Period movies are really more about research, and reproducing what already existed. SP: When you design a fantasy movie, you get to be more creative. SP: My background is in costume construction, I love building costumes, so fantasy movies are a favorite of mine.ĬW: Do you enjoy doing fantasy costumes as opposed to something like period costumes? The fittings with the three ladies were so much fun.ĬW: If you could’ve designed costumes for any movie, what would it have been? SJP is a fashion icon-she knows the details of fine clothing, so in our first fitting when she fell in love with her costume and all the details I put into it, I was so proud. She loved my work and really trusted me to make her look her best. SP: I fell in love with costume design watching Bette’s movies, Beaches, For the Boys, and The Rose, so being able to costume design for her was a dream come true. So, costume design found me, and I can’t imagine my life any other way.ĬW: Did you get to meet Bette, Sarah & Kathy? What was it like doing their costumes? Now thirty years later I am a three-term President of the Costume Designers Guild and I got to design Hocus Pocus 2. Once I got to costume design a movie, it became my focus. One day, one of my fashion clients said, “I am producing a movie, would you like to costume design it?” It was the film Soulfood. I worked my way up from the workrooms to become an Assistant Costume Designer. I then went on to run costume work rooms on films like Stargate and Titanic. I met some costume designers and they hired me to build costumes for their movies. I thought I would design a fashion line, but as I was trying to make a mark in the fashion business, I was always making a living as a sewer and a costume maker. Salvador Perez: I Went to FIDM to study fashion design. Salvador is currently designing Dashing Through the Snow, a Christmas release from Disney+.ĬOMIC WATCH: What inspired you to go into costume design? Perez recent projects include a collaboration with Mindy Kaling on HBO Max’s Sex Lives of College Girls and Hocus Pocus 2, from Walt Disney Pictures, currently streaming on Disney+. Perez’s passion for costume design and the Film and Television Industry was recognized by the members of the Costume Designers Guild, who elected him President of their organization. He brings his love for his art with him to every fitting, every shopping trip, and every day on set. Knowing how clothes should fit and be made, he has a unique ability to fit and tailor clothes to make actors look their best. Perez’s approach is highly detailed and considers every aspect of a character’s personality while telling the story through costume. As a costume designer, Perez has taken his experience and applied it to creating characters on projects as diverse as the hit TV series The Mindy Project, where he earned an Emmy nomination for costume design, Castle, Veronica Mars, the Hulu series Four Weddings and a Funeral, Netflix’s Never Have I Ever and feature films like Pitch Perfect 1, 2 & 3, Think Like a Man 1 & 2, Men of Honor, Drumline, Goosebumps 2 and Senior Year. When working on The Mindy Project, he produced a fashion jewelry line with Bauble Bar and a signature coat line with, both ventures sold out. Peterman Company to design and develop their Movie Legends Line. With his vast knowledge of clothing construction and manufacturing, Perez was also sought out by the J. He first made costumes, then became a costume manufacturing foreman and assistant designer on films like Titanic, The Flintstones, and Barb Wire. An accomplished stitcher, his talents were soon discovered by costume designers who took him away from the fashion industry. Salvador Perez is an accomplished and versatile costume designer, working in many genres-from feature film and television movies, to television series, commercials and red-carpet gowns.īorn and raised in Central California, Perez moved to Los Angeles to attend The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM), planning on a career in fashion design, but fate had another path for him.
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