The “Voice of Costume” is the first podcast created between working costume designers sharing stories, inspiration, struggles, and insights into the creative career of costume design. Please comment and leave a 5-star review to help get the voices of these Costume Designers into the world.

Listen in on this inspirational, one-on-one conversation between Michael Wilkinson and Catherine Baumgardner.

Please Welcome Michael - Costume Designer of Garden State, American Hustle, and Babel, Man of Steel, 300, Tron Legacy, Watchmen, Terminator Salvation, Twilight’s Breaking Dawn, Andor and sci-fi series 3 Body Problem

Topics Include:

Growing up in Sydney

A Dresser at the Opera

Going to a theatre school NIDA

A designer that has powerful impact on him

Constant communication of ideas

The actor - costume designer collaboration

A good challenge with lighting clothes on Tron

3 Body Problem - starting at zero

Mindset needed

3 Body Problem (min 16)

Diving In with “Science Realism”

Where do you begin?

The Magnitude of multiple worlds

The end product reaction

Panama Canal buzz

Creating a completely unique character

Going from small scale designer to large scale designer

Zack Snyder giving Michael that opportunity

300 experience

Working on American Hustle

David ORussell’s process

“Humanity”

How to choose projects

Being an influence 

Favorite pair of shoes

Favorite movie to rewatch

Favorite place to visit