#ellen cairns

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Original Costume:

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The Il Muto costumes in POTO Estonia seems to have picked up a clue or two from Vivienne Westwood. More specifically, her FW 1991 collection “Portrait”. The Westwood corset here (top right) is photographically printed with a detail from Boucher's “Daphnis and Chloe” (1743-45, painting today in the Wallace Collection, London).

Westwood is often credited for re-introducing the corset in the fashion scene. But both her 1991 collections featured modern and historically inspired garments with artworks printed on them, often towards white details. And this is exactly what they did for the Estonian Il Muto. The costumes are by Ellen Cairns.

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Ellen Cairns’s costume design for Mme Thénardier and Daniela Franzell as Mme T. in Åbo Svenska Teater’s 2010–2012 production.

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Ellen Cairns’s costume design for Éponine and Josefine Isaksson as Éponine in Åbo Svenska Teater’s 2010–2012 production.