Sue Blane

Susan Margaret Blane, MBE, RDI (born 23 April 1949) je anglická kostymérka. She is best known for her costume designs for both The Rocky Horror Show and The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Blane studied costume design at Wolverhampton College of Art and at the Central School of Art and Design in London, finishing in 1971. She went to work for the Glasgow Citizen's Theatre, where she designed the costumes for Lindsay Kemp's production of The Maids in 1971, starring Tim Curry as Solange, wearing a black corset. Průlom s The Rocky Horror Show She met director Jim Sharman in London in 1973, when he was looking for a costume designer for Richard O'Brien's new, low-budget musical The Rocky Horror Show at the Royal Court's Theatre Upstairs. Won over by Sharman's desperation, and pleased to be working with Tim Curry again, she borrowed Curry's corset from the Citizen's Theatre, glued on sequins, and created Frank-n-Furter's look and those of the other characters. Blane designed the Los Angeles (Roxy), Australia and 1975 Broadway productions of the play, as well as The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) and its sequel Shock Treatment (1981). With her designs for Rocky Horror, Blane is credited for creating the look that became the template for punk rock fashion. Filmová kariéra Sue Blane se po úspěchu s The Rocky Horror Picture Show etablovala jako respektovaná kostymérka s příležitostnými výlety do filmu a televize. Sue Blane received a BAFTA nomination for Peter Greenaway's The Draughtsman's Contract (1982). Mezi její další významné filmové práce patří Lady Jane (1986), historické drama s Helenou Bonham Carter, kde The costumers are Sue Blane, who is best known for her work on Rocky Horror Picture Show, and David Perry vytvořili kostýmy pro tudorovské období. Dále pracovala na Absolute Beginners (1986) režiséra Juliana Templea a hororovém filmu Dream Demon (1988). Divadelní a operní tvorba Blane became a respected London theatre costume designer, with occasional forays into film and TV. Mezi její významné divadelní a operní práce patří The Nutcracker and Alice in Wonderland for the English National Ballet; Midsummer Night's Dream (Royal Dramaten Theatre, Stockholm and RSC; Cabaret (Donmar Warehouse); Sylvia (Birmingham Royal Ballet); King John, The Learned Ladies, and Antony and Cleopatra all for the Royal Shakespeare Company. Blane also created the costume designs for Jonathan Miller's The Mikado for the English National Opera. She received a Laurence Olivier Award nomination in 1997 for Outstanding Achievement in Dance for her design of Alice in Wonderland by the English National Ballet as well as a BAFTA nomination in 1982 for Peter Greenaway's The Draughtsman's Contract. In 2006, Blane was awarded an MBE za služby dramatu.