‘The Irishman’ Costume Designers Break Down Dressing 5 Decades of Crime | Vanity Fair

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  • Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
  • On this episode of “Notes on a Scene,” costume designers Sandy Powell and Christopher Peterson explain how they dressed Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, and Joe Pesci across five decades in Netflix's ‘The Irishman.’ They take us through the challenges and triumphs of reinventing vintage clothes and creating a 50-year-spanning wardrobe for the film’s characters.
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  • @thewaitisogre
    @thewaitisogre 5 лет назад +310

    love their comments about the ladies wearing outdated clothes because it was what they wore in their heyday. that brought a lot of authenticity.

  • @Girlgirlgirl13
    @Girlgirlgirl13 5 лет назад +421

    I didn't know Eurythmics was designing costumes now

  • @martinsan3740
    @martinsan3740 5 лет назад +351

    Sandy Powell is a powerhouse customer designer. I’m sure so is the guy. Please bring more off screen talent :)

    • @martinobrien7110
      @martinobrien7110 5 лет назад +1

      THEY ARE VERY MUCH ON SCREEN TALENT .

    • @inFAMOUSBlastshards
      @inFAMOUSBlastshards 5 лет назад

      Martin O'BRIEN I disagree

    • @speedracer2008
      @speedracer2008 Год назад

      Her cousin was legendary costume designer, Anthony Powell (RIP), who worked on Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), and 101 Dalmatians (1996). I think the two became friends while working on 101 Dalmatians.

  • @PrintsCharming13
    @PrintsCharming13 5 лет назад +223

    I love that the costume designers look exactly how you would expect them to look. Way to live up to my stereotype expectations.

    • @groupie8985
      @groupie8985 4 года назад +2

      @@puckered6036 huh?

    • @dustindemetrius6756
      @dustindemetrius6756 3 года назад +1

      i guess I am quite randomly asking but do anybody know a good place to stream new series online?

    • @adamforbes8556
      @adamforbes8556 3 года назад

      @@puckered6036 fr😂

  • @noahholder7911
    @noahholder7911 5 лет назад +161

    Would love to see more costume designers in notes on a scene, such brilliant and particular artistry goes into costume design.

    • @goobiusthetrafficcone1438
      @goobiusthetrafficcone1438 5 лет назад +1

      Would love one for Casino assuming the designers are still around

    • @jameslyddall
      @jameslyddall 4 года назад

      Noah Holder blade runner 2049 is one Id love to see more on

  • @datamachavariani1482
    @datamachavariani1482 5 лет назад +390

    They look like two versions of david Bowie

    • @NavidIsANoob
      @NavidIsANoob 5 лет назад +5

      LMAO

    • @man.6618
      @man.6618 5 лет назад +6

      ziggie stardust and the thin white duke

    • @marie-ie5no
      @marie-ie5no 5 лет назад

      IMMEDIATELY WHAT I THOUGHT AHHAHA

  •  5 лет назад +49

    Extremely accomplished cast crew and direction. What a legendary film.

  • @thewaitisogre
    @thewaitisogre 5 лет назад +66

    i’m glad that they talked about the wives in the pucci-esque outfits. those were my favorite costumes in the movie

    • @Mentis-de
      @Mentis-de 5 лет назад

      Looks more like Versace style

    • @groupie8985
      @groupie8985 4 года назад +2

      @@Mentis-de versace didnt exist, pucci was very famous at the time.

  • @Linkous12
    @Linkous12 5 лет назад +143

    As someone who couldn't care less about fashion, this was really interesting.

  • @musicajuansuarezm
    @musicajuansuarezm 5 лет назад +120

    Designer of all types generally are invisible to most people. So this video is lovely for putting them on the spotlight (also, they’re part of the greats so,.. that help haha)

  • @eanlewis1299
    @eanlewis1299 5 лет назад +47

    I love how they also outline the faces too 🤣

    • @fungifago
      @fungifago 5 лет назад +2

      yeah, they were just having fun

  • @nickroman9876
    @nickroman9876 5 лет назад +11

    They truly did an amazing job with the film, the subtle jumps through time were seamless

  • @dennyyshmael
    @dennyyshmael 5 лет назад +18

    Thank you Vanity Fair for doing these! Unsung heroes of filmmaking! Sandy Powell should honestly be a household name by now.

