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 The Hollywood Costume exhibit, opening Thursday in Los
Angeles and curated by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and
Sciences and London's Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A), will house
more than 150 costumes spanning decades of cinema.
It has been expanded from a 2012 V&A exhibit in London, and
includes 40 new costumes, including those worn by Oscar-winner
Jared Leto in "Dallas Buyers Club," Jennifer Lawrence in "The
Hunger Games" and Harrison Ford's "Indiana Jones."
"This landmark exhibition reflects the Academy's mission of
celebrating and preserving the past, honoring the present and
shaping the future of world cinema," said Cheryl Boone Isaacs,
the President of the Academy, the film organization that hosts
the annual Oscars ceremony.
The exhibition at the Wilshire May Company Building, where the
Academy's film museum will officially open in 2017, spans four
rooms that follow the journey of a costume from sketch to final
product.
From the glamorous, such as Marlene Dietrich's Persian-inspired
embroidered gown from 1937's "Angel," to the ordinary, such as
Jesse Eisenberg's gray hoodie and flip flops from his role as
Mark Zuckerberg in "The Social Network," each outfit is
accompanied by a breakdown of the character and outfit choices.
"This is not an exhibition about clothes, this is about the
movies," said exhibition curator Deborah Nadoolman Landis, the
costume designer behind "The Blues Brothers," "1941" and "The
Raiders of the Lost Ark."
Landis said she hoped the exhibit would help people understand
"what a costume designer contributes to every single
production," as well as how a costume can help audiences become
invested in a movie character.
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Highlights include a pair of the original ruby slippers worn by Judy
Garland in 1939's "The Wizard of Oz," Marilyn Monroe's iconic white
halter dress from 1955's "The Seven Year Itch," Christopher Reeve's
Superman suit and Cate Blanchett's regal golden gown from her role
as Queen Elizabeth I in "Elizabeth."
The exhibit spans all genres of film, from Darth Vader in "Star
Wars" and Christian Bale's Batman suit, to Kate Winslet's "Titanic"
dress, Amy Adams's cleavage-baring "American Hustle" gown and Robert
Pattinson's Edward Cullen suit in "Twilight."
In one room, long black tables and chairs have videos projected onto
them, resembling a roundtable discussion with actors such as Tippi
Hedren, directors including Alfred Hitchcock and Quentin Tarantino,
and costume designers such as Oscar-winning Edith Head discussing
key costumes.
Three-time Oscar-winning actress Meryl Streep, a former student of
costume design, has her own section housing many of her key film
outfits and video projections of her discussing the choices made for
her characters.
Tickets for the exhibition, which will run until March 2015 and will
be accompanied by special events including panels with costume
designers, are priced at $20.
(Reporting by Piya Sinha-Roy, editing by G Crosse and Patricia
Reaney)
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