“Killers of the Flower Moon” is as close as Martin Scorsese has come to making a Western, even if it takes place in a 1920s Oklahoma where oil money is the last frontier left to fight over and the men — including Leonard DiCaprio’s Ernest Burkhart and Robert De Niro’s William “King” Hale — are anything but heroes. In fact, both men are part of a long-running plot to enrich themselves off oil claims held by members of the Osage, including Burkhart’s wife, Molly (Lily Gladstone). Even so, costume designer Jacqueline West took a little inspiration from stars of classic Westerns when it came to creating the fashion that Burkhart would adopt as he came into more money.
As West assembled the “Killers of the Flower Moon” costume team, she reached out to Diana Foster of United American Costume. “She’s an old friend of mine and her father was Luster Bayless,...
As West assembled the “Killers of the Flower Moon” costume team, she reached out to Diana Foster of United American Costume. “She’s an old friend of mine and her father was Luster Bayless,...
- 10/22/2023
- by Sarah Shachat
- Indiewire
For costume designer Betsy Heimann, the most unusual aspect of Netflix’s western limited series “Godless” was how much it focused on “these women who were put in a circumstance where they had to improvise.” Written and directed by Scott Frank, the show follows a murderous outlaw (Jeff Daniels) hunting down an ex-protege (Jack O’Connell). His search leads him to a small town in New Mexico that, after a mining accident, is populated almost entirely by women, including Michelle Dockery and Merritt Wever. The veteran costumer was excited to “put my stamp on it by showing [women] doing all different things than you would normally” in the male-dominated genre. Watch our exclusive video interview with Heimann above.
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Heimann delved deep into research to find instances of women defying conventions in the Old West. She discovered photos of female miners, builders and farm...
See Jeff Daniels Interview: ‘The Looming Tower,’ ‘Godless’
Heimann delved deep into research to find instances of women defying conventions in the Old West. She discovered photos of female miners, builders and farm...
- 4/24/2018
- by Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
Have relatives who worked on old films, on sets, in studios or perhaps were famous? You might be sitting on a fortune. In 2006, I interviewed Costume Designer Luster Bayless, who dressed the likes of John Wayne, Steve McQueen and many other film idols. One of the things he shared with me was how the studios back in the old days trashed costumes and props. Priceless costumes from iconic films that he literally fished out of the garbage bins, and then used later to stock his growing business. Many of these real Indian head dresses, garments and accessories are now archived and stored in museum quality vaults inside his still standing business, United American Costumes in...
- 10/7/2010
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
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