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 5 лет назад +30

    The Irishman instantly became a Scorsese classic

    • @jukaa1012
      @jukaa1012 5 лет назад +2

      Not really. It's a great movie but it's more of a staple of his than a classic imo. It's also too long and the CG is noticable (although ignorable)

    • @actualdin8458
      @actualdin8458 5 лет назад +2

      dont listen to the other guy lmao its a masterpiece and the consensus seems to be that its his best movie since goodfellas. i’d say its even better

    • @actualdin8458
      @actualdin8458 5 лет назад +2

      jukaa1012 too long? shouldnt people who appreciate these artists be relish the opportunity to spend that amount of time with a movie like this? its a meticulous and thoughtful buildup with an incredibly powerful payoff thats well worth the wait if youve got the patience for and appreciation for it. Only time will tell as far as “classic” status, but I think writing this off as just a Scorsese “staple”, seems kinda sad. I know I and quite few others see this an intensely personal and beautiful retrospective of the careers of Scorsese and the three lead actors, as well as the genre they built their careers on. I hope you reconsider the movie because you’re really missing something incredible here

    • @jukaa1012
      @jukaa1012 5 лет назад

      @@actualdin8458 in what way is it better? Please elaborate.

    • @KaizerBeatz-vf9wf
      @KaizerBeatz-vf9wf 5 лет назад +1

      @@jukaa1012 It's deliberately long and boring btw. You might've already known that, but I just think it's tough to criticise a movie for being too long when it was deliberately overly-long, you know?

  • @zyzzyvacation
    @zyzzyvacation 5 лет назад +35

    Sandy Powell (costume design awards) ~
    Oscars: 11 nominations / 3 wins (1994-2019)
    BAFTAs: 12 nominations / 3 wins (1994-2019)

  • @veerchasm1
    @veerchasm1 5 лет назад +29

    David Bowie’s “Low” hair is alive and well.
    Irishman was cast well...30 years too late

  • @T.R.E.112
    @T.R.E.112 5 лет назад +7

    I only want to know where I can find an housecoat like the one Al Pacino wear when he’s talking with De Niro at his house about the fact that all italian-americans are called Tony

  • @jameslyddall
    @jameslyddall 4 года назад +2

    Favorite custom designer on films was Inception loved the design and suits in that movie.

  • @thgentleman9210
    @thgentleman9210 5 лет назад +3

    Designing clothing for films can be quite the task.. well done video explaining!

  • @part4963
    @part4963 5 лет назад +8

    Thank you guys for all the designs. The movie was awesome.

  • @basemshenouda9980
    @basemshenouda9980 4 года назад +2

    brilliant show , please more of this .

  • @ki-adimundi8695
    @ki-adimundi8695 5 лет назад +2

    As someone who likes to dress up, I noticed it right away that the clothing was on point!
    Very well done!

  • @EdsCollegeLife
    @EdsCollegeLife 5 лет назад +2

    Love the costumes and the film!!! Good job to all of you!

  • @joshualetzgig5534
    @joshualetzgig5534 5 лет назад +8

    PTA breaks down his career please!!

  • @CashanovaXTREME
    @CashanovaXTREME 5 лет назад +21

    >because Frank’s a younger man
    I really, truly couldn’t tell in the film. They both look in their 60’s to me.

    • @samuelvaldez5389
      @samuelvaldez5389 5 лет назад +3

      Shawn Garcia exactly. Watching these guys paying younger guys when their this age takes me out of the film a lot

    • @CashanovaXTREME
      @CashanovaXTREME 5 лет назад +3

      Samuel Valdez I think millions of people think the same. Every other part of the movie was great. But this movie should have been made around the time Goodfellas was made. It would have been another amazing piece of the 90’s.

    • @AsukaLangleyS02
      @AsukaLangleyS02 4 года назад +2

      When the WW2 scene popped up I was shocked they would have an old man as this guy in WW2. I was quite shocked that he was supposed to be in his early 20s.

    • @CashanovaXTREME
      @CashanovaXTREME 4 года назад +1

      Hmpppf many soldiers in WWII were between 18-24 years old. The 24 year olds were seasoned officers. They came back to the States changed men at 22-27, and these are the hard men who raised our parents or your grandparents depending on your age.

    • @AsukaLangleyS02
      @AsukaLangleyS02 4 года назад +1

      @@CashanovaXTREME I have no idea what you're typing about. All I was saying is that this supposed 24ish-year-old guy looks like he's pushing 50.

  • @alvojnikovic2171
    @alvojnikovic2171 5 лет назад +1

    This was a genius idea. Please make more!!

