Favourite creations

Oscar-nominated costume designers talk about their favourite pieces.

THERE are many questions you can ask costume designers, but one of the hardest to answer is, “Can you pick one set or a single costume that was integral to the entire project?” Nonetheless, after the credits finish rolling there’s usually one outfit that lingers. Here’s what this year’s five Oscar-nominated designers designated as their “one thing”. Consolata Boyle –

My One Thing: The outfit Florence (Meryl Streep) wears when she keeps an appointment to record one of her songs.

Importance: “The costume that remains closest to my heart and which sums up for me all of Florence’s unique characteristics, is the one worn for the recording session at the Melotone studio. It shows her naive decorative dress sense, her deep love for music – and her total self-delusion,” explains Boyle.

Florence Foster Jenkins