Wow, what an incredible experience! This was my first try at costume design and I have to say, I have found a new passion. Coming from an editorial background this is a very different way of developing outfits and of styling in general. I was able to combine my love for high fashion with my commitment to helping real people look and feel great in their everyday wardrobe. Alex, our wonderful make up artist, Janina, Shannon and I continually found ourselves floored by the constant 'fashion miracle' as we called it that was happening before us. For instance completing all of the actors' over 40 changes the entire duration of shooting on a budget that was almost unheard of. Total fashion miracle :) And, with the help of my wonderful assistant Anna Demare, I was able to edit myself choosing key pieces that set the characters apart from one another and gave the movie what I hope will be a uniquely characteristic style.
Dressing these beautiful actors for this film we dealt with real body issues, personal style preferences as well as the challenge of creating something artistic all at once. I truly faced practicing what I preach as far as self-love and creating confidence around your style.
One particular fashion miracle that stood out was
I was able to mesh my experience in both areas of fashion to create these characters from the ground up. Well, not really from the ground at all really. Jonathan and Will wrote an incredible script stocked full of style and detailed character traits. Not to mention the wonderful canvases that the actors Janina Gavankar, Shannon Lucio, Nathan Phillips and Zachary Knighton were. They were each so inspiring and had such perfect instincts about who their characters were, I could not have done it without their help.
This film was truly a labor of love for everyone involved and I am so confident that it will be an incredibly beautiful and moving film. I am proud to have been a part of it. It truly was a fashion miracle.
~Allann Campbell, Costume Design-Satellite of Love
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