Costumes and Coffee

Tune in as I chat with Costume Designer and Writer Marjorie McCown! Marjorie began her career in theatre in New York City before moving to LA to work in film and landing a job as Ruth Myers Assistant Costume Designer on "The Addams Family." She also worked on other A-list features including "Forrest Gump." If that doesn't make her cool enough, she pivoted into her passion for murd

Tune in as I chat with the legendary Rhonney Greene. Rhonney is the first Black man to design shows for BET, MTV and OWN networks. He is also the costume designer so many other projects including the first season of "Harlem," Tyler Perry's "The Have and Have Nots," "Single Black Female," the second season of "The Ms. Pat Show" and now the upcoming holiday movie "A Very Merry Beaut

Tune in as I chat with Costume Designer Cris Araujo. We get into her love for creating costumes for futuristic worlds, her unique path from Key Costumer to Designer, her rich heritage and her love for top fashion designers like Rick Owens. Her latest film Uglies is based on the dystopian novel by Scott Westerfeld. It is set in a future post-scarcity world in which everyone is cons

Tune in to my conversation with Costume Designer Laura Smith. Laura is behind all of the costumes in season 3 of the hit series "Industry". We get into the symbolism behind the looks plus the accessories. She shares where she was able to source such eye-catching pieces. If you're a fan of the show, you know there's a lot of nudity. So we talk about her experience working with the

Tune in as I chat with Costume Designer Kairo Courts about her upcoming films “Ruth & Boaz” executive produced by Devon Franklin and the soon to be titled film starring KeKe Palmer and SZA. And of course we dish on the details of her other credits, which include “The Other Black Girl”, “Turtles All The Way Down”, “Naomi”, “Raising Dion”, “Really Love” an

Tune in as I chat with Costume Designer Charlese Antoinette Jones. Charlese's latest work can be seen in the action-packed movie "The Instigators" on AppleTV, which we dive into the details of how she paid homage to the city of Boston. She is also the renowned designer behind the looks in "Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody" and "Air," th

Tune in as I chat with Emmy-nominated Costume Designer Courtney Wheeler about her recent nomination for her work on "The Bear" for FX. Courtney explored the great taste of culinary professionals and how aspects of their artistry often spilled over into the wardrobe - something she was able to showcase beautifully on screen. She also shares the challenge of having such a

Tune in as I talk to Carol Case, the Emmy-nominated Costume Designer for "Fargo" on FX. We discuss Carol’s brilliant designs and how she manages to create costumes for entirely new characters each episode. Carol also shares the experience of designing costumes to withstand the frigid temperatures in North Dakota and Canada - the two places where shooting took place. Sh

Tune in as I talk to Karen Serreau, the Emmy-nominated Costume Designer for "The New Look" on AppleTV. We discuss Karen's trips through the Dior archives, what she learned from working so closely with Mr. Dior's dresses and how the design house praised her team for re-creating such iconic dresses. We also discuss the challenges she faced while designing for two

Today, I'm talking to Costume Designer Christina Flannery, who is nominated for an Emmy for her contemporary designs in "The Righteous Gemstones" for HBO. We talk about how she and her team went all out this season, dressing characters in extravagant custom costumes, such as Aimee-Leigh’s watermelon pantsuit and Judy’s electric blue opera gown, as well as designe