Makeover Montage: A Fashion in Film Podcast

Get ready for a brilliantly fun (and bloody) episode! Witch, fashion icon, and author Gabriela Herstik (Inner Witch: A Modern Guide to the Ancient Craft; Bewitching the Elements: A Guide to Empowering Yourself Through Earth, Air, Fire, Water and Spirit) is on the pod today to talk to us about one of her favorite movies…Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd (2007)! Costume designer Colleen Atwood (Edward Scissorhands, Mars Attacks!, Memoirs of a Geisha, so many more!) is the genius behind these deliciously goth looks. Tune in now to hear us talk about cleav in corsets and bulges in stripes!

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Sources:

https://theartofcostume.com/2020/10/14/a-mid-victorian-tale-of-madness-sweeney-todd/

https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/sweeney-todd-gothic-gorgeous-article-1.275852

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2008-01-02-sweeney-todd-designer_N.htm

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We're breaking down all of our favorite looks from Disney's new Cruella movie with friend of the pod, Shaun Prater! And it was tough, 'cause there are so many amazing outfits — 47 for Emma Stone, to be exact, and they are all thanks to costume designer Jenny Beavan (Mad Max: Fury Road). If you saw the movie, tune in now and let us know what you thought..and if you will be Disneybounding, which Blaire, our resident Disney fan, just learned about...

Sources and mentions:

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2021-05-28/cruella-disney-fashion-costume-design-punk

https://www.vulture.com/2021/06/cruella-costumes-best-and-worst.html

https://www.vogue.com/article/cruella-fashion-review

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Lovecraft Country fans, assemble! The show's costume designer, Dayna Pink, is our special guest on the pod today. Dayna talks to us about creating all of the vintage (and time traveling!) looks for the characters, her other work on films including Crazy, Stupid, Love., Bad Boys For Life, Bumblebee, and more. (She also costumed the upcoming Channing Tatum / Dog movie, which sounds like a dream if you ask us!) Tune in now!

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Our final installment for Mona May MAY is Enchanted! Mona absolutely killed it with the magical gowns worn by Amy Adams as Princess Giselle in this animation turned live-action Disney fairytale. We talk about the brilliant evolution of each look she wears throughout the film, evil style icon Queen Narissa, and how we're adding more whimsy to our wardrobes.

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For Mona May-MAY, we're doing Vamps, the 2012 movie about two BFF "vegetarian" vampires (played by Alicia Silverstone and Krysten Ritter) who spend their days, er, nights going to goth clubs in New York. It is a lesser-known film...but the reunion between director Amy Heckerling, Silverstone, and Mona May since Clueless! Other topics in this episode include the Netflix series Halston, Cruel Summer, a wild tangent where Marie gets four different white comedian men confused and how we went to Target and Starbucks for the first time in over a year.

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Finally, it's time for our Clueless episode! It took us THREE years to do this movie, but we were waiting for the right time, which is now, during Mona May MAY! We enlisted friends of the pod, Alyssa Morin and Rachel Sanoff, to return and talk all things Bronson Alcott High with us. In the episode, we discuss the underrated style icon Amber, a She's the Man connection, the origin of the baby tee, an impassioned discussion on the incorrect depiction of the Valley in the movie / LA traffic that only people from LA would probably care about (sorry), and all the outfits we love, of course. Tune in now!

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Get our your feather boas, because it's time for the second part of our interview with costume designer Mona May, who is behind the looks of Clueless and so many other faves! In the second installment of our interrogation with Mona, she talks to us about importance of dressing secondary and background characters, kicking things off with a discussion about Jessica Alba and co.'s Barbie outfits in Never Been Kissed. She also talks about those DIVINE pastel satin looks the mean girls wore in Romy & Michele, the story behind Romy & Michele's famous reunion dresses, plus Zenon, Cheetah Girls, and House Bunny looks. We also discuss Mona May deep cuts like Just Say Julie and 3 Ninjas! Tune in now!

Listen to the first part of our episode with Mona May here.

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Happy Mona May-MAY! Order yourself a businesswoman special and get out your fluffy pen to take notes, because our queen, Clueless costume designer Mona May, has returned to the podcast to answer all of our questions! In this first installment of our two-part episode-slash-interrogation with Mona, she talks to us about the meaning behind Cher's driving outfit, her homage to Pippi Longstocking, how she collaborates with hair and makeup to come up with the characters' looks, her love of chiffon, and so much more. She even addresses the "movie outfit repeats" that we and listeners have noticed, like the red jacket seen in both Romy & Michele and Scream. Tune in now!

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Get ready, Fishies! We've got a major guest on the pod today…Brenda Cooper, the costume designer of The Nanny is here! Brenda talks to us about her forthcoming book, The Silhouette Solution: A Modern Guide to Getting Dressed and Looking Your Best, plus hunting for vintage on Poshmark, being pro-shoulder pads, and of course, the iconic looks she created for The Nanny! Tune in now!

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It's finally here! The most popular listener request: My Cousin Vinny! We got so many requests for this movie over the years, we had to give it to the Fishies! This 1992 comedy stars Joe Pesci as a lawyer from Brooklyn who tries to help two "yutes" when they get accused for murder in tha South. We get why you wanted us to do this one. THE LOOKS ARE ALIVE! Marisa Tomei's outfits are poppin' in every scene. However, let's not sleep on Mista Gambini himself — he's got some good ones too! Hello, gothic cowboy daddy! We discuss Her iconic floral jumpsuit, pink Sony Cybershot cameras, Britney Spears's favorite cheesy grits...Pet Semetary 2 (again), and more. Costumes by Carol Wood.

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