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12 SPRING 2025 S P O T L I G H T By Shea Wolfe Ashlynn Thompson S H LY N N T H O M P S O N is a Women's Finished Costumer of Local 705 and has come into this industry as a passionate costume design and fashion history devotee. She has commied her social media to researching and educating costume enthusiasts A about the designs on screen and gives her audience the context of the fashion of the time that inspired it. On her Instagram, she has posted videos discussing current film costume designs that are up for Oscar nominations, costume designs of past decades, current red-carpet fashion referencing the fashion houses' histories, and even a "day in the life" of a Costume Designer on a commercial that she designed for Taco Bell. "My videos are a natural extension of my interests in cinema, costume design, and costume history. It is my desire to inspire in others a love for my cra. Years ago, I watched Scarface for the first time and was absolutely, uerly, and completely blown away by the gorgeous costumes by Patricia Norris. I shared pictures of the costumes and a bit of analysis in an Instagram story and was overwhelmed by the positive response. A friend suggested I do more breakdowns of costumes in film; then, aer I had been doing this for a while, another friend recommended I start recording myself and making videos. The rest is history! "One of the reasons I make my video breakdowns is because it gives me a chance to vicariously participate in the costuming process for great films. There are so many extraordinary Costume Designers that I admire and would love to work with someday, like Paul Tazewell, Ruth Carter,