#jenny beavan

[fripperiesandfobs]

Costume designed by Jenny Beavan for Kristin Scott Thomas in Gosford Park (2002)

From Kerry Taylor Auctions

[bebemoon]

drew barrymore's renaissance-style ball costume from the film 'ever after: a cinderella story', (1998).

"It was a tough film to make – as it was filmed in the Dordogne with little access to fabric shops! We made as much as we could in London but still had to set up a studio in France with skilled seamstresses on site. I was given a free reign in terms of design. The costumes were loosely based on early 1500s silhouettes, but I wanted them to be magical rather than slavishly realistic - with more of a fairytale feel. The idea for the wings came from the script. Leonardo da Vinci was Danielle’s sort of fairy godmother and I based them on Leonardo’s drawings of his ideas for man made flight. The wings were made in London by Naomi Critcher had to flown over by plane with their own seat next to me. There were only two pairs made. This pair was intentionally distressed to reflect the character’s dismay as she sits forlorn in a doorway being pelted with rain, nursing her broken heart." - jenny beavan, costume designer

[mrt-s]

Tribute to 102 of my favorite and some of the most iconic Movie Costumes (part 4/17)

Nope 2022 ("Jupe", Steven Yeun), Costume Design by Alex Bovaird; The Color Purple 1985 (Shug Avery, Margaret Avery), Costume Design by Aggie Guerard Rodgers; Titanic 1997 (Rose, Kate Winslet), Costume Design by Deborah L. Scott; Django Unchained 2012 (Django, Jamie Foxx), Costume Design by Sharen Davis; Cruella 2021 (Cruella De Vil, Emma Stone), Costume Design by Jenny Beavan and Samuel Coviello; Blade Runner 2049 2017 (Joi, Ana de Armas), Costume Design by Renée April.

[recycledmoviecostumes]

A rather interesting take on the dreaded relatability, this (for Renaissance fashions) unusually loose suede doublet with more than a little nod to 1980s rock chic was designed by Jenny Beavan for Dougray Scott’s prince as well as Mark Lewis’ “gypsy leader” in Ever After, the 1998 take on Cinderella.

A bit sidelined it turned up again on an uncredited extra as a huntsman in the television adaptation of The Other Boleyn Girl in 2003.

This costume was auctioned off by Kerry Taylor Auctions, which described the piece as follows:

Designed by Jenny Beavan, Cosprop labelled with inked actor’s name, the Renaissance style ensemble comprising: beige mock-suede doublet with slash detail to neck and shoulders, the fabric gathered at the cuffs and shoulders, gilt filigree plaques, chest approx 107cm 42in; matching trousers with integral cod-piece, gilt metal-tipped laces, waist 86cm 34in; a silver lamé and gilt thread brocaded belt; purple corduroy cloak with detachable hood; an associated white cotton shirt with drawstring collar and cuffs; and a pair of brown leather thigh- high boots with straps and buckles at the ankles, boots 33cm, 13in long (8)

Worn throughout the film, while riding including when he rescues Danielle from the water and while fighting in the woods and being carried away by Danielle.

Designer Jenny Beavan writes:

Dougray played Prince Henry – the romantic hero – but was always being saved by ‘Cinderella’ – the film has a nice feminist, modern twist to it.

He needed to look heroic but ‘real’ and vulnerable. This costume is an ‘every day princely look’ but quite practical for riding and being out and about in the country. Just looking back at the photos Dougray does look rather good in it! 

Costume Credit: carsNcors

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[oscarwetnwilde]

A Summer Story [1988] costume designer: Jenny Beavan.

[gregorygalloway]

Sense and Sensibility premiered in Hollywood, CA on 4 December 1995.

Producer Lindsay Doran began thinking about adapting Jane Austen's 1811 novel for the screen in 1989, and looking for a suitable writer, she came across the comedic sketches written by Emma Thompson. Doran and Thompson would work together on 1991's Dead Again, and a week after completing that film, Doran approached Thompson (who had never written a film script before).

Thompson spent 5 years writing the screenplay (her first draft was more than 300 pages) and credits Doran with teaching her the craft of screenwriting.

Doran then hired Ang Lee to direct (although he was not familiar with Jane Austen). "The idea of a foreign director was intellectually appealing even though it was very scary to have someone who didn't have English as his first language," Doran recalled.

"I thought they were crazy," Lee said. "I was brought up in Taiwan, what do I know about 19th-century England? About halfway through the script it started to make sense why they chose me. In my films I've been trying to mix social satire and family drama. I realised that all along I had been trying to do Jane Austen without knowing it. Jane Austen was my destiny."

Sense and Sensibility was the first English-language film adaptation of a Jane Austen novel in 50 years, and it was both a commercial and critical success. It appeared on numerous "best of" lists at the end of the year and receive numerous awards and nominations, including 7 Academy Award nominations (Best Picture, Best Actress for Emma Thompson, Best Supporting Actress for Kate Winslet, Best Cinematography for Michael Coulter, Best Original Score for Patrick Doyle, and Best Costume Design for Jenny Beavan and John Bright).

Emma Thompson received the only Oscar, for Best Adapted Screenplay, making her the first person to receive the award for both acting and writing (she received Best Actress for 1993's Howard's End).

[harrietvane]

The dress from 1998's Ever After recently sold at Kerry Taylor auctions in London, from the Cosprop archives, to benefit The Bright Foundation (an arts-based education charity based in Hastings UK, which provides free access to creative activities, visual and performance arts for children and young people facing disadvantage)

Images from the auction house show details of the embroidery and base fabrics, as well as how the wings were attached (through button holes in the dress to slot into a channel in the separate, boned bodice worn underneath)

Wings are included, which are those worn after the ball, and are screen-distressed/torn on one side - apparently worn in the scene by the door, as Danielle returns home.

Described as "the Renaissance style gown of goffered pale-gold gauze, finely worked with purl embroidered flowers and spangled with 'pearl' droplets, integral ivory satin under-slip with quilted hem; cotton petticoat and separate boned and mesh corset; together with a pair of tulle and wire-framed wings, intentionally distressed"

[hihuddy]

Ever After (1998) - Prince Henry Costume (Dougray Scott) Costume Designer - Jenny Beavan (x) "Dougray played Prince Henry - the romantic hero - but was always being saved by ‘Cinderella’ - the film has a nice feminist, modern twist to it. He needed to look heroic but ‘real’ and vulnerable. This costume is an 'every day princely look' but quite practical for riding and being out and about in the country. Just looking back at the photos Dougray does look rather good in it! The cloak may not have been worn much with this outfit but could have been! I try and create a ‘wardrobe’ for each character to cover all possibilities not only for the weather, but also for the directors and actors whims!"