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Karen Patch - Costume Designer of The Royal Tenenbaums, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Team America

October 27, 2020 • Jessica Cohen, Karen Patch • Episode 12

Karen Patch’s illustrious career as a costume designer includes the Royal Tenenbaums, Team America: World Police, School of Rock, and many, many more classic works.

When Karen moved to Malibu with her family, she quickly realized that all her new neighbors worked in the film industry. With her background as an art student and family members who hand made clothes, modeled, and knew the fashion industry, Karen naturally gravitated toward fashion and art. Now living in Malibu, the film & television industry seemed like a perfect fit. Despite not knowing much about the industry, she had an interest in getting started and was able to get her foot in the door through a friend. The rest, as they say, is history.

In this episode, Karen talks about the job and roles as a costume designer, her experiences in some of her most beloved films, and so much more!

Here are some of the things we can learn from Karen in this episode:

What is the role and job of a costume designer? What does a typical day look like?
Budgets, and how time and money determines what must be built or bought.
How to create costumes that become iconic, timeless, and have lasting quality
How Karen designed costumes for the puppets in Team America.

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