Convos with Costume Designers hosted by Mandi Line
Mandi Line
25 episodes
9 months ago
My very first guest ever, April 4th 2020. Oscar award winning COSTUME DESIGNER RUTH CARTER said yes! And well the rest is history… Literal history. Ruth Carter is COSTUME DESIGN ROYALTY, and made history as the first Black Female Costume Designer to win an Oscar! To win it for “BLACK PANTHER” was the icing on the cake! Her body of work changed the way generations dressed, and told the stories of voices that were never heard. Credits such a as “Do the Right Thing”, “Malcom X”, “Dolemite is My Name”, and “Selma” + so so many more! Her creative pool seems to never go dry and I was honored to be here to just soak up a drop of her knowledge…come join us!
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My very first guest ever, April 4th 2020. Oscar award winning COSTUME DESIGNER RUTH CARTER said yes! And well the rest is history… Literal history. Ruth Carter is COSTUME DESIGN ROYALTY, and made history as the first Black Female Costume Designer to win an Oscar! To win it for “BLACK PANTHER” was the icing on the cake! Her body of work changed the way generations dressed, and told the stories of voices that were never heard. Credits such a as “Do the Right Thing”, “Malcom X”, “Dolemite is My Name”, and “Selma” + so so many more! Her creative pool seems to never go dry and I was honored to be here to just soak up a drop of her knowledge…come join us!
My very first guest ever, April 4th 2020. Oscar award winning COSTUME DESIGNER RUTH CARTER said yes! And well the rest is history… Literal history. Ruth Carter is COSTUME DESIGN ROYALTY, and made history as the first Black Female Costume Designer to win an Oscar! To win it for “BLACK PANTHER” was the icing on the cake! Her body of work changed the way generations dressed, and told the stories of voices that were never heard. Credits such a as “Do the Right Thing”, “Malcom X”, “Dolemite is My Name”, and “Selma” + so so many more! Her creative pool seems to never go dry and I was honored to be here to just soak up a drop of her knowledge…come join us!
Rita and Alita McGhee power Costume Designer duo, one of my first guests are finally here! Rita blew me away as Costume Designer of the first season of EMPIRE and hasn’t stopped creating magic with her design partner and family Alita! AMERICAN SOUL, the BOBBY BROWN STORY, p-VALLEY and BLINDSPOTTING are just a few of their most recent credits and there is no slowing down for them… Come join us!
She is a rising star Costume Designer Charlese Antionette! She will be a household name just you wait! I’m so grateful to have had this hour with her! Join us...
One of my most fav interviews yet! Costume Designer/ Producer Tom Broecker was such a special interview. Talking about his work on SNL, HOUSE OF CARDS, 30 ROCK and so much more! I didn’t want this hour to end....
2020 Emmy award winning costume designer Sharen Davis and I, talk all about her life and what it was like to design such films as Django, Ray, The Help, Watchmen, Dreamgirls and so much more!
Emmy nominated Costume Designer, Heidi Bivens and I talk all about her road to the Emmys , her beginning and what it looked like to come up with all the epic designs for the ground breaking show EUPHORIA! Can’t wait for all of you to join us!
Super Model, Fashion Designer, Stylist, and Costume Designer! He does it all.. maybe my most glamorous guest and person I have ever met! No wonder RU PAUL’S DRAG RACE HAS TAKEN OVER THE WORLD! Not without ZALDY’S DESIGNS!
Beth Morgan’s designs on GLOW, Key & Peele + many more are sooo memorable and mind blowing, but only because this designer exudes just the same spectacular qualities herself!
Without Marilyn Vance, I’m not sure most of us would even know how to dress! She is responsible for ICONIC films like FERRIS BUELER’S DAY OFF, BREAKFAST CLUB, DIE HARD, PRETTY IN PINK , THE UNTOUCHABLES, PRETTY WOMAN... I could go on and on. What an honor this hour was with this LEGENDARY DESIGNER! This is an unforgettable interview!
Costume Designer Meredith Markworth-Pollack is not only responsible for the jaw-dropping looks on the reboot of “DYNASTY”, the sweet iconic looks from “Hart of Dixie”, and the ground breaking looks from “REIGN”. She’s also my really good friend in real life! I wish we could do a part 2! She really is that amazing!
Multiple Emmy Award winner Marina Tobiyana take time out of prepping THE MASK SINGER to talk with us. And her story is like no other, I loved this interview!
Maybe the most fun I’ve had during quarantine. Emmy award winning, Costume Designer Jenn Rogien and I have such a blast talking all about RUSSIAN DOLL, Orange is the New Black and Girls. I want to do this again!
To talk to Dan Lawson, is to leave feeling, like you are on cloud 9! With all his knowledge, experience and gratitude this Costume Designer brings to the table, I see why the Female Power suit was changed forever because his designs on the GOOD WIFE.
One of the most Iconic Costume Designers of the 90s Mona May lets me in on some Clueless secrets and what it’s like to have done some of the most stylish movies of a generation.
Costume Designer Antoinette Messam’s body it’s work is so extreme from the stylish updated SUPERFLY to the gripping cold of HOLD THE DARK. Taking with such an all around talent I felt like I went back to school...I’m so thankful for this hour, you will be too.
A STAR IS BORN, BIRDS OF PREY, DRIVE, and BLUE VALENTINE, just to name a few of some of my personal favorites movies ERIN BENACH has designed. And I got to ask about them all!! Right here…
Convos with Costume Designers hosted by Mandi Line
My very first guest ever, April 4th 2020. Oscar award winning COSTUME DESIGNER RUTH CARTER said yes! And well the rest is history… Literal history. Ruth Carter is COSTUME DESIGN ROYALTY, and made history as the first Black Female Costume Designer to win an Oscar! To win it for “BLACK PANTHER” was the icing on the cake! Her body of work changed the way generations dressed, and told the stories of voices that were never heard. Credits such a as “Do the Right Thing”, “Malcom X”, “Dolemite is My Name”, and “Selma” + so so many more! Her creative pool seems to never go dry and I was honored to be here to just soak up a drop of her knowledge…come join us!
