Ariana DeBose And Costume Designer Paul Tazewell On Challenge Of Living Up To Original ‘West Side Story’ – Contenders Film: The Nominees
deadline.comPaul Tazewell, a first-time Oscar nominee for Costume Design, sat with Best Supporting Actress nominee Ariana DeBose (who won the SAG Award earlier this week) in Disney’s panel for Deadline’s Contenders Film: The Nominees.
The two have worked together on other projects, notably on Hamilton, before getting a call from Steven Spielberg about West Side Story that was too good to pass up.Tazewell described how he likes to approach the job. “Ariana wears the clothes so well and knows how to control a skirt definitely.
I just really dove into doing what it is I do which is dressing actors to the character and then highlighting the body that I have,” he said. “It is designing to the function of the clothes and then what needs to happen with choreography.
Ariana and I spent a lot of time in the fitting room working things out and making sure everything fits the way it should fit.”Debose felt a comfort level. “It is a true collaboration.
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