June 11, 2014

Hollywood Costume

Hollywood Costumeat Phoenix Art Museum

Hollywood Costume exhibition celebrates

and explores costume design as a key

component of cinema storytelling.

Don’t miss your chance to see Darth Vader, and characters from Kill Bill, Gangs of New York, The Big Lebowski and much more.

It’s not just about the clothes, it's a complete multi-media experience. From research bibles and props to film clips and recorded interviews, you will learn what it takes to design a costume, and from the actor’s perspective what it means to become the character.

Making its West Coast premiere at Phoenix Art Museum, Hollywood Costume, on tour from the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, was featured in The New York Times as “Hollywood’s Finest on Display,” and claimed as a “monumental exhibition” by the LA Times.

This is a rare opportunity to see Marilyn Monroe’s dress in The Seven Year Itch, Morticia’s dress in The Adam’s Family and many more costumes worn by unforgettable characters from films such as The Wizard of Oz, Superman, Titanic, Harry Potter … Many of the costumes have never left private and archival collections in California, and most have never been publicly displayed or seen beyond the secure walls of studio archives. There are more than 100 costumes on display.