A Love for Tim Burton Colleen Atwood

Yesterday, my Tim Burton obsession manifested itself. Today I figured out why exactly all the costumes were so, I don't know, enchanting? It's because each of his movies, the ones that I really like anyway, have the same costume designer behind them, Colleen Atwood.

I basically just spent the entirety of Edward Scissorhands looking for pictures of costumes from all my favorite Tim Burton movies (Beetlejuice not included because of today's previous post). For the sake of my OCD I'm going to put the pictures in chronological order. Because I know you needed to know my thought process. Heh.

First off we have Edward Scissorhands:

The color palette in this movie was particularly stellar, in my opinion. I love all the bright colors pulled right out of the sixties. It was an awesome contrast to Edward Scissorhand's dark leather suit. But in terms of silhouette, it's very eighties which is probably why I love this movie.

Next up is Sleepy Hollow:

What I really liked about these costumes was that their silhouette was very nineteenth century, but the colors and prints were otherwise. Very Tim Burton sort of colors and prints, if yaknowhaddamean.

Then we have Big Fish:

Almost all the costumes are pure magic, but according to the styles I love most, Sandra Templeton's are my favorite. Fifties silhouettes and two of my favorite color combinations: red, white, and blue and blue and yellow. Also, the small details are very apparent (more so on the film than in the above pictures) like the dots on the Ping and Jing's costume and general choices in trims and embellishments.

And lastly, Sweeney Todd:

Not one of my favorite Tim Burton plot lines BUT the casting and the costumes were impeccable. I think the time period for this movie is the same as Sleepy Hollow because some of the costume choices are very similar. This movie's costumes are very neutral, lots of browns and greys but when there is any amount of a real color, it stands out. I think that right there shows how powerful a strong color palette can be.

Say it Once... Say it Twice... But We Dare You to Say it THREE TIMES

Today, I woke up at 12:53 PM. Well, I guess, make that yesterday. As I write this, it is 1:37 AM and I can hear Daft Punk's Face to Face playing on the other side of my apartment. It's in this bout of insomnia that I felt compelled to write an inspiration post.

Right when I woke up, ya know, this afternoon, a few friends came over and it was decided that we should watch Beetlejuice. It had at least been since Halloween since I had a little Tim Burton magic in my life, so I agreed. Just as it started, I realized how much I loved this movie. Lydia Deetz is like the OG emo kid with lines like: "I myself, am strange and unusual."

As a kid, I was first introduced to Beetlejuice in cartoon form on Nickelodeon. It wasn't until later that my Mom introduced me to the Tim Burton original.


Besides a plot line I find fascinating with the whole only-some-people-can-see-ghosts thing I, of course, love Lydia and Delia's clothes. They're all very dark and pretty, a concept I am really loving, dahling.

The house used in the movie with the weird add-ons and Delia's sculptures deserves an honorable mention too:


UPDATE: Did anyone notice I only typed out that name twice in this post?