Milena Canonero I did suits for some masterpieces of the seventh art, which won 4 Oscar (out of 9 nominations), 3 BAFTAs, 1 David di Donatello and 3 Silver Ribbons, all the way up to the Golden Bear for Lifetime Achievement in 2017: these are just some of the numbers from Milena Canonero, the Italian costume designer who defines how one of the most important costume designers of contemporary cinema. A few months after the Italian release French dispatchthe latest of the designer’s many collaborations with Wes Anderson. Grand Budapest Hotellet’s follow his successful career.
Milena Canonero is the most decorated Italian costume designer.
A told story does not make a cinematic masterpiece, or rather, not only. A masterpiece is created by the skill of actors, symphony, directing, photography, but what makes a cinematic work of art alive and sharp? The category that masquerades as a chameleon in a story and enters into synergy with the flow of images, performances and filming: costumes.
“It is important for me to be not only a costume designer, but also to actively participate in the creative process.“
Do you know movies where the costumes are so beautiful that they almost overshadow everything else? Here, most of them are masterpieces of the film industry and, in all likelihood, wear clothes created by the miraculous hands of Milena Canonero. Born in Turin in 1946, he began to study the art and history of costume in Italy, and then transferred his ingenious mind and talent to London, where he began working in the world of advertising. His chance, the one that will change your life, is coming very soon, but on the other hand, when you have a great mind and talent to sell it is already written in the stars that something important will happen sooner or later.
When she was in her early twenties, she had the opportunity to work with Stanley Kubrick. Yes, you understood correctly. Cockpit. The first film he designs costumes for is actually his own. Clockwork orange, 1971 Titanic enterprise. A huge and intricate work for which the costume designer mixes elements of the Edwardian era with the eccentric modernity of Carnaby Street until it reaches a kind of pop art costume. The film exudes poignant elements that combine to create legendary visuals: music, disturbing violence, implicit social elements, and Malcolm McDowell’s idiosyncratic and masterful interpretation. And then – the iconic white uniforms of the drughi, combined in symbolism and hidden meaning with the famous milk more dairy bar “Korova”, and dedicate the characters to the glory with which we know them today.
All the films that show the world the costumes of Milena Canonero
Work done with Clockwork orange opens the way to Milena a career full of some of the most significant titles and authors on the film scene. By now, for Kubrick, Milena Canonero is a guarantee. In 1975 he returned to rely on her also for the mammoth. Barry Lyndontransferring the order to another master of Italian costume, Piero Tosi.
First Academy Award for the careers of Barry Lyndon and Milena Canonero
It was in 1976 when Barry Lyndon’s costumes, figuratively reminiscent of the Visconti era, were awarded the most coveted gold statuette by the Academy in 1976 and led the young Italian among giants of the Hollywood industry. Milena follows Kubrick in the visual richness of eighteenth-century Ireland. Together with the Danish Ulla-Britt Söderlund from a wild and gray London, where the future was uncertain for her, the gender leap is clear, but the craftsmanship, the finest and meticulous elaboration of details remain unchanged. Fundamentals of the duo Söderlund-Canonero real sewing workshopjuggling between London and Ireland, with dozens of people working to create uniforms, lace and luxurious dresses.
shining
Do you remember the Grady twins? For sure, this is the most memorable costume in the film and one of the most iconic in the history of cinema. This slightly faded light blue Tiffany’s two dresses and the cool colors of the hotel walls in contrast to the bright colors of the suits helped make the third and final collaboration with his teacher Stanley Kubrick a Hollywood miracle. Suits that are clearly deservedBear Gold Lifetime Achievement Award at the Berlin Film Festival.
Hugh Hudson’s moments of glory
Just read the title, which immediately comes from the croon of the award-winning and sensational soundtrack. But Momenti di Gloria was not awarded and was remembered only for the symphonies and the script, but also for the costumes. This is 1981 when, after collaborating for shining it’s time to win another statuette for which Milena Canonero is given at the iconic Dolby Theater in Hollywood.
Marie Antoinette Sofia Coppola
In 2007 for a riot of colors and details on top and costumes designed to fill the stage and expand the psychology of the characters with offbeat pop music, Canonero receives another acclaim. Another Oscar.
Wes Anderson’s Grand Budapest Hotel
By now, Milena Canonero is getting an Oscar like it’s tic-tac-toe. In 2014 comes another recognition of his talent at the Grand Budapest Hotel. To impress the publicchromatic contrasts between the environment and the various characters’ uniforms who live and work in a single hotel. Six years later, Wes Anderson again chose Milena Canonero to best embody his chaotic and tense visual universe. This time another tricky element is suitable for typical pastel-colored clothes and retro-flavored ones that dress the director’s loyal cast even in black and white sceneswithout losing visual impact and without deviating from the true essence of the characters.
Source: Elle