Makeover Montage: A Fashion in Film Podcast

We're getting into the holiday spirit with Edward Scissorhands, a movie that Blaire swore we would never do on this podcast because It Is Sad. But how could we not do this iconic Tim Burton movie and celebrate the costumes by the legendary Colleen Atwood? Tune in to hear us discuss all of our favorite looks, from Edward's leather daddy 'fit to the sweet matching sets Winona Ryder wears in the film...

Break out the crab dip, baby! November may have just begun, but we've already got our minds on New Year's Eve—specifically 1982, when a little ol' movie called 200 Cigarettes took place. The movie came out in 1999 and featured numerous familiar faces, many who were just lil baby celebrities at the time (Kate Hudson, Christina Ricci, Ben Affleck, Courtney Love, Paul Rudd, and SO many more). We foll...

Happy Halloween! To celebrate, we have a bonus episode featuring costume designer Ariyela Wald-Cohain who's behind the looks for My Best Friend's Exorcism! Ariyela spills all of the costume design secrets for the movie, and what it was like designing a totally rad and totally authentic 1980s teen vibe, how she sourced a lot of the pieces and accessories from Etsy and Depop, plus fun Easter eggs to...

To close out Vampire Month here on Fishnet Flix, we've got a new gothic romance film in the lineup, and one that will no doubt inspire some new fangbangers to come out of the woodwork. The Invitation (2022) is about Evie (Nathalie Emmanuel), a New Yorker who finds out she has long-lost family members so she travels to the English countryside to meet them. There, she also meets the hunkety-hunk lor...

Get ready for the Blood Rave! For our latest Vampire Month episode, we're discussing Blade! Wesley Snipes stars as the half-vampire, half-human superhero in this 1998 film, and proves that nobody looks as good in a black trenchcoat and sunglasses as he does (that is, until Keanu appeared in The Matrix the following year). We're breaking down the badass costumes by Sanja Hays, who did the Fast and...

"All I want to do is graduate from high school, go to Europe, marry Christian Slater, and die." It's Vampire Month, babes! Before Sarah Michelle Gellar played the Buffy the Vampire Slayer we all know and love, there was the movie version. And guess what, the 'fits were just as fabulous, thanks to costume designer Marie France (who we talked about in our Purple Rain episode)!  Although the fashion...

"This is the skin of a killer, Bella." Hold on tight, spider monkeys, because we are kicking off VAMPIRE MONTH with 2008's cultural phenomenon…TWILIGHT! We finally trick, er convince, Blaire to enter the world of Forks, Washington to experience this truly original masterpiece, and we brought along our friends from the Art of Costume Blogcast, Spencer Williams and Elizabeth Joy Glass. Wrap yourself...

"Where I come from, ghosts are not to be taken lightly." Let's get goth! Queen of all things spooky, Tina "The Hauntina" Estrella joins Blaire and Marie to discuss Crimson Peak, the Victorian-era gothic romance that stars Mia Wasikowska, Tom Hiddleston, and Jessica Chastain with costumes by Kate Hawley (The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Suicide Squad, Edge of Tomorrow). We discuss mournin...

Break out the dips, Only Murders in the Building fans! We're chatting with costume designer Dana Covarrubias about her incredible work in Hulu's comedy-mystery hit series, which stars Selena Gomez, Steve Martin, and Martin Short. If you've seen the show, you already know that every character has undeniable style! Dana (who also did the costumes on Life & Beth, Master of None, Claws, and Ramy) tell...

Surprise, bitches, it's a bonus ep! Marie and Blaire are radiating some serious Glennergy right now because they are in love with Do Revenge. The new Netflix movie stars Camila Mendes and Maya Hawke as two teens who decide to perform the other's revenge, Strangers on a Train style. It has been a while since we watched a brand-new film that TRULY embodies the Fishnet Flix spirit, and Do Revenge is...

Dust off your blue suede shoes, people. It's time to talk about Elvis Presley! Anytime Blaire and Marie get to talk about a Baz Luhrmann movie is a good time on this pod, and this Baz-ified biopic of The King did not disappoint. Catherine Martin designed the costumes (we talked about her in our Moulin Rouge episode), which included over 9,000 background cast looks, and over 90 for Elvis (played by...

Siempre Viva! Live Forever! Marie and Blaire dive into one of the greats…Death Becomes Her! In this dark comedy, Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn are Madeline and Helen, two longtime frenemies and love rivals (over a semi-dorky Bruce Willis) who want to be young and HOT forever, so they drink a fountain of youth potion that perks 'em up and makes them immortal! Hijinks ensue, naturally. The costumes w...

