Ane Crabtree is an American costume designer, who has been nominated for three Emmy Awards[1] and for four Costume Designers Guild Awards for Pan Am (2012), Masters of Sex (2015), Westworld (2016), and won for The Handmaid's Tale (2018).[2]

Biography

Crabtree was born into a mixed race family in South Dakota and raised in Kentucky.[3] Her mother Kimiko was of Okinawan Heritage and her father Charles was in military.[4] She graduated from Henderson County High School in 1982.[5] She studied visual arts at Harlaxton College University of Evansville and fashion design at the Fashion Institute of Technology.[6] She ended up working as a stylist for rappers and musicians to Elle during the late 1980s.[7]

Career

Crabtree first became interested in costume design after being dissatisfied with her job.[8]

She moved to New York at the age of 21 in 1985.[9]

Crabtree's career kicked off with designing costumes for Dustin Hoffman, Antonio Banderas, and Sarah Jessica Parker.[10]

She designed the look for the original pilot of TV series, such as The Sopranos, Justified, Rectify, and Outcast.[3]

In 2014, she designed costumes for Masters of Sex, for which she received her first Emmy[11] and second Costume Designers Guild Awards nomination.[12]

She came to prominence for her work in Westworld and The Handmaid's Tale.[13] For Handmaid's Tale, Crabtree drew inspiration from everyday objects, such as an old mop for the moss-green uniform of housemaids and a pair of well-loved boots for the utilitarian footwear worn by the handmaids.[14] She won the Costume Designers Guild Award for Excellence in Costume Design for a Contemporary Television Series.[15]

See also

References

  1. ↑ White, Douglas. "Henderson native Ane Crabtree up for Emmy for work on 'The Handmaid's Tale'". The Gleaner.
  2. ↑ Berman, Stuart. "The Handmaid's Tale costume designer Ane Crabtree on the feminist power of fashion". CBC.
  3. 1 2 "Five things to know about Ane Crabtree, the latest Design Indaba 2019 speaker". Design Indaba.
  4. ↑ Rasker, Rachel (14 September 2023). "The costume designer behind The Handmaid's Tale has a new show — this is her process". ABC News.
  5. ↑ Jenkins, Judie. "Local native has great career in entertainment world all sewn up". Courier Press.
  6. ↑ "Dressing for Dystopia:"The Handmaid's Tale" Costumes by Ane Crabtree". SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film. 21 March 2018.
  7. ↑ Mclaughlin, Aimee (12 March 2019). "Ane Crabtree on creating worlds through costumes". Creative Review.
  8. ↑ "Ane Crabtree - The Handmaid's Tale, Westworld, The Sopranos". Apparel. 19 April 2019.
  9. ↑ Dove-Viebahn, Aviva (12 August 2019). "Shouting in Silence: The Ms. Q&A with Former "Handmaid's Tale" Costume Designer Ane Crabtree". Ms. Magazine.
  10. ↑ Wells, Myrydd (26 April 2018). "How The Handmaid's Tale costume designer Ane Crabtree dresses the dystopian world". Atlanta Magazine.
  11. ↑ "'Masters of Sex' Costumer: 1950's Underwear Is 'Better Than Anything Out There'". ELLE. 2014-07-23. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
  12. ↑ "Dressing for Dystopia: The Handmaid's Tale Costumes by Ane Crabtree - e-flux Education". e-flux.com. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
  13. ↑ Laporte, Nicole. "Meet the costume designer for your favorite apocalyptic TV shows". Fast Company.
  14. ↑ Newbold, Alice (2017-07-16). "The Handmaid's Tale Costume Designer On Dressing Margaret Atwood's Dystopia". British Vogue. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
  15. ↑ "The 2018 Costume Designers Guild Awards". Below the Line. 2018-02-23. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
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