ATTN JMS: Question on clothing

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From: "Shaz" <hypatia at Dial.pipex.com>
Date: 4 Jul 2000 13:29:38 -0600
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We're having a discussion on one of the email groups about the clothes worn
by the characters on B5. As the characters changed, so did the clothes.
Londo's became more complex and darker, G'Kar's less militaristic, Delenn's
going from androgynous to very feminine to practical to utterly stunning
(SiL), Sheridan's and the rest's change of attire... Anyway, one person said
the costume designer made those decisions. You would have approved it but it
would be that person (Anne Bruice Aling?) who actually decided it. Is that
the case (as in theatre productions) or did you specify what you were
looking for and any changes that were made? If the latter, how detailed were
your explanations?

Thanks!

Shaz




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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
Date: 4 Jul 2000 16:06:44 -0600
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>Anyway, one person said
>the costume designer made those decisions. You would have approved it but it
>would be that person (Anne Bruice Aling?) who actually decided it.

No, the executive producer proposes, the staff disposes.

Each season, I'd sit down with Anne and go over what was coming for the season.
 In Londo's case, I'd tell her that we're going to take Londo a little darker,
so we need to give him a more serious, darker look; I'd tell the prosthetics
guys to start streamlining his hair, make him sleeker, more serious.  

Anne would come back with designs, I'd approve one or the other, and she'd go
from there.  We did this for ALL the characters.

That was how the show ran.

 jms

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