"Being young and beautiful isn't a crime, you know." Pour yourself a glass of Parker Knoll Cabernet, and come sit with Blaire and Marie who are on their own for this episode. It's Parent Trap day! This 1998 remake starring Lindsay Lohan and Lindsay Lohan is a real GEM. Oscar-worthy, TBQH! Miss Lindsay acted and ate this role! Everyone has style in this movie, from the long-lost twins, Hailey and A...

We have Antoinette Messam on the pod with us to talk about her work in Secret Headquarters, the super cute new movie starring Owen Wilson about a boy and his friends who discover a superhero's hidden HQ underneath his dad's home. Antoinette talks about designing a superhero movie for the first time, the most (surprisingly!) stressful costume in the movie, and getting clearance to use an Outkast ho...

If you're an Angeleno, chances are you've come across the pink alien superstar, known as Angelyne, riding around in her pink Corvette. Emmy Rossum plays the billboard queen in Peacock's fabulous limited series and her outfits are an explosion of rainbows, rhinestones, animal prints, and, of course, pink, pink, pink! We have costume designer Danny Glicker on today's episode, who was the genius behi...

"Neat? Anyone who says my sh** was neat has to go." Madonna: Truth or Dare was arguably one of the most titillating music documentaries that has ever been made. Hosts Marie Lodi and Blaire Bercy discuss the importance of the film with sister special guests Elizabeth Spiridakis Olson and costume designer Cristina Spiridakis (Queer as Folk, The Bear, Betty, Dash and Lily)! The four of us break down...

We're kicking off the weekend with a new episode: New York Minute (2004) with thee #1 Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen fan, Natalie Burris of @halloweenqueens!   The great Roger Ebert once said about this cult classique, "Not only should it have gone straight to video but should have gone straight THROUGH video and kept on going to the end of the universe and never looked back." All the love to Rog, but...

Steven Grant/Marc Spector hive, please rise! We have Moon Knight costume designer Meghan Kasperlik (who has just been nominated for her incredible work on the show!) on to talk about the absolutely bonkers costumes, including all of the clever and cool Easter eggs she put in the clothes, and which outfit "terrified" her the most. (Yes, we managed to restrain ourselves from asking inappropriate que...

"For guys like me, Las Vegas washes away your sins. It's a morality car wash." We are so excited to have the one and only Alana Levinson on the pod. She's a writer, editor, and co-host of the West Coast fashion podcast, Free Validation. And today, we're getting very EYE-TALIAN and talking about mob movies, specifically Martin Scorsese's 1995 flick Casino. From Robert De Niro's iconic coral-colored...

"L.A. is like... nowhere. Everybody who lives here is lost." Gregg Araki hive, please rise! On this week's show, we're talking about Nowhere, the third and final film in the director's teen apocalypse trilogy with the only person that could have done this episode justice, Araki superfan, and host and founder of the iconic Fashion Grunge podcast, website, and Instagram, Lauren Brown. We discuss the...

"Maybe there won't be marriage, maybe there won't be sex, but by God there'll be dancing." We're wrapping up Wedding Month with one of the greatest rom-coms of all time, My Best Friend's Wedding. It stars Julia Roberts as Julianne, a 27-year-old food critic who made a pact with her dude bff (Dermot Mulroney) that if they aren't married by the time they turn the ripe old age of 28, they'll get marr...

"The best thing is you can shorten it and wear it again." If you've ever had to wear a hideous bridesmaids dress, you might appreciate today's episode on 27 Dresses, the 2008 wedding rom-com starring Katherine Heigl as a woman who is "always the bridesmaid, never the bride"— quite literally, 27 times. Costumes were by Catherine Marie Thomas (Kill Bill, The Proposal, The Flight Attendant) who desig...

We're continuing with our wedding season theme with our music minisode pick: Sade's 1992 hit "No Ordinary Love." Directed by Sophie Muller, we watch our forever style icon Sade invoke her inner Ariel and portray a mermaid who falls in love with a hunky, Jean Paul Gaultier-esque sailor. She then decides to sew herself a marabou trim wedding dress and grow some legs to find him on land and runs bare...

What's a wedding rom-com theme without a J.Lo movie? We've got her newest, Marry Me up on the menu and one thing's for sure—this ain't no Wedding Planner when it comes to costumes, meaning it's a true feast for the eyes! Caroline Duncan (The Affair, Servant, Old) put Jennifer Lopez in a rose-gold metallic Zuhair Murad bridal gown that weighed 95 pounds, as well as a ton of other glorious designer...

We're kicking off our first wedding month —that's right, we're doing all wedding-themed movies (who are we?)—with Bride Wars, a 2009 friend-com that stars two childhood besties (Kate Hudson, Anne Hathaway) who declare war on each other when they end up booking their weddings on the same date. June at the Plaza! Costume designer Karen Patch (whose work we discussed on our recent Royal Tenenbaums ep...