Katie Irish began as an assistant shopper for The Americans in season one. By the end of the series, she was the longest-running, leading costume designer on the show.
In this episode of Designing the Void, Katie tells us what she’s learned along the way: about building costumes for period pieces and for stunt scenes, about using music as a primary research tool, and — of course — about how to move up in the department.
“I love designing for the whole. I love knowing that, in this season around Episode 6, this character starts to unravel. I can think that up in Episode 4 if I know about it.”
Katie Irish
She is best known for work on The Americans. Find out more on her website, IMDb, and Instagram.
Links mentioned in the episode:
- The Americans – https://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/the-americans
- Joe Weisberg – https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2913498
- Joel Fields – https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0276278/
- Chris Long – https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0518910/
- Sarah Moore – https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5482808/
- Jenny Gering – https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0314350/
- Enemy Within – https://www.nbc.com/the-enemy-within
- Anne Crabtree’s Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/anecrabtree/
- Colleen Atwood – https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0041181/
- Sleepy Hollow – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0162661/
- Keri Russel – https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005392/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1
- Spider-Man on Broadway – https://www.broadway.com/shows/spider-man-turn-off-the-dark/
- Smithsonian – https://www.si.edu/
- International Spy Museum – https://www.spymuseum.org/
- Tim Burton – https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000318/
- Christina Ricci – https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000207/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1
- Outlander – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3006802/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1
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