WWW: How did you go about researching '30s style? Did you learn anything particularly interesting? 

SB: I looked through photographs and as many magazines as I could get my hand on. Not only fashion magazines, but movie magazines. [At the time], the world took from Hollywood fashion. There was a competition with Paris, so Hollywood moguls told them they need to create the styles because by the time the film comes out, the fashion would be late. It was fascinating how the movies changed fashion and how things became huge, huge trends after movies came out.

WWW: Besides Chanel and Schiaparelli, where else did you source the costumes from?

SB: We went everywhere from Torelli in Rome to Angels in London to Western Palace out in California. The real clothes are 80 to 90 years old and a bit fragile. They are great to take patterns off of, but bodies are so different today—the '30s clothes [were so small] that they barely fit mannequins today. So we bought original garments and then we copied them.

WWW: What is something people don't know about costume designers?

SB: People don't realize that it is a lot of work. We don't have as much time compared to the old days—the [fast-paced] schedule is very, very difficult. Especially doing '30s, because it is not like you can easily pull stuff in like you could if you were doing the '70s. 

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