FIDM MUSEUM.....Opening Night Party 24th Art of Motion Picture Costume Design Exhibition: BLOG RECAP!

FIDM MUSEUM.....Opening Night Party 24th Art of Motion Picture Costume Design Exhibition: BLOG RECAP!

Costume Fab: The 24th Art of Motion Picture Costume Design Exhibition, FIDM Museum Los Angeles

This past weekend was the Opening Night Gala for the 24th Art of Motion Picture Costume Design Exhibition at the FIDM Museum. This exhibition honors Costume Designers and films of the past year as well as the Academy Award Best Costume Design Nominees.

FIDM Museum 24th Art of Motion Picture Costume Design Exhibition

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The party occurred on Saturday and guests included many costume designers whose designs are being shown in this wonderful exhibition. The one-of-a-kind exhibition features over 100 costumes, 23 films represented and best of all: ALL the FIVE Best Costume Design Nominees' costumes are being featured! Oh, and if you didn't know this, the exhibition is FREE! It runs until April 30th!

David Paul and Nick Verreos of NIKOLAKI--Opening Night Party 24th Art of Motion Picture Costume Design Exhibition

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Here are photos from the fabulous new exhibition as well as the Opening Night party, which my partner David and I were honored to have been guests. Let's begin this blog with the five Academy Awards Best Costume Nominees featured in the Exhibition:

Cinderella, costumes by Sandy Powell--FIDM Museum 24th Art of Motion Picture Costume Design Exhibition

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Carol, costumes by Sandy Powell--FIDM Museum 24th Art of Motion Picture Costume Design Exhibition

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The Revenant, costumes by Jacqueline West--FIDM Museum 24th Art of Motion Picture Costume Design Exhibition

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The Danish Girl, costumes by Paco Delgado--FIDM Museum 24th Art of Motion Picture Costume Design Exhibition

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Mad Max: Fury Road, costumes by Jenny Beavan--FIDM Museum, 24th Art of Motion Picture Costume Design Exhibition

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Other Films and Costumes Featured Include:

 Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation, costumes by Joanna Johnston--FIDM Museum 24th Art of Motion Picture Costume Design Exhibition

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 Straight Outta Compton, costumes by Kelli Jones--FIDM Museum 24th Art of Motion Picture Costume Design Exhibition

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The Hateful Eight, costumes by Courtney Hoffman--FIDM Museum 24th Art of Motion Picture Costume Design Exhibition

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 Trumbo, costumes by Daniel Orlandi--FIDM Museum 24th Art of Motion Picture Costume Design Exhibition

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 Star Wars: Episode VII-The Force Awakens, costumes by Michael Kaplan--FIDM Museum 24th Art of Motion Picture Costume Design Exhibition

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Opening Night Party Pics-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

"Pitch Perfect 2"costume designer--and Costume Designers Guild President, Salvador Perez with Barbara Bundy, FIDM Vice President-Education and FIDM Museum Director--FIDM Museum 24th Art of Motion Picture Costume Design Exhibition

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 L to R: Costume designers Arianne Phillips of "Kingsmen: The Secret Service" (L) and Courtney Hoffman (R) of "The Hateful Eight"--FIDM Museum 24th Art of Motion Picture Costume Design Exhibition

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 L to R: Academy Award-nominated Costume designers Jacqueline West (left) and Paco Delgado (R): FIDM Museum 24th Art pf Motion Picture Costume Design Exhibition

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 "Trumbo" costume designer Daniel Orlandi--FIDM Museum 24th Art of Motion Picture Costume Design Exhibition

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 Nick Verreos and FIDM Alumna and Costume Designer Mona May--FIDM Museum 24th Art of Motion Picture Costume Design Exhibition

 Nick Verreos--at "The Danish Girl" gallery--FIDM Museum 24th Art of Motion Picture Costume Design Exhibition

 Nick Verreos--filming a TV segment with Adrienne Alpert of ABC7--FIDM Museum 24th Art of Motion Picture Costume Design Exhibition

 Nick Verreos with FIDM Vice President-Education and FIDM Museum Director Barbara Bundy--24th Art of Motion Picture Costume Design Exhibition

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Here is all the INFORMATION you need to know to go visit this FABULOUS new exhibition:

WHAT:

FIDM Museum 24th Annual Art of Motion Picture Costume Design Exhibition, honoring Costume Designers and Films of 2015 plus the Academy Awards Best Costumes Nominees



WHERE:

FIDM Museum & Galleries

Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising

919 South Grand Avenue

Los Angeles, CA



WHEN:

Opens February and runs until April 30th. Closed Sundays and Mondays.



COST:

FREE



For More Information: Click HERE



Click here to watch this great clip and interview I did with ABC7:

FIDM Museum: 6th Annual Outstanding Art of Television Costume Design Exhibition!

FIDM Museum: 6th Annual Outstanding Art of Television Costume Design Exhibition!

TV Costume Heaven:

Stewardess Fab: Costumes from ABC series "Pan Am", Pilot Costumes by Chrisi Karvonides, Series Costumes by Ane Crabtree, 6th Annual Outstanding Art of Television Costume Design Exhibition, FIDM Museum and Galleries (photo courtesy of Alex J. Berliner/ABImages)

Where can you find Pan Am Stewardesses, a Dowager Countess, an Evil Queen, and Marylin Monroe-inspired "NBC's Smash" gold gown? Oh yes, in Downtown LA of course! Well, fashionistas and costume design aficionados, Tuesday was the Opening Day of the 6th Annual Outstanding Art Television Costume Design Exhibition at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising/FIDM, my alma mater, and college of which I am the Official Fashion Spokesperson.

