#beatrix aruna pasztor

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Beatrix Aruna Pasztor’s Regency-esque costumes for 2004’s Vanity Fair, as well as 2012’s Great Expectations, are very distinguishable by the aesthetic of starkly uni-coloured but otherwise mostly unadorned columns of shiny shot or dupioni silks for outer garments. So, even when reused, the costumes are very distinct.

This burgundy red coat-and-trousers combo was first seen -separately – on Gabriel Byrne as a vampy Marquess of Steyne in the 2004 adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray’s Vanity Fair.

The coat, originally a long coat, appears to have been altered into a tailcoat for the 2012 Great Expectations. David Walliams wore this particular coat as Mr. Pumblechook. The coat went on to party hard and ended up dissolute on August Diehl in Confessions of a Child of the Century only a little later that very same year. From there, it went back again, so to speak, to Vanity Fair—this time on Jos Sedley played by David Fynn, for 2018’s television adaptation. The tailcoat eventually danced through the London Ball on entrepreneur and showman Tom Parker, played by Kris Marshall, in the sixth episode of the 2019 first season of Sanditon.

Costume Credit: bellcs, carsNcors

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Dakota Blue Richards as Maria Merryweather in The Secret of Moonacre (Film, 2008).

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Sharon Stone as Catherine Tramell in Basic Instinct 2 (2006)

Costume design by Beatrix Aruna Pasztor

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Indiana: It’s amazing how worn the clothing seems. It really looks like River had been wearing that jacket for weeks.

Van Sant: He did actually wear his costume. He wore it as he was rehearsing. But they were also from the bins, so they weren’t even sectioned out into the Goodwill yet. They were just a giant block of clothes that you could unpack from who knows where.

Indiana: You worked with Beatrix Aruna Pasztor as your costume designer, whom you had just worked with on your previous feature Drugstore Cowboy (1989). How did the costumes come together? And to what extent did you have a vision for the style of the film, and how much of it was based on reality?

Van Sant: Keanu really wasn’t digging what she was doing, and so he’s wearing his own clothes. When you first see him, he’s wearing his own clothes, the stuff that he wore in Hollywood day-to-day, and then occasionally he’s trying other things. He did it himself, whereas River was very happy with all of Beatrix’s stuff, and all the stuff he’s wearing is hers. The rest of the cast are all wearing her stuff.

Indiana: One of the clothing moments that caught my eye when revisiting the film were the scenes where Keanu is wearing these very medieval leather bracelets and a leather choker. Was that his own, or was that styled for him?

Van Sant: I never asked. The costumer was there. I think he just showed up in that and I thought, “Great! Go.” I wasn’t talking to him about costumes any longer because he wasn’t listening to me. He was having problems with his character and its origin. His character was Shakespearean, and then for River, the real guy [he’s playing is] actually on set. So [Keanu’s] relationship to who he was playing was difficult for him, even though he had done Shakespeare. It was kind of a fantastic character that never would have existed. And so for him to actually do it, there were problems.

Indiana: You made a cameo as a bellhop in one of the hotel scenes. What spurred that decision?

Van Sant: I can’t remember why we did that. I had never actually been in one of my films, and by then, the size of the film was really quite big. That meant I had to get in costume. I had to leave the set, basically. It was weird, because I was stuck in a hotel room, and Beatrix took a while because she couldn’t find the shirt of the costume, so I sat in there without my clothes for a while, like 20 minutes.

Finally, they got the costume. I needed to get back on set. I should have just changed on set, but I got back to the set and started rehearsing a little bit. I told Keanu, I was like, “Oh, I see what you mean about the way that the costume department’s been running.” He was like, “Right? I know. Now you know.” Because they’d complained all the time, but I didn’t know exactly what they were talking about, and I didn’t have time to investigate. But then I experienced it myself and I was like, “Oh, these poor guys,” because it really does mess with your preparation. You’re all prepared to do the scene and you have to sit without your shirt in a hotel room alone. Even though you could practice your lines or something like that, it messes with everything you’re trying to do. So I kind of realized, “Oh, shit. These guys are being tortured.”

