Michele Clapton

Michele Clapton Instagram – Finally on this theme some fitting photos from the Russian ball. We made approximately 50 dresses in the palate that we had decided for this scene. We found around 15 dresses in costumes houses that were also in the correct colours, that helped a bit. Along with the women’s costumes that we made in house the wonderful Hero in Poland made for us many uniforms that we also had to fit. We always need to create extra pieces in advance to fit with as scenes are not cast until near the time of filming and we needed to start the making process much earlier…so maybe 15 dresses were not eventually used…We also made all the headpieces and made and rented the other jewels. We transported all to Turin from London and then fitted the part unfinished costumes (hems etc) to supporting artists and made the necessary alterations and completed. Once fitted we dyed all the shoes and gloves to match the dresses and prepared all the military orders to be worn. It was epic and also so exciting to work with the Makeup and Hair team to see the looks coming together. Thank you to all the British and Italian Costume depts, such great work and attention to detail, you really helped to realise the vision. It takes an army to create these scenes and we are just one department of many… | Posted on 31/Dec/2021 16:53:10