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TAGGED: costume designers
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Spotlight on: Catherine Martin

Curator Jenny Gall has taken a deep dive into the career of Oscar-winning designer Catherine Martin and her film collaborations with Baz Luhrmann from Strictly Ballroom (1992) to ELVIS (2022).

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Catherine Martin: Costumes designs for Strictly Ballroom

Curator Jenny Gall continues her series of articles charting the career of Catherine Martin and her celebrated collaboration with director Baz Luhrmann.

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Thelma Afford costumes

Left: Joan Lord as Lady Sims wearing Thelma Afford’s costume design for The Twelve Pound Look, the television play broadcast on the ABC’s first night of television in November 1956.

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Deep Dive: Marion Boyce, Costume Designer

Renowned Australian costume designer Marion Boyce spoke with NFSA Assistant Curator Jenny Gall about the characters, costumes and designs on Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries.

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Mad Max 2 and 3: Costumes by Norma Moriceau

Costume designer Norma Moriceau drew on her background in the London punk scene when creating iconic costumes for Mad Max 2 and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.

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Picnic costumes: the details in the dresses

Jenny Gall takes a close look at two of the costumes from Peter Weir's Picnic at Hanging Rock, released in Australia in August 1975.

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The Dressmaker's Marion Boyce on Transforming Gertrude

In this behind-the-scenes interview, costume designer Marion Boyce explains why Gertrude (played by Sarah Snook) was her favourite character to dress in the film The Dressmaker (2015). 

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Rachel Ward on The Thorn Birds

We talk to Rachel Ward, star of The Thorn Birds (1983) mini-series, and take a look at the original costume design sketches in the NFSA collection.