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One Dress a Day Challenge- Part Two!

Anything Goes December

Vanity Fair- Reese Witherspoon as Becky Sharp

I was just reminded that this movie exists yesterday...and I looked it up and saw how beautiful the costumes are!  Since I’ve only seen the movie once, I figured there was no way for me to really pick a favorite (also because decent full screenshots are difficult to find), so I decided that this post is just going to encompass her entire wardrobe.

I read that the costume designer Beatrix Aruna Pasztor, as well as director Mira Nair, took a lot of influences from Bollywood and Indian designs.  And you can definitely see that in the kinds of fabrics and colors used for the costumes.  I love some of the bold colors that are used in some of Becky’s dresses...and I really like the outfit in the last photo...that turquoise green paired with that blue coat looks great on her!

And she also gets some really interesting hairstyles (apparently styles that would be popular about 10 years later) and some cool accessories in her hair.

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· ESTELLA’S WARDROBE PART II · Holliday Grainger · Great Expectations (2012) ─ Costume Desginer: Beatrix Aruna Pasztor

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DEMI MOORE as Diana Murphy in INDECENT PROPOSAL (1993) dir. Adrian Lyne costume design by Beatrix Aruna Pasztor, Bernie Pollack & Bobbie Read + black dress designed by Thierry Mugler

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Æon Flux (2005)

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To Die For (Gus Van Sant, 1995).

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Woman In Gold (2015)

Today's review on MyOldAddiction.com, Woman In Gold by #SimonCurtis starring #HelenMirren and #RyanReynolds

SIMON CURTIS Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB United Kingdom, 2015. Origin Pictures, BBC Films. Screenplay by Alexi Kaye Campbell. Cinematography by Ross Emery. Produced by David M. Thompson, Kris Thykier. Music by Martin Phipps, Hans Zimmer. Production Design by Jim Clay. Costume Design by Beatrix Aruna Pasztor. Film Editing by Peter Lambert. A powerful story is given admirable if not remarkable…

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Estella (Holliday Grainger) Purple dress.. Great Expectation (2012).. Costume by Beatrix Aruna Pasztor.

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PERIOD MOVIES TO SURVIVE THE QUARANTINE

Here’s today’s recommendation!

Imposing a western view on a non-western story is a common instance in filmmaking. But it's very rare to talk about this process in the inverse direction. 2004's adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's novel; VANITY FAIR is one of those rare instances. So, how does an Indian filmmaker, read the western Regency period?

Nair puts under scrutiny the world of luxury and privilege of British socialites. It takes the classic story of Becky Sharp, the quintessential social climber, and uses to satirize the whole set of values of Western society.

Here, costume design serves not only to underline character and story themes (as any good design should) but also to reinforce the idea that this is a look at Great Britain through the eyes of the colonies and not the other way around.

Also, it’s very refreshing to see a movie that takes place during the Regency and yet does not fall back to the "little white dresses" of the Jane Austen world, and instead paints the screen with loud and vibrant colors and textures that speak of a much more complex world.

I am so fascinated by the visual aspect of this film (and how underappreciated it is, that we dedicated a whole article to it, long long ago. (Vanity Fair and Reverse Colonization).

Let me know your thoughts! We’ll be back tomorrow with another Period Drama for your enjoyment!

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Natascha McElhone as Loveday de Noir in The Secret of Moonacre (Film, 2008).

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Favourite Wardrobes on Film (1/∞)

Sharon Stone as Catherine Tramell in Basic Instinct 2 (2006)

Costume design by Beatrix Aruna Pasztor

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Cᴏsᴛᴜᴍᴇ Aᴘᴘʀᴇᴄɪᴀᴛɪᴏɴ : The Vintner’s Luck (2009) ❈

Keisha Castle-Hughes as Celeste Jodeau • Costume Designer Beatrix Aruna Pasztor

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Holliday Grainger in Great Expectations (2012)

Direction: Mike Newell

Costumes: Beatrix Aruna Pasztor