[…]terview I had your copy on top of mine and there were no markings on it! So anyway I’m now back on course as it were. Don McCullin.An English Woman’s Wardrobe. Is that of any interest? PB-C: Only in the sense that we filmed Margaret Thatcher going through her wardrobe which was fascinating.&nbs[…]
[…]ng girl? Did you always want to go into the film business?RENÉE GLYNNE: Entertainment business, behind stage. I really wanted to be, probably, in the wardrobe of theatre or an ASM [Assistant Stage Manager]. And Iknew that it was going to be theatre and I hadn’t really ... I went to cinemas andsaw fi[…]
[…]bsp;But making sure, you know, that you've got the cameraman asking about lighting; you've got the prop man asking you about propping; you've got the wardrobe asking about wardrobe; you got the director asking you about everything; you’ve got the sound man asking you about where I can put […]
[…]ing school. I never learned to dress-make, and to this day, I’m not very good at sewing on buttons. I found it quite useful not to able to sew in the wardrobe (department) because you were never asked to do anything. So, very firmly, no, I can’t sew! People wondered how you could know about clothes […]
[…]rding]E.M. Smedley-Aston: ...it was quite extraordinary the way that departments were run with the absolute minimum personnel. For instance, the wardrobe. Well we had quite a lot of costume pictures, naturally most concerned with Drake of England which had really a big budget for clothes. And I[…]
[…]g and he said, "well I don't know whether you can help because I've got a slight problem. We're in period, it's 1923 and although we've got a Chinese wardrobe and everything, of course they don't understand [???]...could you [take out a few]?" So I went around to the tailor and cutter and I went to […]
[…] I’d take a taxi all the way, all the way to, to Roehampton so I was spending a lot of money on transport..I: Did you have to maintain a considerable wardrobe? A varied wardrobe?CB: I started to, yes. I started to.I: Right. Was Harrods any help in that respect? Did you (laughs) did you?CB: I went ba[…]
