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Woven Threads: Conversations with Costume Designers

Woven Threads: Conversations with Costume Designers

Written by: Kitty Bennett
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What does a Costume Designer really do?


Are they the ones that make the clothes? What's their relationship with the director and the actors? Why is it more complex than just making people look pretty? And why do they look tired all the time?


My podcast aims to not only clarify these questions, but to show why Costume is far, far more fascinating than the answers.

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Episodes
  • The Sinéad Kidao episode
    Apr 1 2025

    This is the second in my "Early Career Costume Designers" mini series. My interview is with Sinéad Kidao, whose attitude to leading her department I found very inspiring.


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    Greatest hits:


    The Franchise (2024)

    Joy (2024)

    Golda (2023)

    Life After Life (2022)

    The Pursuit of Love (2021)

    Small Axe ("Red, White and Blue" and "Education") (2020)

    This Way Up (2019)

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    33 mins
  • The PC Williams episode
    Mar 31 2025

    This is the first in a little mini-series I've decided to do where I focus on Costume Designers at the earlier stage of their career (although my interview with Lucille really belongs to the series too) This episode is with PC Williams: we talk about how her background in styling has informed her costume work, and the angle that it has given her on the Costume world as a whole.


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    Greatest hits:


    Back to Black (2024)

    The Kitchen (2023)

    The End We Start From (2023)

    We are Lady Parts (2021)

    Frank of Ireland (2021)

    Powder Room (2013)


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    28 mins
  • The John Bright episode
    Sep 3 2024

    My sixth episode is with John Bright. John runs Cosprop, a costume hire and making house in London, alongside being a Costume Designer. His ability to adapt and yet hold fast to what really matters comes across very clearly here, and I feel very glad to have recorded this conversation.


    His film credits include:


    The White Countess (2005)

    The Golden Bowl (2000)

    Onegin (1999) - with Chloe Oblensky

    Sense and Sensibility (1995) - with Jenny Beavan

    The Remains of the Day (1993) - with Jenny Beavan

    Howard's End (1992) - with Jenny Beavan

    Maurice (1987) - with Jenny Beavan

    A Room with a View (1985) - with Jenny Beavan

    The Bostonians (1984) - with Jenny Beavan



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    36 mins
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