Go For Parents

Costume Designer Meredith Markworth-Pollack is our guest this week on Go For Parents.  We talk with Meredith about her journey into Costume Design, shifting gears with babies, balancing family/work life on the road, and more! L👀king forward to sharing the interview with you! 🎙 

A quick dip 💦 We asked, she shared... 

READ-“Claris in Paris” she is enjoying with her littles-pronounced “Claire-eece” is a “Little Mouse into Fashion that lives in Paris” 📖 🐭👛🥐🇫🇷

WATCH-“Mrs.America” on FX/HULU-*Soo good-Loved Cate, the Costumes and watched in support of previous colleagues whom also worked on “Reign” 🎥🎬

TRAVEL-From the Woman who is always on the Move... ✈️✈️

@trunkitravels Suitcase-“easy to pack, easy to clean, and kids can sit on them and you can pull them through the airport...works like a charm”. ✨

@bugaboostrollers ANT Stroller-“love it because it will fit in the overhead bin on an airplane so you don’t have to wait for it at the gate/and or check it” 💡 

@herbivorebotanicals Rose Hibiscus 🌺 Face Mist-I love spraying myself and the kids for a little “pick-me-up” I tell my girls it’s fairy spray 🧚🏽‍♀️ 

IN HER BAG: @origins Ginzing Refreshing Eye Cream To Brighten & Depuff On-The-Go- the name says it all-it’s the smallest tube in her bag of trucks-she applies throughout the day for a refresher.⚡️. 

🔸🔹Thank you @meredith_costumes 🔹🔸

Our guest this week is Araxi Lindsey-Mother of Two and Motion Picture Hair Artist (Local 706) who resides in Los Angeles, CA. 

Araxi was born and raised in Los Angeles, and we go full force into how she went from working at Disneyland in her teens, to aspiring to be a Teen Counselor, then moving directions into Trade school for Cosmetology. 

One of our favorite quotes from her interview comes when she tells us, “ I didn’t know exactly what I was saying yes to...” when she took her first Production/Side job outside the salon. Araxi has travelled the world with clients-raised two children-all the while making a huge mark in our Industry-being a key component in the “Natural Hairstyle” Movement that has been a long time coming and is now shared on Film and Television. 

Her son also joins in at the end to share, “She’s always worked and I’ve always know her to work, I love and respect her for that.” Thank you, Araxi! Her motto is “If you stay ready you don’t have to get ready!” We concur!! Xx GFP Gals

Follow Araxi on Instagram @iamaraxilindsey

Polly Morgan, Director of Photography ASC, BSC joins us for our second GFP Podcast interview. We really can’t say enough about how thankful we are that Polly opened up us with us GFP Gals, and shared her career trajectory in a mostly male dominated field. 

Polly has worked her way up the ladder by being persistent and a go-getter. She shares her battles with dyslexia during her youth, and her drive to gain control of it from hindering her future. She goes on to share how she pushed forward to accomplish her goals, which landed her a job working as an assistant to Wally Pfister-American Cinematographer on Christopher Nolan’s “Inception” (2010) (who ultimately won an Oscar for his work on that feature) Polly continued to follow her dreams and passions to project her to the next level. 

We hear about her travels out of the England, her time at AFI, love lost, love gained, working while pregnant, returning to work post partum and pumping in scout vans weeks after giving birth to her daughter. “Trying to shoot, pump, keep the milk cold and the mom guilt was tough while being on set for A Quiet Place 2.” Its so refreshing to hear a Career Woman/Mother open up about her experience in an industry where the work is so demanding, and how she has managed to juggle both. Polly’s credits and accomplishments are a clear sign of dedication to her craft. 

She is a Wife, and a Mother of one gal with another little on the way. We hope you enjoy her story:)

Emmy nominated Costume Designer, Cynthia Summers talks with us about how she got her start from making tutus to teaching herself how to read a call sheet on set of her first design job, and ultimately creating a career designing for network television shows. 

Cynthia established herself as a Costume Designer all the while raising three children on her own. She shares how her first management team told her “You might not want to talk about your kids,”. She went for a long time hiding that part of her life until she felt comfortable enough to share her life as a Mother.