Arianne Phillips Explained

Arianne Phillips
Birth Date:26 April 1963
Birth Place:New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation:Costume designer

Arianne Phillips (born April 26, 1963)[1] is an American costume designer. Phillips was recognized for her work on the Broadway musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch, starring Neil Patrick Harris, earning her a Tony award nomination for Best Costume Design. Phillips has a long-standing relationship with Madonna, with collaborations including photos shoots, music videos and designing tour costumes for six world tours over the past two decades. She has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design three times, for James Mangold's Walk the Line (2005), Madonna's directorial debut, W.E. (2011), and for Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019). Phillips has also received a two BAFTA Award nominations for Tom Ford’s A Single Man (2009) and Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

Her film career also includes Tom Ford's Nocturnal Animals (2016), Matthew Vaughn’s (2014) and (2017), James Mangold’s Girl, Interrupted (1999) and 3:10 to Yuma (2007), John Cameron Mitchell’s Hedwig And the Angry Inch (2001), Mark Romanek’s One Hour Photo (2002), and Milos Forman’s The People Vs. Larry Flynt (1996).

In between film and music projects, Phillips works as a freelance fashion editor and stylist, collaborating with photographers for publications such as Italian Vogue, V Magazine, Harper’s Bazaar, German & Spanish Vogue and W Magazine. She continuously challenges herself by taking on projects that explore new expressions of her creativity. In 2018, she made her New York City Metropolitan opera debut, designing Nico Muhly’s opera, Marnie.[2]

Miuccia Prada selected Phillips for her Iconoclasts project;[3] to curate installations for the brands flagship stores in London and Beijing which included a short fashion film for the brand, which Phillips wrote and directed, called Passages. Her friend Alessandro Michele Creative Director of GUCCI commissioned her to create content for a special issue of A Magazine he guest edited and to style a brand film directed by Gia Coppola. She has also collaborated on special projects with Van Cleef and Arpels, Cartier, Valentino and Swarovski. Phillips was an inaugural member of the TIMES UP coalition and was asked by Reese Witherspoon to design its logo.

Early life and career

Phillips was raised in northern California and began making fashion sketches as a child. She relocated to New York in the early 1980s where she began working as an assistant stylist. She was initially recognized for helping to style Lenny Kravitz for his debut album, Let Love Rule.[4]

Film credits

YearTitleDirectorNotes
1990Bail JumperChristian Faber
1991PyratesNoah Stern
1993The Last SupperDaryl HannahShort film
1994The CrowAlex Proyas
1995ÉlisaJean Becker
Tank GirlRachel Talalay
1996The People vs. Larry FlyntMiloš Forman
1997Going All the WayMark Pellington
Best MenTamra Davis
1998The Replacement KillersAntoine Fuqua
1999The Mod SquadScott Silver
Girl, InterruptedJames Mangold
2001Hedwig and the Angry InchJohn Cameron Mitchell
2002One Hour PhotoMark Romanek
Swept AwayGuy Ritchie
2003IdentityJames Mangold
2005Walk the Line
20073:10 to Yuma
2009A Single ManTom Ford
2010Knight and DayJames Mangold
2011W.E.Madonna
2015Matthew Vaughn
2016Nocturnal AnimalsTom Ford
2017Matthew Vaughn
2019Once Upon a Time in HollywoodQuentin Tarantino
2022Don't Worry DarlingOlivia Wilde
2024Todd Phillips

Television credits

YearTitleNotes
1993Attack of the 50 Ft. WomanTelevision film
1996Duke of GrooveTelevision short film

Stage credits

Accolades

Awards
YearFilmAward / ceremonyCategoryResult
1994The Crow21st Saturn AwardsBest Costume Design
2001Hedwig and the Angry Inch3rd Costume Designers Guild AwardsExcellence in Period or Fantasy Film
2005Walk the Line78th Academy AwardsBest Costume Design
8th Costume Designers Guild AwardsExcellence in Period Film
20073:10 to Yuma10th Costume Designers Guild Awards
2009A Single Man63rd British Academy Film AwardsBest Costume Design
2011W.E.84th Academy AwardsBest Costume Design
14th Costume Designers Guild AwardsExcellence in Period Film
201518th Costume Designers Guild AwardsExcellence in Contemporary Film
42nd Saturn AwardsBest Costume Design
2016Nocturnal Animals19th Costume Designers Guild AwardsExcellence in Contemporary Film
201720th Costume Designers Guild Awards
2019Once Upon a Time in Hollywood92nd Academy AwardsBest Costume Design
73rd British Academy Film AwardsBest Costume Design
32nd Chicago Film Critics Association AwardsBest Costume Design
25th Critics' Choice AwardsBest Costume Design
22nd Costume Designers Guild AwardsExcellence in Period Film
3rd Hollywood Critics Association Film AwardsBest Costume Design
24th San Diego Film Critics Society AwardsBest Costume Design
46th Saturn AwardsBest Costume Design

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Arianne Phillips. Xappie.com. February 16, 2022.
  2. Web site: Bowles. Hamish. 23 October 2018. Dazzling Costumes and a 2018 Perspective Breathe New Life Into Marnie at the Metropolitan Opera. live. 26 March 2021. Vogue. https://web.archive.org/web/20181024182214/https://www.vogue.com/article/marnie-opera-new-york-nico-muhly-costumes-arianne-phillips . 2018-10-24 .
  3. Web site: 21 February 2015. Arianne Phillips Reimagines Prada's London Store. live. 26 March 2021. WWD. https://web.archive.org/web/20150319174103/http://wwd.com/eye/parties/arianne-phillips-reimagines-pradas-london-store-8214263/ . 2015-03-19 .
  4. News: Dodes. Rachel. 20 Odd Questions Costumer Arianne Phillips. February 22, 2015. Wall Street Journal. December 10, 2011.