Mary Queen of Scots
When creating costumes for periodic movies, a lot has to be taken into account. Many fabrics did not exist in the days the plot takes place, and improvisation is called in big time. In the movie Mary Queen of Scots, the characters had to wear clothing that suited the period and the place.
The fabrics had to blend in with the Scottish rain, keeping everything authentic and realistic. The designer used denim (20th-century denim) to create the effect she wanted for the costumes. Alot of research was invested before deciding who will wear what and with what fabric it will be made, and we have to say that the final result did not fall far from the original.
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Being a costume designer in a movie that takes place in the future is like working on a white canvas. No one really knows what innovation the clothing industry will have in a few decades from now, so the skies are the limit. The designer can create whatever they want; there are no limitations, and no one can say that it dosen't look authentic.
In Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, the soldier's uniform had to be made of silicone molds. 3-D models were taken apart, the silicon and polyurethane were poured. If you can think of it, you can create it.
Murder on the Orient Express
We love it when the costumes play a significant part in the actual storytelling. In Murder on the Orient Express, a lot of thought was put into Michelle Pfeiffer's character's clothing. Apparently, every outfit represents either the place she has been or the place she is going to. When she leaves Turkey, she wears a dress with Middle Eastern embroidery, and when she visits the mountains, she is in her ski outfit.
In reality, we adapt our clothes to the temperature and sometimes the culture we are visiting; however, we don't remember a time when we wore clothes that had decorations of the place we were at. Unless we were typical tourists.
Mary Poppins Returns
Mary Poppins is a long-life classic that had a comeback in 2018. Mary Poppins Returns was not a hit like the first movie; however, there are small details in the new version that link us back to the fascinating and marvelous original. In the first movie, Mary wears a black hat decorated with flowers.
The costume designer from the second movie felt that flowers wouldn't work so well in the 21st century, so she decided to decorate the hat with a Robin, the same robin that flew in the window when the original Poppins were tidying the nursery with the children.
Judy
It is known that in the movie industry, clothing can be recycled and used over and over again. That wasn't the case in the 2019 Judy, which tells the fascinating story of Judy Garland (played by the remarkable Renée Zellweger). In order for Zellweger to portray Garland's character, she had to work on a very specific body position with a concave belly and round back.
The clothes had to be specially prepared, and they couldn't be passed down to anyone else. So, as you can see, not everything in show business has a short cut, and sometimes, Hollywood has to dig into those deep pockets and start spending the dollars.