Thursday, April 18, 2019
Toni-Leslie James Costume Design for White Noise
www.livedesignonline.com: : Award-winning costume designer Toni-Leslie James turned her talents to the world premiere of White Noise, Suzan-Lori Parks’ (SLP) visceral new play about contemporary racism at The Public Theater. Directed by Oskar Eustis in the intimate Anspacher, the play runs through May 5, with sets by Clint Ramos, lighting by Xavier Pierce, sound by Dan Moses Schreier, and projections by Lucy Mackinnon. James talks about her designs for this play fraught with issues that come up in the interracial friendships of Dawn, Ralph, Leo, and Misha.
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This article was very strange, in how little was said about the costumes, yet the information which is given is specific to a kind of character status. I did not know how much costume designers did for story creation, although after reading this article, it seems almost silly that they would not create story for them. Where one sources clothing, ones relationship with it when they got it, and who they are when the got it compared to now are things that need to be thoroughly considered in designs. Often for TV shows, costumes are determined by that characters personality and emotions of that moment, and they often come across as shallow, two dimensional people. It is hard to believe the lie, that an actor is a whole other person, when they look like they dressed themselves on a 2011 version of Stardoll. I find more of an appeal in costume design through this, and have much respect for those people who see the humanity in the way we choose our own objects.
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