Dress Up and Play

Mad Wars

HBO must be getting jealous that another cable network is having a long running tv drama hit because they've greenlit a period monstrosity that while in production will eat New York that will make all of us who live here beg for more Law & Orders.

Boardwalk Empire is set in 1920s atlantic city and is stun-nun-nun-ing.... but by the this article sounds like they're already buying excedrin in bulk due to the high production value.

 

More research to follow.... looks scrumptious though doesn't it!

Catherine Marie Thomas plants 'Garden' - Entertainment News, Women's Impact Report '09, Media - Variety

via www.variety.com

Here's a nice little blurb over at Variety on Catherine Marie Thomas, Drew Barrymore's newest favorite designer and whose worked we all know and loved on Grey Gardens.

AMC - Blogs - Mad Men - The Mad Men Fashion File - Q&A With Costume Designer Janie Bryant

via blogs.amctv.com

Visit AMCtv.com to see a lengthy interview with Mad Men costume designer Janie Bryant! (Look at that huge wardrobe department! It's the inside peeks that really get me excited.)

So You Think You Can Dance group finale costumes

This was the video for the group performance from a few weeks ago- Soyon An recreated this number last night for the finale and added all the top 20 dancers.... this was one of my favorite group numbers of the season. I like Kayla's outfit the best I think.
What was your favorite costume of the season??

So You Think You Can Dance clownin' costumes

Sounds like this will be the last installment of the behind the scenes costume videos with Soyon An... boo!

So You Think You Can Dance

Some more Soyon An from So You Think You Can Dance from the Top 8... loved this number! Haven't watched tonight's yet- don't tell me what happens!

So You Think You Can Dance Top 10

Last week on the results show of the Top 10 competition, was a fantastic Wade Robson routine that really was the best group routine of the season:

 

The kimono and Japanese inspired costumes were by far some of the best on the show and worked really really well:

 

 

The "Top Ten" girls:

 

...and the "Top Ten" guys:

 

And the best for last- Soyon An talking about the costuming process for this piece:

So You Think You Can Dance Costume crunch

M favorite show of all time is So You Think You Can Dance. Every Wednesday and Thursday night I run in my house in a fever pitch waiting breathlessly to watch it on my DVR. Each piece is like it's own mini-showcase. There's something you are bound to LOVE and probably something you'll love to hate.

  

The costumes often make (or break) a piece. It really tells you what this piece is about and helps the story. I mean really, how many mini black dance booty shorts can one handle in a season??

Here is a great interview with Soyon An, the costume designer for So You Think You Can Dance and the female talent of American Idol... man the time crunch is insane! Enough for you to even forgive that awful alien thing that came out this season... you know the thing I'm talking about.

Read the article Here.

Some SYTYCD Australia flavor

Wade Robson... yum.

Old School SYTYCD

Ultra low crotch+ splits = Wardrobe Malfunction

TV's best Costume Designers

There is a great article in the Times yesterday about the costumes from 'Mad Men' and it's costume designer, Katherine Jane Bryant. It's a sweet little article but even better is the Multimedia feature titled "Clothes Make the Show" on the left side featuring the work of tv's most vibrant costume designers:
Katherine Jane Bryant for Mad Men, Eric Daman for Gossip Girl, Jo Katsaras for The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, and Robert Blackman for the died & brought back to life Pushing Daisies.

There's little voice snippits from each designer about their work on their respective shows. Listen to Jo talk about the fake 'bottom' for Jill Scott! Oh a costume designers work is more than skin deep!

 

Grey Gardens

Well over a year ago I reported on the making of the new Grey Gardens movie starring Drew Barrymore: see that post here.

And now I think we've all seen it? I watched it a bit later as I was really busy the past couple weeks but I loved it. I thought it was great and Drew was fantastic. She definitely far exceeded expectations.

Let's look at some pretty pictures, k?

Also check out some brief behind the scenes convo with Catherine Marie Thomas here.