I've always loved movies, art and clothes.

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The costumes had to serve the choreography.

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In Chicago, I walked in knowing what the dancers were going to need.

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Sleepy Hollow had a lot of action in it, even though it was a fairy-tale movie.

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In real life, a lot of people at that level will have their kimonos made especially for them.

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Some of the kimonos took as long as four to five months to make, with all the layers that go into it.

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I had to work out that it was something that could move, without having everybody in spray painted leotards.

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Costumes are the first impression that you have of the character before they open their mouth-it really does establish who they are.

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I'd seen the current stage production and the 1975 production of Chicago. I liked them both very much, but I didn't use them necessarily as inspiration.

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Knowing who the actors were as you were designing them helped, with Catherine's beauty and Renee's frailty, they directed me visually just by who they were.

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