Professional Studies : Colleen Atwood

Colleen Atwood ( Born September 25, 1948) is an American costume designer that works mainly with film and sometimes TV. She often works alongside Tim Burton and with him she has produced some of her most successful and recognizable work such as; Edward Scissorhands, Sweeney Todd, Alice in Wonderland and Planet of the Apes.

The awards she has won include; Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Saturn Award for Best Costume, Costume Designers Guild Award for Excellence in Fantasy Film, Satellite Award for Best Costume Design, BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design, Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Costume Design, Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Costume Design,BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Costume Design, Costume Designers Guild Award for Best Costume Design - Period or Fantasy Film, Costume Designers Guild Award for Best Costume Design - Period Film, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Costumes - Variety, Music Program or Special, Costume Designers Guild Award for Spotlight Award - Film, Costume Designers Guild Award for Career Achievement in Film Award

"Costumes are the first impression that you have of the character before they open their mouth-it really does establish who they are.

As a designer, you have to solve a lot of problems. Even though people are wearing clothes that are supposed to look beautiful, they'll have to do all kinds of things.

(on devising the wardrobe for 'Snow White and the Huntsman') Every costume had a feeling of not quite what it seems. In a way, these dresses were like torture devices for Ravenna. I love that because I feel like Ravenna was, in a way, more tortuous toward herself than to the people she was killing." - Colleen Atwood.

Below i have researched into most of her work and have found imagery of the costume designs that she has created.