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Listen in on this inspirational, one-on-one conversation between Allyson Fanger and Catherine Baumgardner.

Welcome Allyson - This fabulous costume designer is well known for her design work on Shrinking starring Harrison Ford, the Netflix series: Grace and Frankie starring Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda, and Apples Never Fall

TOPICS INCLUDE: 

STARTING OUT:

Growing up in Minnesota

Aunt Molly and her bag of jewelry

Mom and her Vogue Magazines

Dad outfit

Travel influences

Undirected and exploring

Anthropology Degree influence

The beauty of India

Not knowing what to do with her life

The moment she knew what she should do with her life

Her first film

Her first mentor in costume design

Moving to LA

Learning all the positions

 

COMING BACK (min 13):

Taking a 7 year break to be a mom

Being very directed and purposeful

 Doing a favor that propelled her back

Being a mom as a priority while working

 

GRACE & FRANKIE (min 19)

Grace inspired by her mom

Grace color palette and visual arc

Frankie as the converse to Grace

Frankie as colorful and chaotic

“What would Sharon Davis do?”

Taking more than one fitting to find it

Finding it with Lily Tomlin

 

SHRINKING (min 33)

Contrast colors for character mood

 

APPLES NEVER FALL (min 35)

Contrast color to create a focal point

Love designing families

Using Brands to define characters

Shop where the characters shop

Characters “closet shopping”

SPOILER - character arc reveal

Many brands of tennis capsule looks

Pickleball vs Tennis looks

‘Shapes of tennis looks’

Breakdown of the Final Scene Looks

Pajamas as a Final Look

Relating to being a mom

Fitting room with Sam Neill

 

PROCESS (min 56)

Finding real people

Staying goal oriented

Working in LA

Happiness as a costume designer

 

RAPID FIRE (min 68)