Voice Of Costume - The Untold Stories of Unseen Artists

By Catherine Baumgardner - Costume Designer and Educator

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Episodes: 95

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The stories behind the stories — from the artists who build the worlds we love. Voice of Costume goes far beyond fabric and fittings. This podcast is an intimate, behind-the-scenes look at how film, television, and theater are actually made — told by the artists who rarely get the spotlight but shape everything you see on screen. Each episode features candid conversations with costume designers and creative collaborators working at every level of the industry. They share the real stories: breaking in, surviving rejection, collaborating under pressure, solving impossible problems, and finding meaning in the work when the hours are long and the budgets are tight. If you love: Behind-the-scenes stories from film, TV, and theater Creative career journeys — the wins and the failures How character, story, and psychology show up visually on screen Honest conversations about art, process, collaboration, and resilience …this podcast is for you. Voice of Costume isn't just about what people wear — it's about why choices are made, how stories are built, and what it really takes to sustain a creative life. Whether you're a filmmaker, writer, actor, designer, student, or simply someone who loves understanding how great stories come together, this podcast invites you inside the process — where creativity meets craft, and passion meets persistence. 🎧 Subscribe and listen in — because every costume has a story, and every story has a voice.

Episode Date
How Do You Build 1880s New York From 50,000 Images with Kasia Walicka Maimone - The Gilded Age
Jun 19, 2026
Are We Dressing for Ourselves Or for Everyone Watching? with Olga Mill - Netflix's BEEF
Jun 16, 2026
How Colleen Atwood Built the Gothic World of Netflix's Wednesday
Jun 05, 2026
Finding Confidence and Freedom In How You Dress with Marylin Fitoussi - Emily In Paris
Jun 01, 2026
Stranger Things Costume Secrets Fans Haven't Heard Yet with Amy Parris
May 30, 2026
Sourcing Vintage 1970's Designs to Color in the Cold War with Anastasia Magoutas - Ponies
May 28, 2026
Superheroes, Reboots, and Telling Your Actors No with Trayce Gigi Field - The Burbs, Spider-Verse
May 26, 2026
Inside the Creative Pressure Cooker of The Bear with Courtney Wheeler
May 17, 2026
The Secret Art of Budgeting Million-Dollar Characters with Tiffany Hasbourne - Imperfect Women
May 13, 2026
From a Broken Jaw to Iconic TV Costumes with Daniel Lawson - Elsbeth
May 01, 2026
Reinventing the Iconic: The Missteps and Breakthroughs with Leslie Kavanagh - The Testaments
Apr 29, 2026
From Barnyard Dress-Up to Netflix's Virgin River with Judith Feller
Apr 14, 2026
Leaving Gucci for Hollywood and Post-Apocalyptic Worlds with Coxy - Paradise (S2)
Apr 09, 2026
Stretching $25K Across Decades and 140 Looks with Maggie Whitaker - Fairyland
Feb 17, 2026
Adapting A Book and One's Ego with Colin Wilkes - People We Meet On Vacation
Feb 15, 2026
The Subtle Craft of Tone and Texture in Political Thrillers with Jenny Gering - The Diplomat
Feb 13, 2026
Fantasy Child to Period World-Builder with Marion Boyce - The Artful Dodger
Feb 11, 2026
How Avatar: Fire and Ash Costumes Are Built Twice: by Hand then by VFX - Deborah L. Scott
Jan 11, 2026
From Cardboard Worlds to 3 Oscars with Jenny Beavan - The Choral
