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Q&A: Costume designer of ‘The Monkey’ discusses fashioning horror

Mica Kayde, costume designer of Osgood Perkins’ latest films “The Monkey” and “Longlegs” spoke to WSN about her career.
Jadah Jules, Contributing Writer March 12, 2025

Though her daunting sleep paralysis once dissuaded her from watching many horror films, Mica Kayde has now headed the costume departments for some of the most anticipated horrors...

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Q&A: Kate Forbes on the clothes behind ‘The Brutalist’

Kate Forbes, costume designer of the Oscar-winning film, spoke to WSN about her career and design process.
Jadah Jules, Contributing Writer March 4, 2025

Kate Forbes started as an insatiable teen from Leicester scouting the world for punks and club kids, or anyone who shared her desire for self-expression in an insipid culture....

A model walks down the runway sporting a black conical hat, a pink coat and a skirt. She wears black, elbow-length gloves that pair with her black spherical earrings and brooch.

CHOCHENG makes waves at Fashion Week

“Glamour and humor can get you through everything,” designer Cho Cho Cheng said of her Fall/Winter 2023 collection shown at Spring Studios.
Jadah Jules, Contributing Writer February 16, 2023

Fifteen visible haute couture dresses, gowns, coats stand in a showroom with a background illustrating a forest at night with a full moon in the sky. The centerpiece is Mugler’s “ Le Chimère,” a set of dress and headwear with colorful, beetle-like scales and dark feathered wings.

Enter the world of Mugler with ‘Thierry Mugler: Couturissime’

The Brooklyn Museum’s exhibition highlights the transformative career of French designer Thierry Mugler.
Jadah Jules, Contributing Writer January 31, 2023

Rooms filled with mannequins adorned with archival pieces, fragrance bottles encased in glass and immersive visuals are only a fraction of the Brooklyn Museum’s “Thierry Mugler:...