Showing posts with label Jacqueline Durran. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jacqueline Durran. Show all posts
Saturday, March 4, 2017
Friday, December 16, 2016
'Beauty and the Beast' costumes on display at theaters in NY & LA
If you thought the new theater display with the castle staff was exciting, sit back and get ready to say "wow!" Theater goers who ventured out to see Rogue One at the Sherman Oaks & Pasadena ArcLight Cinemas and Regal Cinemas at L.A. Live Thursday night not only got an exciting new Star Wars movie, but also a closer look at a few iconic pieces from Beauty and the Beast.
The Sherman Oaks display includes Belle and Beast's ballroom costumes and the enchanted rose. If you take a closer look, you can also see Cadenza (Stanley Tucci) in his enchanted form. The Pasadena display features costumes and props for Lumiere (Ewan McGregor), Plumette (Gugu Mbatha-Raw), and Cogsworth (Ian McKellen). The final display at the L.A. Live Regal Cinemas has Belle's blue dress, along with a magic atlas prop, which can be seen in an official still, and the enchanted mirror & rose.
UPDATE: LeFou and Gaston's costumes are now on display at the Cineapolis in Chelsea, NY.
Check out photos from all three displays below.
A closer look at the details on Belle's gown:
Smaller displays with just the enchanted rose & bell jar have also been popping up in movie theaters abroad.
Source: ArcLight Cinemas, A Movie a Day
The Sherman Oaks display includes Belle and Beast's ballroom costumes and the enchanted rose. If you take a closer look, you can also see Cadenza (Stanley Tucci) in his enchanted form. The Pasadena display features costumes and props for Lumiere (Ewan McGregor), Plumette (Gugu Mbatha-Raw), and Cogsworth (Ian McKellen). The final display at the L.A. Live Regal Cinemas has Belle's blue dress, along with a magic atlas prop, which can be seen in an official still, and the enchanted mirror & rose.
UPDATE: LeFou and Gaston's costumes are now on display at the Cineapolis in Chelsea, NY.
Check out photos from all three displays below.
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| Belle & Beast costumes on display at ArcLight Cinemas in Sherman Oaks |
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| Lumiere, Plumette & Cogsworth costumes on display at ArcLight Cinemas in Pasadena |
A closer look at the details on Belle's gown:
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| Photos by A Movie a Day Keeps |
Smaller displays with just the enchanted rose & bell jar have also been popping up in movie theaters abroad.
Source: ArcLight Cinemas, A Movie a Day
Friday, November 4, 2016
Emma Watson & costume designer Jacqueline Durran discuss Belle's beloved gown
There are numerous aspects of Beauty and the Beast that fans hold dear and Belle's yellow ball gown is near the top of the list. Entertainment Weekly gave us our first official look at Emma Watson in the iconic gown, as well as a few details on how costume designer Jacqueline Durran brought the dress to life for the live-action film.
The yellow dress worn by Belle in the ballroom scene of the original, animated Beauty and the Beast has become a genuinely iconic garment in the 25 years since the film’s release. So, it is no surprise that actress Emma Watson worked closely with costume designer Jacqueline Durran to create the new version of the gown which the actress wears in Disney’s live-action remake of the fairy tale (out March 17) for the sequence in which her character and Dan Stevens’ Beast fall deeper and deeper in love.
“I really embraced working on the dress, making sure that it was utterly whimsical, and magical,” says Watson. “The scene that I wear that dress in, and I have that dance in, it really tells the story of Beast and Belle falling in love. You know, we don’t have a huge amount of time in the story to tell that story. The dance, for me, is really where the audience starts to see it happening and starts knowing that it is happening. This is total, blissful escapism. You are transported to another world. The dress, and the dancing, and the candlelight, and the music — it was really fun to work on every aspect of that. Jacqueline Durran is just such a wonderful person and costume designer. I think she did such a amazing job.”
Yellow Silk Road
Durran experimented with an array of colors and materials before finding the perfect match. “We camera-tested a lot of yellows,” she says. “It was just trying to work out the tone.” For the material, Durran landed on satin organza. “It’s still made of silk,” she says, “but it has a satin finish, so it’s less transparent than other organza.”
Volume Control
The voluminous shape below the waist was created in a way that gave Watson freedom of movement. “There is a cage under some parts of it,” Durran says. “But mainly it’s layers of organza that just give it a lift, for it to have lightness.”
Flower Power
“She has really beautiful hand-painted shoes with golden flowers,” says Durran of Watson’s custom footwear. “They are heeled, 18th-century shoes, but they are something that Belle can run in and that she can go off and save her father in.”
Feathered Net
“Feathers were an inspiration for Emma,” Durran says. “In her hair she has an ornament which is made up of feathers, and in the bodice there’s layers of net laid on each other to be like feathers.”
Activewear
“For Emma, it was important that the dress was light and that it had a lot of movement,” Durran says. “In Emma’s reinterpretation, Belle is an active princess. She did not want a dress that was corseted or that would impede her in any way.”
Rococo ‘N’ Roll
“The gold of the dress is De Garderobe’s gift to Belle,” Durran says. “The gold flies down from the rococo ceiling as if by magic, to be the final layer.” In real life, gold leaf and glitter were printed on the dress to echo the ballroom floor.
Source: Entertainment Weekly
Saturday, June 6, 2015
'Beauty and the Beast' News Round-Up #8
Tuesday, June 2, 2015
'Beauty and the Beast' costume designer revealed
Production is well underway on Beauty and the Beast in London and fans have been treated to a few behind the scenes photos via Snapchat and a delightful tweet from Josh Gad over the past few weeks. While the principle actors and crew members have been in place and known for some time, one name remained illusive. So far, there have been no official announcements or an IMDb listing for the film's costume designer, but the mystery may have finally come to an end.
According to the Kays directory, Academy Award winner Jacqueline Durran is the costume designer for Beauty and the Beast. Durran, who took home the Oscar in 2013 for Anna Karenina, also received nominations for her work on Pride and Prejudice, Atonement, and Mr. Turner.
While Belle dons several lovely dresses throughout the animated classic, it is her ball gown that is the most beloved and the dress fans are anxious to see. Anna Karenina alone is a spectacular example of Durran's talents, but the costume designer is also responsible for the green dress worn by Keira Knightley in Atonement (left). The dress is one of the most memorable costumes in recent memory and Durran will surely pull off a similar feat with Belle's gown. The costumer designer's latest work can be seen in Justin Kurzel's Macbeth and Joe Wright's Pan later this year.
Below are a few pictures of the costumes from Anna Karenina, Mr. Turner, and Macbeth, as well as a video with Durran and the cast of Anna Karenina discussing the film's costumes.
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| Atonement (2007) |
According to the Kays directory, Academy Award winner Jacqueline Durran is the costume designer for Beauty and the Beast. Durran, who took home the Oscar in 2013 for Anna Karenina, also received nominations for her work on Pride and Prejudice, Atonement, and Mr. Turner.
While Belle dons several lovely dresses throughout the animated classic, it is her ball gown that is the most beloved and the dress fans are anxious to see. Anna Karenina alone is a spectacular example of Durran's talents, but the costume designer is also responsible for the green dress worn by Keira Knightley in Atonement (left). The dress is one of the most memorable costumes in recent memory and Durran will surely pull off a similar feat with Belle's gown. The costumer designer's latest work can be seen in Justin Kurzel's Macbeth and Joe Wright's Pan later this year.
Below are a few pictures of the costumes from Anna Karenina, Mr. Turner, and Macbeth, as well as a video with Durran and the cast of Anna Karenina discussing the film's costumes.
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