COSTUME DESIGN… ITALIAN STYLE

“Costume design…Italian Style” is the name of the round table, on October 24th at MAXXI, moderated by the prestigious costume designer, Deborah Nadoolman Landis who will be accompanied by Daniela Ciancio, Eva Coen, Stefano de Nardis, Gabriella Pescucci, Carlo Poggioli. Produced by The Academy of Motion Picture, Arts and Sciences in partnership with Festa del Cinema di Roma, the collaboration of ASC, Istituto Luce Cinecittà and the support of Swarovski.

Dresses, costumes, ornaments and accessories are fundamental in the creation of the characters that live in the cinema, they are intrinsically woven into the fabric that makes a film a work of art.

Prof. Landis, PhD, is a director of David C. Copley Center for Costume Design, UCLA and a Member of the Academy’s Costume Designers Branch.  She is a professional veteran who dressed Harrison Ford in Raiders of the Lost Ark and made the red leather jacket that Michael Jackson wore in Thriller.

She will analyze the secrets of this trade and discuss the role of the costume designer with colleagues Daniela Ciancio (The Great Beauty, Il Divo, Mission Impossible III),  Eva Coen (Adored, Let’s Mambo, Crimes) Stefano de Nardis (Coco Chanel, All the Money in the World, Catch-22), Oscar winner Gabriella Pescucci (The Age of Innocence, Once Upon a Time in America, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) and Carlo Poggioli (Cold Mountain, Divergent, Youth, The young Pope).   Together they will debate the importance of costumes in film and how this helps the public to identify with the characters.

The event is presented by Swarovski.  Their support for costume designers dates back to the Hollywood of over 85 years ago, with iconic moments like Marilyn Monroe’s in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s. An endorsement that continues today in productions such as Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, and, most recently the Elton John bio pic, Rocketman.