History of Black Costume Designers: Safety Pins & Characters with Charlese Antoinette from Judas and The Black Messiah
Have you ever watched a movie or TV show and drooled over the costumes? Well today we're celebrating the Black costume designers that are responsible for the drip, threads, swag -whatever you want to call - of our favorite characters from our favorite TV shows.
Historically, Black and Brown folks haven't always been celebrated and reflected on screen. But of the past decade Black costume designers have paved a way for Black folk to see true reflections of themselves on screen, using clothing as tool to talk politics, freedom, beauty, love, struggle and pride.
Tune into into this episode with costume designer Charlese Antoinette who is schools what goes into picking the clothes of a character and how important is it to the overall stories that we watch at home and in theaters.
In this episode, we learn:
What is costume design (how it differs from styling) and exactly what goes into building a character’s costumes
Who are some Black costume designers that should be in our textbooks
Who Charlese is, how she fell in love with costume design at early age and was ‘damn near annoying and loud about it'’- which helped her get opportunities in the industry
What were some of the challenges and rewards of being about of a movie about the historical and important Black Panther Party
How characters costumes can even influence how we, the viewers, feel about a character and takes us on a character journey
Tips for how to get into the costume design game
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