Designing Hollywood: Stars

  This post is the last in a series exploring the five themes of Designing Hollywood: Sketches from the Christian Esquevin Collection. So far, we've looked at Studios, Genres, Designers, and Wardrobe. Today's post examines the... Read Article ››

Designing Hollywood: Wardrobe

  Designing Hollywood: Sketches from the Christian Esquevin Collection explores five themes: Studios, Genres, Designers, Wardrobe, and Stars. Today's post highlights the behind-the-scenes work of the many workers who made real the costumes... Read Article ››

Designing Hollywood: Designers

  Designing Hollywood: Sketches from the Christian Esquevin Collection explores five themes: Studios, Genres, Designers, Wardrobe, and Stars. Today's post focuses on Designers, including background on how various designers got their start in... Read Article ››

Designing Hollywood: Genres

  Designing Hollywood: Sketches from the Christian Esquevin Collection explores five themes: Studios, Genres, Designers, Wardrobe, and Stars. During the exhibition, we'll bring you blog posts highlighting each of these topics. If you didn't... Read Article ››

Designing Hollywood: Studios

  Designing Hollywood: Sketches from the Christian Esquevin Collection explores five themes: Studios, Genres, Designers, Wardrobe, and Stars. Over the next few weeks, we'll bring you blog posts highlighting each of these topics. Today's post... Read Article ››

Christian Esquevin on Designing Hollywood

  Designing Hollywood: Sketches from the Christian Esquevin Collection is now open at the FIDM Museum! Through November 1, 2014, see selected sketches and costumes from Hollywood's Golden Age. Sketches featured in the exhibition were loaned to the... Read Article ››

Fashion Birthday: Walter Plunkett

  Costume designer Walter Plunkett was born on this day in 1902. To celebrate the occasion, we offer you a French hood designed by Plunkett for Young Bess (1953), a fictionalized biography of Queen Elizabeth I. It was first published in 2010. If... Read Article ››