Dec 30, 2025
Designing Fear: How Goosebumps Costumes Shape Horror & Character - Vanessa Porter
Dec 12, 2025
Designing Hamnet: Using Grief, Intuition & Community to Create - Malgosia Turzanska
Dec 07, 2025
Creating Characters that Spark Joy and Work a Creative Parent with Cameron Dale
Nov 11, 2025
Fearless Art, Fabric, and Friendship with Colleen Atwood and Christine Cantella - Kiss of the Spider Woman
Oct 15, 2025
Storytelling through Texture, Color and Time with Lynn Ollie - The Man in My Basement
Oct 12, 2025
Broadway Meets Disney Magic with Emilio Sosa and Julia Caston - Descendants: The Rise of Red
Oct 04, 2025
From Waterworld to Hacks with Kathleen Felix-Hager
Aug 28, 2025
Dune: Prophecy - 10,000 Years Ago In The Future with Bojana Nikitovic
Aug 08, 2025
Adolescence -The One Take Life with Jessica Schofield
Aug 06, 2025
Focus On What you Can Control with Amanda Riley - We Were Liars
Jul 30, 2025
You Owe It To the World To Create with Jonathan Davenport - WWE Superstar Designer
Jul 23, 2025
The Handmaid's Tale - Iconic Looks and Passionate Fans with Leslie Kavanagh
Jul 17, 2025
Bridgerton - Mixing History, Fashion, and Fantasy with John Glaser
Jun 20, 2025
Not Regretting Your Mistakes with Kirston Mann - A Man on The Inside, Loot
Jun 18, 2025
The Last Great Fashion Decade with Paula Bradley - Monsters a Menendez Brothers Story
Jun 17, 2025
Trading Passions and Sliding Doors with Caroline Duncan - Sirens
Jun 16, 2025
My Perspective Is A Choice with Negar Ali Kline - Nobody Wants This
Jun 14, 2025
Being Open to a New Way of Doing Things with Mila Hermanovski - American Primeval
Jun 10, 2025
Creativity Lives in Motion with Sandra Burns - High Potential
May 23, 2025
The Amazing Race of Costuming with Daniela Gschwendtner and Steven Lee - Dancing With The Stars
May 17, 2025
Vulnerability of the Creative Life with Liz Vastola - The Bondsman
May 15, 2025
Changing Careers at 37 with Sarah Evelyn - The Fall Guy, Paradise
May 10, 2025
Sharon Gilham - Wheel of Time
Apr 29, 2025
Mayou Trikerioti - House of David
Apr 23, 2025
Kerry Weinrauch - the new show Watson and Supernatural
Mar 24, 2025
How One Movie Changed his Life with Richard Cooke - Joan
Feb 21, 2025
Affecting Mexican Culture through Costume with Anna Terrazas - Spectre, Pedro Paramo
Dec 11, 2024
Maria Aguilar - High School Musical: The Musical: The Series
Oct 27, 2024
Retiring and Reflecting on a Career with Tish Monaghan - Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Oct 23, 2024
Cynthia Summers - Goosebumps, The Last of Us, and The Baby-Sitters Club
Oct 09, 2024
Annie Bloom - The Santa Clauses with Tim Allen
Oct 04, 2024
Stacy Caballero - Marvel's Echo - Embracing Choctaw Culture through Costume Design
Aug 31, 2024
Carol Case - Inside Fargo: Crafting Iconic Looks for Juno Temple & Jon Hamm
Aug 26, 2024
Mekel Bailey - Designing the incredible true story of a stalker in Baby Reindeer
Aug 16, 2024
Daniel Orlandi - Borderlands, Blind Side, and Bob Mackie
Aug 09, 2024
Leila Heise - The Chosen
Aug 02, 2024
Tom Broecker - 30 years at Saturday Night Live, Broadway, and the Art of Detachment
Jun 23, 2024
Safowa Bright Bitzelberger - "The Godmother" Griselda, Costume Designer vs Supervisor, and common threads of being unique
Jun 22, 2024
Alayna Bell-Price - Designing the hit TV show 9-1-1 at 25 years old
Jun 22, 2024
Anne Dixon - Viggo Mortensen, The Dead Don't Hurt, and following your gut
Jun 21, 2024
Annie Symons - Mary & George TV Series, working at 14, and period vs contemporary