6th Annual Outstanding Art of Television Costume Design Exhibition Party/Reception at Hope Park/FIDM (photo courtesy of Alex J. Berliner/ABImages)

The exhibition, presented by FIDM Museum and Galleries and Academy of
Television Arts and Sciences, was Guest Curated by Mary Rose,
Costume Designer and President of the Costume Designers Guild. It features over 75
(!) costumes from a variety of TV shows (sixteen of them), period and contemporary, including
seven nominated for an Emmy® for Outstanding Achievement in Costume
Design. This past weekend, a VIP reception/party was held at the FIDM Campus to "unveil" this fabulous new exhibition. Guests included:

(Left to right) Eduardo Castro, Costume Designer for ABC's "Once Upon A Time" (he was also the Costume Designer for ABC's "Ugly Betty"!) and Julie Weiss (love her oversized paillette tunic-dress!) Costume Designer for many films including "American Beauty" "Frida" "The Ring" and (my personal favorite) "Blades of Glory" (photo courtesy of Alex J. Berliner/ABImages)

(Left to right) Chrisi Karvonides, Costume Designer nominated for FX's "American Horror Story", seen here with Mary Rose, President of the Costume Designers Guild and Guest Curator of the 6th Annual Outstanding Art of Television Costume Design Exhibition (photo courtesy of Alex J. Berliner/ABImages)

Mandi Line, Costume Designer for ABC Family's "Pretty Little Liars" (above in front of her costumes for the show). Fun fact: Mandi is an FIDM Alumna (photo courtesy of Alex J. Berliner/ABImages)

Now, let's get to the costumes at the exhibition. Like I said at the top of this post, there are over 75 costumes featured and some of the highlights include:

English Class: The Emmy® nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Costume
Design Costumes from PBS' "Downton Abbey": Yes, that's Maggie Smith's "Dowager Countess" silk velvet and sequin ensemble on the far left--PS: She's Tall! (photo courtesy of Alex J. Berliner/ABImages)

Costumes from NBC's "Smash" --The gold sequin gown is worn by Katharine McPhee's character and the one on the far right is worn by actress Anjelica Huston (photo courtesy of Alex J. Berliner/ABImages)

The Emmy® nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Costume
Design costumes from HBO's "Game of Thrones"--And yes, that's the costume worn by actor Peter Dinklage above (top photo courtesy of Alex J. Berliner/ABImages)

 

 The Emmy® nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Costume
Design costumes from ABC's "Once Upon a Time"--This tableau at FIDM Museum is HUGE--above photo is the "Rainbow Fairy" costume from the ABC show (photos courtesy of Alex J. Berliner/ABImages)

The Emmy® nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Costume
Design costumes from HBO's "Hemingway and Gellhorn"--Nicole Kidman starred in this and I have a fun fact from the costume designer, Ruth Myers: Kidman's inseam is 34". That's the inseam of well, a 6' 2" man ! (she's got fabulously LONG legs) (photo courtesy of Alex J. Berliner/ABImages)

Nick Verreos and KTLA-TV's Gayle Anderson, 6th Annual Outstanding Art of Costume Design Costume Design Exhibition, FIDM Museum

On Monday, I had the pleasure of filming some Morning TV segments for KTLA-TV Channel 5 LIVE direct from the FIDM Museum and the brand new exhibition with the always fantastic (and my TV Production Segment MUSE!) Gayle Anderson. We had such a blast filming these segments. Miss Gayle is my "sister from another mister" darlings! LOVE her. As a special VIP treat, two of the Emmy® nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Costume
Design costume designers from this past year--Ruth Myers ("Hemingway and Gellhorn") and Chrisi Karvonides ("American Horror Story")--were there for some of the KTLA-TV Morning Show interviews at FIDM Museum so I had the honor of meeting them and of course, getting some behind-the-scenes costume design DISH.

Costume Designer Ruth Myers and Nick Verreos, FIDM Museum

Nick Verreos and Costume Designer Chrisi Karvonides: I had such a ball chatting with Chrisi---she also designed the costumes for ABC's "Pan Am" series pilot so she gave me such great behind-the-scenes dish on the Pan Am stewardess uniforms (you know I LOVE me some Stewardess Uniforms!!).

Coffee, Tea...or Fab Uniforms: ABC's "Pan Am" TV show stewardess uniforms

Stewardess Dish: Costume Designer Chrisi Karvonides and Nick Verreos, 6th Annual Outstanding Art of Television Costume Design Exhibition, FIDM Museum

As you can see from the photo above, Costume Designer Chrisi Karvonides and I were in some SERIOUS "Wait, how many pattern pieces to that Pan Am pill box hat? And the Pan Am logo was actually GOLD!!??" conversation. LOVED every minute of it!






You can click HERE to see the segments I did with Gayle and KTLA-TV!! (scroll on the videos to find all the FIDM Costume Design Exhibition segments).

The Dish:



WHAT: 

The 6th Annual Outstanding Art of Television Costume Design Exhibition, over 75 Costumes, including 2011-2012 Emmy® nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Costume
Design costumes 





WHERE: 

FIDM Museum and Galleries, Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising

919 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90015



WHEN:

July 31 through October 20, 2012

open 10am-5pm Tuesday through Saturday. Closed Sunday and Monday



Admission:

FREE!!