  • @harshitabharadwaj2551
    @harshitabharadwaj2551 3 года назад +2

    Few decades more and 2000s will be THAT decade too

  • @katherinemorelle7115
    @katherinemorelle7115 4 года назад +2

    They should have won the Oscar. Little Women 2019 is one of the worst examples of historical costuming I’ve ever seen. It didn’t deserve a nomination, let alone to win. It was atrocious! It truly was the Crash pick of Costume Oscars. I’m still salty about it (obviously).

  • @phillup7
    @phillup7 5 лет назад +8

    I love these two

  • @pabl0coronel
    @pabl0coronel 5 лет назад +9

    Sandy Powell = Like

  • @jessicaraffa6400
    @jessicaraffa6400 5 лет назад +2

    Brilliant! ✨

  • @DuranmanX
    @DuranmanX 5 лет назад +3

    Pucci-esque
    "Prime numbers are the loneliest numbers"

  • @skg8768
    @skg8768 4 года назад +1

    14:48 He looks like real Jimmy Hoffa

  • @hschenck3394
    @hschenck3394 5 лет назад +7

    Made a video about this film and also talked about the costumes 🤗

  • @swarnayanchakraborty4618
    @swarnayanchakraborty4618 3 года назад

    Would love to see one such video of Gangs of New York

  • @MrHimyhimy
    @MrHimyhimy 5 лет назад

    The styling in this movie was incredible

  • @imjustanotherj
    @imjustanotherj 5 лет назад +1

    I would love to see one of Rocketman.

  • @jabscha7051
    @jabscha7051 5 лет назад +1

    I always wondered about why they wore those collars in Scorsese's gangster films and if it was accurate

  • @null_subject
    @null_subject 5 лет назад +3

    Oh cool, they came dressed up in costumes too!

  • @j7220
    @j7220 10 месяцев назад

    As of now Irishman is my favorite movie

  • @k3t24
    @k3t24 5 лет назад +6

    Irish Man is a g reat movie and they are going to get oscars

  • @CodySvsTheNet
    @CodySvsTheNet 5 лет назад +23

    The Eurythmics do costume design?

    • @tsuki7845
      @tsuki7845 5 лет назад

      Lmao this made my day.

  • @MrJerondo
    @MrJerondo 3 года назад

    5:39 - I don't remember that scene on the movie, has it been cut?

  • @Otoskire
    @Otoskire 2 года назад +1

    2:52 young man?? He looks like he is in his early 50s

  • @ioncamin5
    @ioncamin5 5 лет назад +18

    Just imagine the mob watching this.....

    • @alexman378
      @alexman378 4 года назад +1

      They did, actually

  • @guin0816
    @guin0816 5 лет назад +9

    Love her hair xx

  • @GERPITO3000
    @GERPITO3000 5 лет назад +2

    I love how they have cocky and friendly balanced attitudes

  • @WestonPedestrian
    @WestonPedestrian 5 лет назад +10

    Why didnt the meat packers have any blood on their white coats? Everything looked too clean in this movie. How about a shirt with wrinkles, or sweat stains? I loved the movie but the costume design in particular bothered me. Cars also too clean.

    • @slack3021
      @slack3021 5 лет назад +4

      Big problem with newer movies set in the past

  • @morethanthrills1616
    @morethanthrills1616 5 лет назад +1

    All of you need to stop hating.

  • @dylanyoung585
    @dylanyoung585 5 лет назад

    At 2:22 she went full John Madden

  • @romansoto9644
    @romansoto9644 5 лет назад +2

    Not just the best film of the year, but I'd say the best of the decade.

  • @littledetter
    @littledetter 5 лет назад +4

    Clint Eastwood Breaks Down His Career Please!!!

  • @oskarbonoe9082
    @oskarbonoe9082 5 лет назад

    Best Film of the decade

  • @dammifaj
    @dammifaj 5 лет назад +2

    Euphoria S2: Gangsters in Glitter

  • @outriderjuno9371
    @outriderjuno9371 5 лет назад +2

    What's up with fashion people wearing scarves

  • @jamisonwoodson8548
    @jamisonwoodson8548 5 лет назад +1

    Wow. Look how much thought goes into a film

  • @darkjedi7
    @darkjedi7 5 лет назад +6

    These two were legend, but I think Once upon a time in Hollywood or Joker will win the Oscars... 🤔

    • @danbam3411
      @danbam3411 5 лет назад +1

      dark jedi ehh I loved OUATIH but the Irishman really powered a delicate story more superior. As for Joker well...Joaquin most definitely deserves the Oscar!

