Tales From A Costume Designer

DEBRA MCGUIRE - Costume Designer, Fine Artist, Fashion Designer

This week's episode features the iconic costume designer and artist Debra McGuire! We chat about her book that just came out last week called Dressing the Story: The Art

SARA HINKLEY - Assistant Costume Designer/NYC Costume Shopper

Today's episode features NYC Costume Shopper, Costume Designer, and author Sara Hinkley! We get deep into the details of what it's like working as an Costume Shopper in N

ELIZABETH LAIL - Actor

This week's episode features my very talented and amazing friend and collaborator Elizabeth Lail! We met when we got to work together on Five Nights at Freddy's 2 and had

BERNADETTE CROFT - Costume Designer

This week's episode features the wonderful costume designer Bernadette Croft! We first met 15 years ago while working on The Great Gatsby together in Australia and it has

ANNIE SPONG - Intimacy Coordinator

This week's guest is Intimacy Coordinator & Costumer Annie Spong! We had a fantastic discussion all about Intimacy Coordination: the origins, the nuance of the job, the p

BOOK CLUB: THE COSTUMES OF HOLLYWOOD with Co-Authors Coleen Scott and Larry McQueen

This week episode is a special Book Club episode digging into the brand new book The Costumes of Hollywood with co-authors Coleen Scott & Larry McQueen! We cover Larry's

KATHLEEN FELIX-HAGER - Costume Designer

This week's episode features the fantastic costume designer Kathleen Felix-Hager. We dig into her start in the world of costumes on the epic film Waterworld, the love for

BOOK CLUB: BREAKING INTO NEW HOLLYWOOD with Co-Author Ada Tseng

This week episode is a special Book Club episode digging into the brand new book Breaking Into New Hollywood: A Career Guide to a Changing Industry with Co-Author Ada Tse

TONY GARDNER - SFX Makeup Artist, Designer & Puppeteer

This week's episode features the incredible designer Tony Gardner! I was lucky enough to work with Tony on Freaky and we overlapped on the Happy Death Day series. We dig

Summer Check-In

Hello everyone! It's hard to fathom how quickly time has passed and now how long it's been since my last episode. This quick little episode talks about what's been going

KATIE IRISH - Costume Designer

This week's episode features my talented friend and colleague, Costume Designer Katie Irish.  We dig into her roots in theatre (she also started off college pre-med just

TINA MABRY - Director, Writer, Producer

This week's episode features the incredible Director, Writer, Producer Tina Mabry, who I was lucky enough to work with on our film The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat

KARA LINDSTROM - Production Designer

Today's episode features Production Designer Kara Lindstrom, who I was lucky enough to work with on our film The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat from Searchlight Pictu

LISA SMEDLEY-CALDERON - Costume Designer

Today's episode features Costume Designer and Fashion Stylist Lisa Smedley-Calderon. We talk about her start in the entertainment industry as a fashion stylist for many m

MICHELLE A. GREEN - Costume Designer

Today's episode features the Costume Designer Michelle A. Green. We first met through our advocacy work as members of Costume Designers Guild Pay Equity Committee. We cov

ROBERT STADD - Visual Effects Supervisor & VFX Producer

Hello everyone! Today's episode features the Visual Effects Supervisor and Visual Effects Producer Robert Stadd. I was fortunate enough to collaborate with Robert on our

DANIEL SELON - Costume Designer

We are BACK!  --- Hello everyone, hope you are all having a wonderful summer so far. It has been such busy and overwhelming year for me, so I unfortunately haven't be

VERA CHOW - Costume Designer

This week's episode features the imaginative and talented Costume Designer Vera Chow! We had so much fun talking about how we first met, the difference between working in

CHEYENNE FORD - Production Designer

I am so excited to welcome wonderful Production Designer Cheyenne Ford to the show today. We've worked together on multiple projects including Story Ave, The Caretaker, a

ALESHA MITCHELL - Costumer

Today's episode features a fantastic Costumer, Alesha D. Mitchell! Alesha and I met when she was my key/truck costumer on our film The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat.