CUT! Costume and the Cinema Ready to Debut

Wednesday, 12 December 2012

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Cut! Gallery during installation

With just a little ironing and primping left to do, the final touches are being placed on the costumes in the soon to open exhibition CUT! Costume and the Cinema. Each cinema costume is made with fabrics, beading, under dressings and adornments recreated to be as close as possible to the fabrics of the time period from which they come. They are inspiring and wondrous and easily transport one to another era. We can see the roughness of Johnny Depp’s coat from Pirates of the Caribbean and the fineness of the lacework on the costume worn by Keira Knightley in The Duchess. No detail is left unfinished on these costumes and the staff members who have been fortunate enough to see them in person are vying for which one they would wear if given the opportunity. By the size of her dress, it is surprising to see just how slight of frame Natalie Portman is and it is fun to imagine just how Kate Winslet navigated her steps in the draping fabric of her Finding Neverland costume. The anticipation is mounting all around as the gallery is finalized and the lighting is completed and we all wait for the word – Action!

Collection Associate Lauren McGloughlin with Keira Knightly's The Duchess Dress

Curator Nancy Lawson with Julie Christie's Dress from Hamlet

Registrar Sonja Wong straightens Lara Flynn Boyle's dress worn in Land of the Blind

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