When we think of strippers, we’re pretty quick to judge. Still, even in this day of #MeToo and TimesUp, of expanding sex workers’ rights and pole dancing classes available for suburban moms, we see a stripper’s outfit and immediately think we know all about them. But displaying bodies doesn’t have to be innately sexual. In fact, it can be powerful and provocative in ways that don’t have to do with sex at all. Costume designers Rita McGhee and Alita Bailey knew from the get-go that creating the looks for Starz’s “P-Valley”—a show that brings empathy, sincerity and honesty to the story we all think we know—was going to be a welcome challenge rooted not in sex, but in female power.
“For us, it was about learning the story, learning who these women are, their characters and diving into that world,” McGhee said in a recent interview with IndieWire.
“For us, it was about learning the story, learning who these women are, their characters and diving into that world,” McGhee said in a recent interview with IndieWire.
- 6/15/2021
- by Valentina Valentini
- Indiewire
When “Batwoman” costume designer Maya Mani saw Alain Resnais’s 1961 film “The Last Year at Marienbad,” a movie that famously features dresses designed by Coco Chanel, she left wondering what all the fuss was about.
“What was I thinking?” Mani says during the Gold Derby Meet the Experts: Costume Designers panel. “And my friend said, ‘If you think you’re so good, why don’t you try it?’ Being young and not very smart in that case, I was like fine.” Mani soon began working on a low-budget movie for seven days a week and says she was never happier. So that’s how she began her costume design career. “That and I inflicted designs on my dog,” she jokes.
Mani was one of six talented costume designers to participate in the roundtable discussion, including Jennifer Moeller (“Dickinson”), Analucia McGorty (“Pose”), sisters Rita McGhee and Alita Bailey (“P-Valley”) and Jacqueline Demeterio...
“What was I thinking?” Mani says during the Gold Derby Meet the Experts: Costume Designers panel. “And my friend said, ‘If you think you’re so good, why don’t you try it?’ Being young and not very smart in that case, I was like fine.” Mani soon began working on a low-budget movie for seven days a week and says she was never happier. So that’s how she began her costume design career. “That and I inflicted designs on my dog,” she jokes.
Mani was one of six talented costume designers to participate in the roundtable discussion, including Jennifer Moeller (“Dickinson”), Analucia McGorty (“Pose”), sisters Rita McGhee and Alita Bailey (“P-Valley”) and Jacqueline Demeterio...
- 5/27/2021
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
Five top TV costume designers will reveal secrets behind their projects when they join Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Btl Experts” Q&a event with key 2021 guild and Emmy contenders this month. Each person will participate in two video discussions to premiere on Thursday, May 20, at 5:00 p.m. Pt; 8:00 p.m. Et. We’ll have a one-on-one with our senior editor Christopher Rosen and a group chat with Christopher and all of the group together.
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This “Meet the Btl Experts” panel welcomes the following 2021 guild and Emmy contenders:
“Batwoman”: Maya Mani
Mani’s career has included “Arrow,” “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow,” “The Flash” and “Continuum.”
“Dickinson...
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This “Meet the Btl Experts” panel welcomes the following 2021 guild and Emmy contenders:
“Batwoman”: Maya Mani
Mani’s career has included “Arrow,” “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow,” “The Flash” and “Continuum.”
“Dickinson...
- 5/12/2021
- by Chris Beachum and Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
The 11th annual Youth Diversity Film Festival will open this weekend, featuring panel discussions and more than 60 films by young filmmakers from the U.S. and 13 other countries, including the UK, Kenya, Russia, Brazil, Bangladesh, South Korea, Iran and India. Presented by the Black Hollywood Education and Resource Center, the online festival runs January 16-31.
Bherc president Sandra Evers-Manly, a former president of the Beverly Hills/Hollywood branch of the NAACP, will open the festival on Saturday, and introduce the young filmmakers. On Monday, they’ll discuss their films and take part in a conversation on social justice.
