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Ask An Outfit: Sci-fi Costumes
A reader asks: Here’s a question regarding 60’s vs 80’s sci-fi costumes. They redesigned Star Trek uniforms for the movies: They also redesigned the Green Lantern around the same time: Both feature a kind of double-breasted-y jackets with ribbed collars. What’s up with that. Oh, the answer is easy: Fashion! In the mid-sixties, everyone is wearing slacks. ...
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Emotional Labor
I was just reading this interesting article about Emotional Labor.  It’s mostly about prostitutes and nurses, but seems so true about what costume designers do, too.  I’m also thinking about how emotional work is usually lady labor and a big part of why people sometimes like to forget the how hard costume designers are working.  Because a wall is never going to cry and complain to the...
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