Meryl Streep Collaborator Ann Roth on How Costumes Helped Inform ‘Silkwood,’ ‘Julie & Julia,’ ‘Doubt’ and ‘The Post’ Roles
Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorCostume designer Ann Roth has collaborated with Oscar magnet Meryl Streep for four decades on films such as “Silkwood,” “Heartburn,” “The Post” and “Julie & Julia,” creating wardrobes that have helped the actor navigate a wide range of roles.While Streep has been nominated for Academy Awards five times in their 13 films together, Roth notes that the costumes the actor wears do not wear her; it’s the other way around. “I’m just there to help her find the character,” she explains. Here, Roth reflects on some of those costumes and how they came to be designed.SilkwoodThis was the film that began the pair’s partnership.