FIDM Exhibit - The Art of Motion Picture Costume
Design - 2010
The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising has exhibiting movie
costumes every year since the early 1990's featuring the Academy Award
nominee costumes. FIDM fills the three rooms of their 10,000
square foot Museum Galleries on the Park in down town Los
Angeles with the best movie costumes of the previous year. This
exhibit runs from the end of January to mid April.
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Annual Exhibition - The Art of Motion Picture Costume Design at FIDM
- 2010 Costume Exhibit
Basic FIDM Museum Information for 2010
| Where: Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM) - Museum Galleries
on the Park
919 South Grand Ave - 1st Level
Los Angeles, CA 90015
213-624-1200
x2221 |
| Gallery information and map:
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| When:
| Tuesday, February 9 - Saturday, April 17, 2010
 | 10:00a.m. - 4:00p.m, Tuesday - Saturday |
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| Admission is Free! |
| Parking is under the building.
| The only way to get into the lot is on 9th street going east from the
110 freeway. (Just passed Flower and Hope, on the right side.) |
| Now-a-days this lot is full. There is some on the street
parking, but be very careful of the posted sign for all the
restrictions. There are lots across the street from FIDM. |
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2010 FIDM Movie Costume Exhibit Review
This year at the FIDM Museum "The Art of Motion Picture Costume Design"
features costumes from twenty movies. These are represented by over a hundred and
twenty wonderful
costumes. Four of the 5
nominees for the Oscar for Best Costume are represented: Bright Star,
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Nine, and The Young Victoria plus
numerous
nominees from the Costume Designers Guild Awards.
Costumes are divided into 3 main area. Historical costumes are in
the front. Last year's Oscar winner starts the show. There are 3
costumes from The Duchess. These are different than were on display
last year, day dress vs. evening gowns. Two of the best eye candy
set-ups and double award nominees are right around the corner from each
other with a half dozen of each. Nine is the sharp glitter of
rhinestones, a selection of the one million used in the costume creation.
A Young Victoria is an elegant shimmer of silk, satin and lace.
The center selection showcases a wide variety of current and vintage
movie costumes. Each movie has it's own flare, painting it's time
period, sometimes with flash, and sometimes noticeable in it's plainness of
"normal" clothing that still defines the characters. The back section
has one of the largest selection of fantasy and sci-fi costumes that have
been featured in quite a while. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
shares the room with Star Trek, Watchman, GI Joe, Where the Wild Things Are
and more.
Presentation is different this year in that most of the costumes have
their own little shadow box framed with film clip graphics. This
means that the costumes are mainly visible from the front.. and they're set
further back. (Going to assume that we lost the
privilege of seeing them sooooooooo up-close because a few folk
just couldn't resist, figured they were privileged. Please, please,
don't be so selfish and greedy next time. Mind your matters and keep your
hands in your pockets - lecture over.) Still, the costumes are
close enough to make out wonderful details of embroidery, painting, beading,
etc. The details you can see are inspiring.
Check out some wonderful shots of the costumes from the
gala opening.:
| Movies Exhibited |
Designers |
List of Costumes |
Awards |
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| A Single Man |
Arianne Phillips |
6 outfits - Charlotte (lace robe), Kenny (cream suit),
George (brown pinstripe), Jennifer Strunk (aqua party dress), Charlotte
(black & white evening gown) |
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| Aliens in the Attic |
Mona May |
5 outfits - Nana Rose, Beathany Pearson(2), Jake
Pearson, Tom Pearson |
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| Amelia |
Kasia Walicka Maimone |
5 outfits |
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| An Education |
Odile Dicks-Mireaux |
3 outfits |
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| Bright Star |
Janet Patterson |
4 outfits - Fanny Brawne (shear red, white pin tuck w/
red jacket & bonnet, cream w/ flower print), John Keats |
Oscar Nomination in Costume Design |
| Broken Embraces |
Sonia Grande |
3 outfits |
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| Coraline |
Deborah Cook & Margaret Meyer |
8 outfits - Coraline Jones (Rose top, stars top, rain
coat), Other Mother (3 stages), Miss Spink, Miss Forcible |
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| G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra |
Ellen Mirojnick |
6 outfits - Neo Viper, Ripcord snow camo, Baroness,
Duke, Snake Eyes, Storm Shadow |
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| The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus |
Monique Prudhomme |
7 outfits - Valentina (whitish crinkle silk & sari
silk), Tony, Dr Parnassum, Mr Nick, Percy, Anton |
Oscar Nomination in Costume
Costume Designers Guild nominee: Excellence in Fantasy
Film |
| Inglorious Bastards |
Anna B. Sheppard |
6 outfits |
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| Julie & Julia |
Ann Roth |
5 outfits |
Costume Designers Guild nominee: Excellence in Period Film |
| The Last Station |
Monika Jacobs |
3 outfits |
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| My One and Only |
Helen Butler & Doug Hall |
5 outfits |
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| Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian |
Marlene Stewart |
5 outfits - Napoleon, Amelia Earhart, the guard, Custer,
King Tut |
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| Nine |
Colleen Atwood |
6 outfits - Carla, Stephanie, Claudia, Luisa, ? - 2 pink
showgirls w/ feathers, rhinestone 2 piece wrap, cream silk gown, Red
silk cocktail dress |
Oscar Nomination in Costume Design
Costume Designers Guild nominee: Excellence in Period Film |
| Pirate Radio |
Joanna Johnston |
7 outfits - Quentin, Desiree, Charlotte, Gavin
Cavanaugh, the Count, Eleanor, brides maid, Simple Simon |
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| Public Enemies |
Colleen Atwood |
7 outfits |
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| Sherlock Holmes |
Jenny Beavan |
3 suits - Dr Watson, Sherlock Homes, Lord Backwood |
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| The Soloist |
Jacqueline Durran |
2 outfits |
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| Star Trek |
Michael Kaplan |
6 outfits - Romulan, Vulcan woman (long black/silver
gown), red male & female cadet, blue male & female crewmen |
Costume Designers Guild nominee: Excellence in Fantasy
Film |
| Watchmen |
Michael Wikinson |
9 outfits - Mothman, Silhouette, Nite Owl, Silk Spectre,
Silk Spectre II, Nite Owl II, Rorschach, the Comedian, Ozymandias |
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| Where the Wild Things Are |
Casey Storm |
5 outfits - Alexander, Carol Max, Judith, Douglas |
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| The Young Victoria |
Sandy Powell |
7 Gowns - Bridal, cream leaf & strawberry, rust,
purple, green, blue/grey w/ top hat, black mourning
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Oscar Nomination in Costume Design
Costume Designers Guild nominee: Excellence in Period Film |
| The Duchess |
Michael O'Connor |
3 outfits - 2 of Georgiana day gowns (white stripe &
dark green), Charles Grey suit |
Oscan Winner in Costume Design 2009
Costume Designers Guild winner, Period Film 2009 |
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| Note: the garment district is right near by. After you see the
costumes, go on over to Maple and 9th and hit the fabric shops while details
are fresh in your memory.
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We're talking about the exhibit over on the
F-Costume Discussion List.
Come join us! Also check when we have group visits planned.
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