Saturday’s panel, moderated by Frank Bennett Gonzalez, the DGA’s executive in charge of diversity programs and committees, will focus on how sound and music support storytelling. Panelists will include Glenn T. Morgan, supervising sound editor (Dear White People); Bobbi Banks, former president of the Motion Picture Sound Editors (Straight Outta Compton); Jesse Dodd,...
Bherc president Sandra Evers-Manly, a former president of the Beverly Hills/Hollywood branch of the NAACP, will open the festival on Saturday, and introduce the young filmmakers. On Monday, they’ll discuss their films and take part in a conversation on social justice.
Saturday’s panel, moderated by Frank Bennett Gonzalez, the DGA’s executive in charge of diversity programs and committees, will focus on how sound and music support storytelling. Panelists will include Glenn T. Morgan, supervising sound editor (Dear White People); Bobbi Banks, former president of the Motion Picture Sound Editors (Straight Outta Compton); Jesse Dodd,...
- 1/15/2021
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
“A long time ago I took a pole dancing class, and I was dizzy just walking around the pole,” says Rita McGhee. 15 years later, the Emmy-nominated costume designer is the person responsible for dressing all the pole dancer characters in Starz’ summer hit, P-Valley, which will air its finale on September 6, 2020.
This latest work from Olivier Award-winning playwright Katori Hall, based on her play Pussy Valley, follows the lives of several people who work at a strip club in a fictional Mississippi town. The show has gained attention for its drama, portrayal of Black working-class women and ...
This latest work from Olivier Award-winning playwright Katori Hall, based on her play Pussy Valley, follows the lives of several people who work at a strip club in a fictional Mississippi town. The show has gained attention for its drama, portrayal of Black working-class women and ...
“A long time ago I took a pole dancing class, and I was dizzy just walking around the pole,” says Rita McGhee. 15 years later, the Emmy-nominated costume designer is the person responsible for dressing all the pole dancer characters in Starz’ summer hit, P-Valley, which will air its finale on September 6, 2020.
This latest work from Olivier Award-winning playwright Katori Hall, based on her play Pussy Valley, follows the lives of several people who work at a strip club in a fictional Mississippi town. The show has gained attention for its drama, portrayal of Black working-class women and ...
This latest work from Olivier Award-winning playwright Katori Hall, based on her play Pussy Valley, follows the lives of several people who work at a strip club in a fictional Mississippi town. The show has gained attention for its drama, portrayal of Black working-class women and ...
The Costume Designers Guild has announced nominations for its 18th annual Cdg Awards! "Mad Max: Fury Road" will duke it out with "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," "Cinderella," "Ex Machina," and "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2" for the Fantasy Film category. I think "Cinderella" should win, don't you?
We'll find out the winners on February 23rd!
Here's the full list of nominees of the 18th annual Cdg Awards:
Excellence in Contemporary Film
Beasts of No Nation . Jenny Eagan
Joy . Michael Wilkinson
Kingsman: The Secret Service . Arianne Phillips
The Martian . Janty Yates
Youth . Carlo Poggioli
Excellence in Period Film
Brooklyn . Odile Dicks-Mireaux
Carol . Sandy Powell
Crimson Peak . Kate Hawley
The Danish Girl . Paco Delgado
Trumbo . Daniel Orlandi
Excellence in Fantasy Film
Cinderella . Sandy Powell
Ex Machina . Sammy Sheldon Differ
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2 . Kurt and Bart
Mad Max: Fury Road . Jenny Beavan
Star Wars: The Force Awakens . Michael Kaplan...
We'll find out the winners on February 23rd!
Here's the full list of nominees of the 18th annual Cdg Awards:
Excellence in Contemporary Film
Beasts of No Nation . Jenny Eagan
Joy . Michael Wilkinson
Kingsman: The Secret Service . Arianne Phillips
The Martian . Janty Yates
Youth . Carlo Poggioli
Excellence in Period Film
Brooklyn . Odile Dicks-Mireaux
Carol . Sandy Powell
Crimson Peak . Kate Hawley
The Danish Girl . Paco Delgado
Trumbo . Daniel Orlandi
Excellence in Fantasy Film
Cinderella . Sandy Powell
Ex Machina . Sammy Sheldon Differ
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2 . Kurt and Bart
Mad Max: Fury Road . Jenny Beavan
Star Wars: The Force Awakens . Michael Kaplan...
