7 episodes

What does a Costume Designer really do?
Are they the ones that make the clothes? What's their relationship with the director and the actors? Why is it more complex than just making people look pretty? And why do they look tired all the time?
My podcast aims to not only clarify these questions, but to show why Costume is far, far more fascinating than the answers.

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Woven Threads: Conversations with Costume Designers Kitty Bennett

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What does a Costume Designer really do?
Are they the ones that make the clothes? What's their relationship with the director and the actors? Why is it more complex than just making people look pretty? And why do they look tired all the time?
My podcast aims to not only clarify these questions, but to show why Costume is far, far more fascinating than the answers.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    The Howard Burden episode

    The Howard Burden episode

    My fifth interview is with Howard Burden. Howard talks about how things have changed - and not necessarily in a good way - and the relationship with suppliers. 

    Greatest hits:
    Red Dwarf (1989 - ongoing)
    The Scarlet Pimpernel (1999)
    Dead Gorgeous (2002)
    Colditz (2005)
    Whitechapel (2009)
    Robin Hood (2009)
    Dr Who (2012 - 2014)
    Jekyll and Hyde (2015)
    Home Fires (2016)
    Poldark (2017 - 2019)
    Worzel Gummidge (2019 - 2021)
    Young Wallander (2020 - 2022)
    The Last Kingdom (2022)

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    • 38 min
    The Natalie Ward episode

    The Natalie Ward episode

    My fourth interview is with Natalie Ward. Natalie talks about things feeling "real", being adaptable and the upsides to having small teams.
    Greatest hits:
    24 Hour Party People (2002)
    The Mother (2003)
    Enduring Love (2004)
    Derailed (2005)
    Venus (2006)
    Breaking and Entering (2006)
    1408 (2007)
    The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008)
    Last Chance Harvey (2008)
    Red Riding: 1974 (2009)
    The Debt (2010)
    Welcome to the Punch (2013)
    Black Sea (2014)
    The Lady in the Van (2015)
    The Wedding Guest (2018)
    Together (2021)
    Typist Artist Pirate King (2022)

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    • 33 min
    The Janty Yates episode

    The Janty Yates episode

    Janty Yates is the subject of my third interview. We talk about her long, and very fulfilling, working relationship with Ridley Scott.
    Greatest hits:
    Cracker (1993)
    The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain (1995)
    Jude (1996)
    Welcome to Sarajevo (1997)
    The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997)
    Plunkett and Macleane (1999)
    Gladiator (2000)
    Hannibal (2001)
    Enemy at the Gates (2001)
    Charlotte Grey (2001)
    Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
    Miami Vice (2006)
    American Gangster (2007)
    Robin Hood (2010)
    Prometheus (2012)
    Exodos (2014)
    The Martian (2015)
    Alien: Covenant (2017)
    All the Money in the World (2017)
    House of Gucci (2021)
    Napoleon (2023)

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    • 24 min
    The Jane Petrie episode

    The Jane Petrie episode

    Jane Petrie is the subject of my second interview. She talks about instinct and "doing your research", and we give a little history lesson about what the Costume world used to be like...
    Jane's Greatest Hits:
    28 Weeks Later (2007)
    Is Anybody There? (2008)
    Moon (2009)
    Fish Tank (2009)
    Harry Brown (2009)
    How I Live Now (2013)
    '71 (2014)
    Suffragette (2015)
    The Program (2015)
    War Machine (2017)
    The Crown (2017)
    Outlaw / King (2018)
    The King (2019)
    The Essex Serpent (2022)

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    • 42 min
    The Odile Dicks-Mireaux episode

    The Odile Dicks-Mireaux episode

    Odile Dicks Mireaux is the subject of my first interview. Collaboration is what it's all about for her, and our discussion puts particular focus on the work she did on Chernobyl.
    Greatest Hits:
    Gormenghast (2000)
    Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
    The Lost Prince (2003)
    The Constant Gardener (2005)
    An Education (2009)
    One Day (2011)
    Bel Ami (2012)
    Brooklyn (2015)
    High Rise (2015)
    The Sense of an Ending (2017)
    Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017)
    Chernobyl (2019)
    Last Night in Soho (2022)
    The Wonder (2022)
    See How The Run (2022)

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    • 46 min
    The Explanation Episode

    The Explanation Episode

    This is a micro episode for those who don't work in the Film and TV industry, providing a little context for the interviews I've done
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    • 3 min

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