Simshar Spotlight : Costume vs Fashion

You must be sick of hearing me talk about the Simshar première by now but ‘I’m so excited..I just can’t hide ‘it……..remember Sunday 27th …wohooooo…get dressed up….. I’m scouting 🙂
I had the pleasure of meeting and interviewing costume designer extraordinaire Ernest Camilleri and we got to discussing the huge differences between working on a film and working in fashion and whilst his interview will follow suit very very soon..in the meantime I thought it would be fun to list these differences:

Intention
Fashion : Worn by a model or a person as fashion statement
Costume : Worn by an actor/actress to convey a character and idea of a person.
Appearance
Fashion : The focus is on making the person in question look awesome.
Costume : The focus is on making sure the person’s looks fit the character. This might mean making the person look ugly and making the person wear something that really doesn’t flatter them..so yes it might even mean making the person look fatter than they are…
Planning
Fashion : The focus is most often on incorporating current trends and styles in interesting ways.
Costume : The focus is on researching the period, living situation, economic climate of the character in question and ensuring the costume meets all criteria.
Colour
Fashion : The focus is on the person’ skin tone/ current trends / shoot theme
Costume : The focus is on the scene’s mood ..colour can help to convey certain moods, infact Ernest apparently made use of this technique throughout Simshar.

Check back for Ernest’s interview coming very very soon !!!

caroline paris

  • Comments

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    cindy tong (cindysplanet.com)

    wow thats an useful info never know it make such differences..especially the colour part!

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    Kumiko Mae

    Congratulations on the opportunity to interview someone who seem so talented! Looking forward to your feature!

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    lornapenn

    Its so interesting reading the differences between fashion and costume. Look forward to reading the interview. (Lorna Mai GiG)

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    Sol Felice Alvarado

    I'm definitely going back to read your interview. Costume Vs Fashion! Yes, there is a difference. 🙂

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    thinacruz

    This is a very nice post! I think everyone should know the difference so we could apply it in real life 😀 I wonder if I've been walking around looking costume-y 😀 Hahaha 😀

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    Shasha Sekharan

    wow! thats really interesting! I never knew those differences. Thanks for sharing hun..!

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    Carmel

    What an interesting post. You covered everything from intention to color! Looking forward to the interview.

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    ♛ Aby C.

    those are very informative article.. now fashion and costume is more clearer to me 🙂

    -from gig
    Swirls and Scribbles

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    Beauty_Blogette

    I'm sure you had a great time. I can't wait for the interview. 🙂

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    marilovegr33n

    This is so interesting, I've never thought about the differences between costume and fashion, but you explained great.
    xxx
    mari

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    Miss Ika

    the costome should be more havoc. Fashion should be more up to date 😀

    Gig Love http://www.unlimitedbeautysecret.com/

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    Caity @ Moi Contre La Vie

    This is so exciting – Thank you for giving us a peek behind the scenes at your preparation! <3 GIGLove

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    Smallnhot Sarah

    Great insight on the behind the scene of your preparation… great post !
    http://www.smallnhot.com

  • avatar
    Monica Calangian

    Interesting take between fashion and costume. Also, thank you for sharing this info to us. Excited on what the outcome would be!

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    ♥ Natalie ♥

    Wah, so much differences between costume and fashion, I never knew (:
    Seems great!

    GIG love <3

  • avatar
    Marie Claire

    actually im not fashion blogger..
    but by read this post now i know a bit fashion blogger life!
    thank you so much for sharing 🙂

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    Nella Beautifyiu

    Thank you for sharing this. I never knew that it takes so much consideration to choose between costume and fashion.

    GIG Love,
    http://www.nellanelwan.com

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    Natasha

    I love how you broke down the meaning for each. I never really knew there was a difference between Fashion and Costume like that. It's really great to know! Thank you gig

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    yuhjiun

    What an interesting post and thanks for sharing 😀

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    Ari

    My mom was a fashion designer and I always found her work so fun and interesting. Before when I wanted to be the same, she actually encouraged me to go into costume design 🙂

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