Fall 2018 The Costume Designer 5
EDITOR'S NOTE
Last year, we shot a Legacy video with the enthralling Ellen
Mirojnick. She explained that she was drawn to the color
white and used it as a touchstone throughout her work. It
was a haunting notion. It stuck with me. I thought of her
scintillating Liberace performance costumes from Behind
the Candelabra, and of course, Sharon Stone in that notori-
ous dress. There are many other subtle examples in her work. It is a trade-
mark, almost like the virtuoso flourish of a painter's signature.
I began to think of other Costume Designers and how their use of color
was either thematic or strategic. Color is a language and a mood, a shorthand
way to hot-wire the audience's minds. The idea took shape, and in Color
Theory, I bring you my observations and the impressions of our members.
B. Åkerlund, Ane Crabtree, Danny Glicker, Francine Jamison-Tanchuck, Ellen
Mirojnick, Mandi Line, President Salvador Perez, and Marlene Stewart weigh
in. I hope you are as bewitched by this idea as I am.
For our cover story, I traveled to Albuquerque to visit Costume Designers
Hope Hanafin and Ivy Thaide. They are teamed up on Netflix's top-secret
series Chambers, with Ivy serving as ACD. I wanted to learn about their work-
ing dynamic firsthand. I had never been to New Mexico and arrived with a
suitcase full of camera equipment and lights. Hope immediately put me at
ease and we had several beautiful days with walks along the Rio Grande under
an expansive sky, the vivid hues hanging in the trees, and a promise of fall
in the cool air.
A veteran Costume Designer, Hope is as passionate about nurturing ACDs
as she is about her craft. She feels the support is critical to the success of
any show. Over the course of her career she has worked with 15 assistants,
including Ann Foley and Juliet Polcsa. One of her proudest moments was
when Polcsa won a CDG Award for The Sopranos and thanked Hope, say-
ing, "I wouldn't be a Costume Designer without her." Ivy has also given back
abundantly to her community by serving as CDG Secretary and the head of
the Education Committee. Their story together is a poignant one because life
always intercedes. When it did during their show, they both responded with
exemplary and inspiring grace.
Finally, I am delighted to share this issue of The Costume Designer maga-
zine is a record 80 pages, double the amount of the first magazine I edited.
Dear readers, this is a testament to the ongoing and growing fascination with
your work.
Anna Wyckoff
awyckoff@cdgia.com
EDITOR IN CHIEF
Anna Wyckoff
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Bonnie Nipar
Christine Cover Ferro
PRESIDENT
Salvador Perez
sperez@cdgia.com
VICE PRESIDENT
Cate Adair
cadair@cdgia.com
SECRETARY
Ivy Thaide
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TREASURER
Nanrose Buchman
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EXECUTIVE BOARD
Mary Vogt
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Christopher Lawrence
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Julie Weiss
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Mona May
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Phillip Boutté Jr.
Costume Illustrators Representative
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Kristine Haag
ACD Representative
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LABOR REPRESENTATIVES
Betty Madden
Sharon Day
BOARD ALTERNATES
Kristin Burke
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Jennifer Soulages
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Lyn Paolo
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Terry Gordon
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES
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Cliff Chally
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Barbara Inglehart
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ALTERNATE TRUSTEE
Dorothy Amos
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Rachael M. Stanley
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ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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