Variety’s Night With Artisans: Hair, Costume Designers and Makeup Artisans On Immersing Viewers Through Craft
variety.comSelena Kuznikov “Apples Never Fall” costume designer Allyson B. Fanger said with her job on the Peacock drama is completely based in story, propelling narrative through costuming. “I love, love working with families because you need to find the common thread of the family and keep it consistent and yet find the individuality within each character,” she said. “That was really easy to do.” Fanger joined “The Masked Singer” costume designer Steven Lee, “We’re Here” costume designer Marco Morante, “The Morning Show” costume designer Sophie De Rakoff, “Lessons in Chemistry” hair designer Teressa Hill and “RuPaul’s Drag Race” makeup department head Natasha Marcellina in a Makeup, Hair and Costume Design panel for Variety‘s A Night With Artisans.
The panel was moderated by Variety‘s Senior Artisans Editor Jazz Tangcay. Hill explained the importance of wardrobe, hair and makeup to a visual story, especially one that switches between decades like “Lessons in Chemistry”: “And sometimes the audience doesn’t necessarily notice it, but we help transport them with hair, makeup and wardrobe into the decade.” Lee, who is now the show’s lead costume designer discussed stepping in as department head and following in Marina Toybina’s footsteps.
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Lee discussed having to work without a script and how costumes needed to tell the story. “You really have to create a story through the costumes,” Lee said.
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