on and on! I hope to keep working for as long as I live (I plan that my last moments will be sewing something and I'll keel over in the midst of working... how morbid...) so seeing that she is still designing at the age of 83 is extremely inspiring.
Where was the "design for living"? I didn't see it. Even with the minimal content that was in this article, I get a good feeling for the attention to detail and devotion that Ann Roth has for her craft. She is creating worlds and characters that need to be believable and real. Each movie she designs for is not just a story, but a study of life and of real people. I think one of the biggest challenges for theatrical and film designers is to be able to create a world in which the characters are believable in all types of situations.
I've heard of Ann Roth but never really knew what she did or her style of design was. I felt like this article was just the surface of what she truly does and i think in someways it just gives us a small taste of what we could learn from her. I've only dove into costumes during my costume mini/work call for stagecraft and thought it was really challenging to have to sew everything by hand. But i highly respect Ann and anyone who is in costume design and costume production because unlike some stages and sets every person/body and therefore every show is different.
Phenomenal! I've never heard anything about Ann Roth before, even though I just found out I have seen several things of her design, and she is obviously very successful. Now I'm no costume designer, but I super appreciate the heaps and heaps of detail that Ann has thrown into her work. From where the materials come from, to where they were made, to this stitch to that stitch (I kid), it is all very complete and effective. I do not think that she puts too much detail into what she does, rather I wish to know what her process is for her designs because having had to do some costume designs recently, I found it quite difficult and would love some insight on how someone so successful works through it.
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