W Magazine | Women's Fashion & Celebrity News: There is a crucial scene in The Irishman that vividly demonstrates the brilliance of Sandy Powell, who has won three Academy Awards for costume design, and codesigned with Christopher Peterson the costumes for Martin Scorsese’s latest feature. The film spans five decades and details the life of Frank Sheeran, a mob hitman (Robert De Niro), and his affiliation with Jimmy Hoffa (Al Pacino), the powerful head of the Teamsters union from 1957 to 1971.
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It is wonderful to read an article focused around the magnificent work of a costume designer! At first, I was drawn to the title because I just saw the Irishman and I adored the film. I thought it would just explain the process of the costumes, but instead I was pleasantly surprised to see that the whole article was more of an interview and exploration about the career of the designer Sandy Powell. I didn’t know the name, but I knew her work. Going through the pictures of her films really impressed me with how easily she was able to capture a variety of time periods and different styles. The photos of her were arguably more interesting, as it is clear from her outfits that she has no problems with expressing her own fashionable freedom. My main takeaway from this article was that Sandy Powell is the exact kind of designer and person I strive to be for my career.
Reading an article about the amazing work of a costume designer is really fun, especially because it is so shocking to see her personal style and compare it to her work that I am familiar with. She dresses so extravagantly that at you wouldn't expect her to be the same designer who did costumes for things like The Favourite and The Irishman. Hirschberg was definitely right to say that Powell's range is amazing. She is really someone for design students to look up to because she has such incredible storytelling ability with her costumes and is able to adapt her designs and aesthetics to meet whatever task is put in front of her. Its funny because had never really heard about Sandy Powell until a couple of weeks ago when she showed up in my research for a design project, and now I am kind of obsessed with her work. Her process especially resonates me because of the kind of costume work that I've done in the past, so reading about her process is really inspiring for me.
I thoroughly enjoyed this article! It was so nice to read about about Sandy Powell’s career instead of specific details about one of her projects. I love Sandy’s eccentric style. Specifically the picture of her wearing the giant white spiky dress because it’s so unique and fun looking. I also appreciate that this article included a short history of some of the most influential costume designers such as Edith Head. I think it’s really interesting that Powell said that she wishes she could design a line of clothes inspired by the costumes she’s designed once she finishes a movie. I’ve often considered the idea of creating a line of costumes myself that all have a cohesive story line so it’s an interesting idea to do that based off of a movie. I also love the pink and yellow plaid suit she wears in one of the other pictures in the article!
I really appreciated getting an inside look of Sandy Powell’s various costume designs. The photos that are included are really interesting to view alongside reading about her career. I also found it interesting to see her different costumes from the various films that she’s worked on over the years. Her work has been featured in a lot of films that I have seen but also in many that I have not seen yet. Something that really stuck out to me is the fact that Robert De Niro’s character has 102 costume changes. It makes me wonder how many costume changes are in films that are not over three and a half hours long. It also stood out to me that De Niro also keeps all of his costumes, according to his contract. What does he do with them? Does he wear them after the film has concluded principal photography? Perhaps he has a warehouse of costumes.
As some one who's not a costume designer, I always wonder about the process of designing something that's not ridiculously exciting, so this was a really cool insight. From what I can tell in the article, Sandy Powell is a really cool designer. I think this article really shows her versatility as a designer by introducing her as the Irishman designer and then showing really interesting, avant-garde concepts in the rest of her designs, so I think that's really great! It's super interesting to hear about the process of designing a movie that seems so simple, like suits and ties. I love hearing how intentional each choice was to Powell. I do truly love that De Niro keeps his costumes. I think I would do that if I were an actor. Also, I really want that really cool pink and yellow outfit in the article.
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