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Modern Renaissance at ‘Da Vinci’s Demons’
Photo Courtesy of Starz
Costume designer Annie Symons talks to WWD about her work for the Starz TV series, set in 15th-century Italy.
“It’s a bit of a designer’s dream — reinventing the Renaissance,” said Symons, who compares costume design and fittings to the “same process as creating a catwalk fashion show.”
While the story is set in 15th-century Italy, Symons makes a point of saying she is not creating period-perfect costumes. Her directive has been to “contemporize it and make people sexy.”
In other words, give the clothes a modern twist that an Internet-savvy audience watching a historical fantasy on HDTV can relate to. For More
