I like the architecture of lingerie.

Each simian had a much different body suit, so besides trying to define class across species, there was a definite attempt to dress each group in different styles.

The exposure I have had to beautiful materials across the world, from Japan to Italy, enables me to pull design ideas together. This, combined with years of historical research, has created a great fountain of...

I have watched ‘Project Runway,’ but I’m not a devout watcher of it. But I think it’s a great show, what I’ve seen of it, and I think Tim Gunn is a very positive, amazing...

I had to work out that it was something that could move, without having everybody in spray painted leotards.

I worked in fashion, but I worked more in the sales side of fashion than in design. I was an assistant buyer for a department store back in the ’70s and the early years of...

The right costume determines the character, helps the actor feel who he is, and serves the story.

I always have a moment when I know I’m designing the last costume that gets made for a movie, and it’s always been floating up there, but it’s kind of the last one. That’s always...

Every story is different, so what is a detail in one might not be in something else. Diversity is something I embrace and love about my work.

I wanted to be a painter when I was a kid. And then, I had to make a living. I had a child when I was in high school, so I kind of had that...

I have always loved beautiful leather objects, especially the detail that goes into designing them both inside and out.

I think the silhouette of the kimono costume will become engraved in people’s minds. I do think there’ll be lots of red accents in the near future. For me personally, I can’t see myself flaunting...

Sleepy Hollow had a lot of action in it, even though it was a fairy-tale movie.

I design for the movie and the character as well as the person wearing the costume. I show the ideas to the actor, then do fittings for shape and technical things such as movement in...

I choose colors I like and will photograph well. I don’t do color theory!

I’d say probably the most expensive costumes I’ve ever made were the costumes in ‘The Planet of the Apes,’ because of the research and development that went into them and the amount of layers.