Jun 19, 2024
Loulou Bontemps - Guy Ritchie, The Gentlemen Netflix Series, and a Father's Wisdom
Jun 17, 2024
Ann Foley - Spiderwick Chronicles, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, and chasing your dreams
Jun 15, 2024
Michael Wilkinson - 3 Body Problem, 300, and American Hustle
Jun 14, 2024
Allyson Fanger - Apples Never Fall, Grace and Frankie, and being a working Mom
Jun 13, 2024
Farnaz Khaki-Sadigh - 100% Build for Avatar:Last Airbender TV Show
Jun 12, 2024
Heather Pain - TED the TV show, 1993 time period, and importance of mentors
Jun 11, 2024
Matthew Hemesath - Designing Girls5Eva and working on John Wick
Jun 08, 2024
Danya Pink - Road House, Lovecraft Country, & Crazy Stupid Love
Jun 07, 2024
Katie Irish - Manhunt, The Americans, & Symbolism in Costumes
Jun 06, 2024
Hannah Kittell - Wanting to design at 3 years old to Molli and Max in the Future
Jun 05, 2024
Mandi Line - Death and Other Details and the hard work you never see
Jun 04, 2024
Sarah Cogan - Designing for low budget, owning a rental house, and inspiring others
May 05, 2024
Antoinette Messam - The Book of Clarence, Lift, and going all in on costume design
Mar 20, 2024
Jennifer Starzyk - The Iron Claw, impact of mentors, and creative inspirations
Jan 11, 2024
Ellen Mirojnick - Oppenheimer and winning the Super Bowl with Christopher Nolan
Dec 28, 2023
Ep 20 - Giovanni Lipari - Designing modern twists into the 1880's for "The Buccaneers"
Dec 26, 2023
Ep 19 - Oliver Garcia - Designing the period film "Chevalier" in 4 weeks
Dec 23, 2023
Ep 18 - Megan Gray - Murder at the End of the World and filming in Iceland
Dec 11, 2023
Ep 17 - Valerie Klarich - Saturday Night Live, Gossip Girl, and Dicks: The Musical
Nov 29, 2023
Ep 16 - Shekhar Rahate - Designing for the Red Carpet
Nov 29, 2023
Ep 15 - Trish Summerville - Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Oct 27, 2023
Ep 14 - Dominique Dawson - The Power of Collaboration, Friends, and Travel
Aug 01, 2023
Ep13 - Tiffany Hasbourne - Wisdom about Brands, Budgets, and Becoming Oneself
Jul 24, 2023
Ep12 - Justine Seymour - The Choices, Challenges, and Rewards of Period Design and International Filming for "Transatlantic"
Jun 23, 2023
Ep11 - Jennifer May Nickel - Designing "Gotham Knights", burning her costumes, and loving her job
Jun 17, 2023
Ep10 - Kelly Kwon - How costumes on "Quasi" were inspired through world travel, overcoming obstacles, and family
Jun 15, 2023
Ep09 - Elaine Montalvo - Walking Dead, Big Time Rush, and One True Loves
Jun 04, 2023
Ep08 - Deborah L. Scott - Avatar: Way of Water, Titanic, and E.T. Building Costumes for Other Worlds
May 15, 2023
Ep 07 - Justine Seymour - International Costume Designer discusses process and tragedy of "Women of the Movement"
Jan 17, 2022
Ep 06 - Paul Tazewell - Hamilton Costume Designer talks journey, life lessons and creative process
Jul 03, 2020
Ep 05 - Lisa Vreeland - Director of "Love, Cecil" talks the fascinating life of costume designer for My Fair Lady
Aug 15, 2018
Ep 04 - Eden Coblenz - Costume Supervisor talks Modern Family, Set Organization, & Coen Brothers
Jul 25, 2018
Ep 03 - Gates McFadden - Life Lessons & Creative Journey from Ohio to Star Trek: The Next Generation
Jul 07, 2018
Ep 02 - Mark Bridges - 2-time Oscar Winner shares his Journey, Inspirations, & Creative Process
Jun 16, 2018
Ep 01 - Salvador Perez - The Mindy Project, Pitch Perfect films, & President of Costume Designers Guild
Jun 02, 2018