    • @DiegoDiaz-sv1ng
      @DiegoDiaz-sv1ng 5 лет назад +2

      dark jedi Hopefully Joe Pesci or William Defoe won best supporting role, they absolute nailed it.

  • @Mentis-de
    @Mentis-de 5 лет назад +7

    People dressed so much better in the past than today. The quality of clothes also was better.

    • @TheHouseontheHill
      @TheHouseontheHill 5 лет назад +2

      Indeed, it’s quite the tragedy that sartorial dress has been cast to the wayside in lieu of clothing more typically attributed to the street gangs.

  • @doveshouse
    @doveshouse Год назад

    Vanity Affair... You have a video talking about fashion, where color plays such a big role, and your editor thought it wise to denote the film is paused by changing the color grade!?

  • @rapiton6083
    @rapiton6083 5 лет назад

    Can you please make Leonardo DiCaprio break down his career!!!

  • @Rambl3On
    @Rambl3On 5 лет назад +2

    I thought she was a puppet in the thumbnail and when she moved unlike a puppet, it threw me way off.

  • @Rekickit
    @Rekickit 5 лет назад

    Where can I find a similar shirt to that vintage Hawaiian shirt

  • @josephmorales652
    @josephmorales652 5 лет назад +4

    Wow. They are fabulous

  • @wntriam6485
    @wntriam6485 5 лет назад +16

    I hear you guys say Sheeran was a made man a few times, Sheeran was Irish and so couldn't be a made man as this requires you to be full blood Italian.

    • @TheHouseontheHill
      @TheHouseontheHill 5 лет назад +8

      Well, yes and no. Frank was certainly not a made man, but they were stating that he was dressing and treated as if he was. Of course discussing this any further would most likely devolve into semantics and pedantry. As an addendum though, due to a dip in prospective members, Cosa Nostra has opened the books to those who are only of partial Italian descent, but it must be paternal.
      Edit: Spacing.

    • @CajunKirk
      @CajunKirk 5 лет назад +9

      The entire idea around being “made” is just a statement to other members of the criminal underworld that if you’re a made man then you can’t be messed with. By that same token Sheeran has become so close with Bufalino that if Sheeran was Italian instead of Irish he would have been made. So he carries that same respect.

    • @TheHouseontheHill
      @TheHouseontheHill 5 лет назад +2

      Kirkland DeLaune Precisely.

  • @AJJ129
    @AJJ129 5 лет назад +1

    They look like costume designers and I love it

  • @dennisvanderpost3149
    @dennisvanderpost3149 5 лет назад

    Awsome suits 😎👌

  • @VanBurenPhilips
    @VanBurenPhilips 5 лет назад

    In the thumbnail, Sandy looks like Christopher's ventriloquist puppet. Soz Sandy.

  • @barfymann362
    @barfymann362 5 лет назад +4

    Conan O'Brien's sister!

  • @aarongalloway3311
    @aarongalloway3311 5 лет назад

    This awesome any that appreciate both film and fashion its cool

  • @leonscott543
    @leonscott543 5 лет назад +1

    What no one says that I think adds to the movie is that everyone involved in making it seems to be a made man and woman within the industry. It adds to the allure surrounding the film. It seems like a film about big time bosses and killers produced and written and designed by big time bosses and killers in the industry. Lol

  • @tipilot3791
    @tipilot3791 5 лет назад +7

    drink every time they say typical

  • @bill11222
    @bill11222 5 лет назад

    Great insight to what goes on designing costumes for a period piece. Just lose the pens. Makes no sense that you point out a detail of a garment, then cover it up with a lime green or neon pink pen. Look at this, but don't blink, or you'll miss it after we scribble all over it.
    Really?

  • @youniverse5512
    @youniverse5512 3 года назад

    other explain : draw a line
    them : draw all of it

  • @tonycrony5981
    @tonycrony5981 5 лет назад +2

    Best film of the year

  • @gator4458
    @gator4458 5 лет назад

    Welp guess I'm watching the Irishman again

  • @tomekstrand1988
    @tomekstrand1988 3 года назад

    It's funny when these people describe peoples' clothes as "tacky." Pot, meet kettle.

  • @Chessxx1
    @Chessxx1 5 лет назад

    I think im into fashion

  • @michaeltonikov
    @michaeltonikov 4 года назад +1

    sweet clothes are made of this

  • @cooterwarts1601
    @cooterwarts1601 5 лет назад +4

    Of course they are both wearing scarves.

