Award Winning Costumes That Brought Films To Life

The Artist Impressed Even In Black & White

Mark Bridges is the costume designer behind The Artist, a movie that not only swept the 2011 awards season but also scored the Oscar for its costumes that year. Working on a film shot in black and white definitely brought its own challenges, but obviously, Bridges killed it. And in order to make the costumes accurate to the silent film era, a lot of research was involved. “I watched as many silent films that I could. I wanted to see how clothes were worn, the hemline lengths and accessories and observe the subtle changes in fashion from year to year,” Bridges said in an interview with Clothes On Film.