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    Design and Architecture

    The year's best movie costumes

    The 2015 Academy Award nominees for best costume design are Carol (Sandy Powell), Cinderella (Sandy Powell), The Danish Girl (Paco Delgado), Mad Max: Fury Road (Jenny Beavan) and The Revenant (Jacqueline West). Kevin Jones is curator and costume historian at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM) in downtown LA.

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    By Frances Anderton • Feb 23, 2016 • 1 min read

    The 2015 Academy Award nominees for best costume design are Carol (Sandy Powell), Cinderella (Sandy Powell), The Danish Girl (Paco Delgado), Mad Max: Fury Road (Jenny Beavan) and The Revenant (Jacqueline West). Kevin Jones is curator and costume historian at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM) in downtown LA. The school has costumes from the nominated movies on display. He tells us what made the costumes in these films so unique.

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    The Power of Logos, Costume Design, LACMA's House
    1. 1:11The power of logos
    2. 6:02The year's best movie costumesYou’re reading this
    3. 13:57Sandy Powell's costume philosophy
    4. 20:57The Sheats-Goldstein Residence
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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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      Avishay Artsy

      Producer, DnA: Design and Architecture

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      Kevin Jones

      Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising

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    The full episode

    2 of 4
    The Power of Logos, Costume Design, LACMA's House
    1. 1:11The power of logos
    2. 6:02The year's best movie costumesYou’re reading this
    3. 13:57Sandy Powell's costume philosophy
    4. 20:57The Sheats-Goldstein Residence
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