  • @thiscomputer4891
    @thiscomputer4891 5 лет назад

    That was 6 decades.

  • @laughlut52
    @laughlut52 5 лет назад +25

    Hi random person scrolling through the comments
    Have a good day

    • @Mrnoone2
      @Mrnoone2 5 лет назад +1

      Hi

    • @laughlut52
      @laughlut52 5 лет назад +1

      Frezout Clan hi

    • @akz2628
      @akz2628 5 лет назад +3

      Stop ur thirsty af

    • @jamesAk1
      @jamesAk1 5 лет назад

      kobe b whats wrong with saying have a good day to people big guy?

    • @akz2628
      @akz2628 5 лет назад +2

      JamesAk ur a goof these the comments that ruin comment sections

  • @2022E-z1i
    @2022E-z1i 3 года назад +1

    I doesn't surprise me that these 2 wear scarves.

  • @borood1188
    @borood1188 2 года назад

    It’s like, don’t forget the diapers first.

  • @PolaBurrr
    @PolaBurrr 5 лет назад +3

    "kid" lol

  • @doublefeatures6312
    @doublefeatures6312 5 лет назад +4

    I hope Best Costume Design goes to Little Women

    • @wwaxwork
      @wwaxwork 5 лет назад

      I really liked their design, but it was very subtle so not sure if it will.

  • @dennydarkko
    @dennydarkko 5 лет назад +2

    They dont exactly look like they should be dressing 50s-70s gangsters. 😂

  • @wingwangtingtang
    @wingwangtingtang 5 лет назад +2

    I've always wondered how costume designers always design the greatest looking costumes and clothes yet always look like their mother dressed them 😂

  • @johnfranks2661
    @johnfranks2661 5 лет назад

    They look like they're being hunted by Rick Deckard

  • @plaidawan
    @plaidawan 5 лет назад +1

    “5 Decades” Oh I didn’t know Robert was 100 years old by the end of the film.

    • @justshady
      @justshady 5 лет назад

      For Your Consideration decades are measured in 10 years. So 5 x 10 = 50 since Robert is in his 70’s he’s loved 7 decades.

    • @plaidawan
      @plaidawan 5 лет назад +1

      justshady yeah no I got that. I was implying he looked 50 at his youngest in the film.

    • @georgemilo7649
      @georgemilo7649 5 лет назад

      Yeah I'm not sure how he's supposed to be a "young man" in his first scene with Pesci, looks at least mid-50s

    • @plaidawan
      @plaidawan 5 лет назад +1

      Lobster Patrick Stewart every time he said “kid” a part of me died inside

    • @Username-fw1dp
      @Username-fw1dp 5 лет назад

      @Lobster Patrick Stewart I think he’s supposed to look a bit beefy since the real Frank Sheeran was 6ft tall and biggish.

  • @matt_the_man9831
    @matt_the_man9831 4 года назад

    A cartoon caracter and an old man 😂

  • @c.tes9009
    @c.tes9009 5 лет назад +1

    I didn't know that the Eurhythmics designed clothes.

  • @dbchoobie1924
    @dbchoobie1924 5 лет назад +1

    Sandy Powell looks like she gonna vote for Bernie Sanders.

  • @paullosasso7147
    @paullosasso7147 5 лет назад

    Sandy powle looks like Harry Potter

  • @peterrowan9955
    @peterrowan9955 5 лет назад

    100

  • @GC_420
    @GC_420 5 лет назад +1

    Lol, the irony.

  • @KimberlyM0716
    @KimberlyM0716 5 лет назад

    Boring.

  • @drivernephi2115
    @drivernephi2115 4 года назад

    I think the costume design weren't listening the whole time, the whole time being their life time I guess. Non italians can't be made men, they are what are called "associates"

  • @Fludded
    @Fludded 5 лет назад +1

    Got as far as her calling Robert De Niro “Bob” and was out: 1:02

    • @maallee
      @maallee 5 лет назад +3

      Why?

    • @KaizerBeatz-vf9wf
      @KaizerBeatz-vf9wf 5 лет назад +6

      tonnes of people call him Bob, even more so when they know him personally.

  • @suleyman7624
    @suleyman7624 5 лет назад +1

    WHAT ABOUT SIDEBURNS IN THE 70'S??????? AND BELL BOTTOM PANTS? THIS PERIOD ISN'T CREDIBLE...

  • @bbrenddon
    @bbrenddon 5 лет назад +1

    We get it. You have a scarf, youre a designer get over yourselves.