- 1/7/2016
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
"It literally gives me chills,” Paolo Nieddu says of his "dream job" as costume designer for Empire. Having worked as the assistant costume designer on Sex and the City: The Movie, Nieddu is no stranger to executing high-end, big-ticket looks onscreen. But as he told Vulture in the weeks leading up to the Fox smash-hit show’s season-two premiere, working on Empire, where the fashion is as over-the-top as the plotlines, has him feeling like part of history. “To think 'Oh my god, in 30 years some kid could be watching Empire and referencing those looks for a new show just how we talk about Dynasty' is unbelievable,” he says. Nieddu, who was at the helm for last season’s pilot episode but turned over the reigns to fellow costume designer Rita McGhee, took on all 18 episodes this go-round. And while outfitting Taraji P. Henson’s Cookie Lyon could be a...
- 9/24/2015
- by Dan Hyman
- Vulture
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Forget all that talk that Lee Daniels‘ Empire is a rip-off of 50 Cent‘s Power, Empire is a phenomenon all its own. The evidence is clear that people are hooked on this show: Last week’s second episode of the series drew in 10.3 million viewers, up five percent since its debut. You can credit that to the series’ intriguing plot line (a mogul and his family struggle to maintain their music empire), its infectious soundtrack, and the impressive acting from a top cast, namely Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson. But the real hero of the show is most definitely its costumes.
Designed by costume designer Rita McGhee (who was brought in after the pilot to dress the rest of the season, following designer Paolo Nieddu), the show’s outlandish outfits are as fun to feast your eyes on as the drama itself. And taking the Empire crown for best dressed character?...
Forget all that talk that Lee Daniels‘ Empire is a rip-off of 50 Cent‘s Power, Empire is a phenomenon all its own. The evidence is clear that people are hooked on this show: Last week’s second episode of the series drew in 10.3 million viewers, up five percent since its debut. You can credit that to the series’ intriguing plot line (a mogul and his family struggle to maintain their music empire), its infectious soundtrack, and the impressive acting from a top cast, namely Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson. But the real hero of the show is most definitely its costumes.
Designed by costume designer Rita McGhee (who was brought in after the pilot to dress the rest of the season, following designer Paolo Nieddu), the show’s outlandish outfits are as fun to feast your eyes on as the drama itself. And taking the Empire crown for best dressed character?...
- 1/21/2015
- by Tara Aquino
- VH1.com
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Forget all that talk that Lee Daniels‘ Empire is a rip-off of 50 Cent‘s Power, Empire is a phenomenon all its own. The evidence is clear that people are hooked on this show: Last week’s second episode of the series drew in 10.3 million viewers, up five percent since its debut. You can credit that to the series’ intriguing plot line (a mogul and his family struggle to maintain their music empire), its infectious soundtrack, and the impressive acting from a top cast, namely Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson. But the real hero of the show is most definitely its costumes.
Designed by costume designer Rita McGhee (who was brought in after the pilot to dress the rest of the season, following designer Paolo Nieddu), the show’s outlandish outfits are as fun to feast your eyes on as the drama itself. And taking the Empire crown for best dressed character?...
Forget all that talk that Lee Daniels‘ Empire is a rip-off of 50 Cent‘s Power, Empire is a phenomenon all its own. The evidence is clear that people are hooked on this show: Last week’s second episode of the series drew in 10.3 million viewers, up five percent since its debut. You can credit that to the series’ intriguing plot line (a mogul and his family struggle to maintain their music empire), its infectious soundtrack, and the impressive acting from a top cast, namely Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson. But the real hero of the show is most definitely its costumes.
Designed by costume designer Rita McGhee (who was brought in after the pilot to dress the rest of the season, following designer Paolo Nieddu), the show’s outlandish outfits are as fun to feast your eyes on as the drama itself. And taking the Empire crown for best dressed character?...
- 1/21/2015
- by Tara Aquino
- TheFabLife - Movies
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