At FIDM’s preview of “The Art of Motion Picture Costume Design,” two-time Academy Award-winning costume designer Colleen Atwood said Johnny Depp wanted his Mad Hatter costume to capture the flavor of a mood ring. So she layered his topcoat with multiple colors of silk. For the costume from “Alice in Wonderland,” Atwood said the challenges of designing for Depp, Anne Hathaway, Mia Wasikowska and Helena Bonham Carter included the changing sizes of the characters. “Alice shrinks and grows, and Helena’s big head made her neck look as thick as a thigh,” Atwood said, adding that she solved that problem by creating a collar to narrow the appearance of Bonham Carter’s neck.

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