Makeover Montage: A Fashion in Film Podcast

Welcome to primetime, beyotch! Marie and Blaire continue Westober with one of the best Nightmare on Elm Street movies: Dream Warriors! Our problematic childhood crush, Freddy Krueger, goes head-2-head with a baby Patricia Arquette and friends in the third movie of the '80s horror franchise. Costume design by Camile Morris.  We're on TikTok now! @fishnetflix For visuals of the costumes, follow us o...

"I guess there's no such thing as safe sex with a werewolf. Prepare yourselves, Fishies. We're back this week and ready to celebrate our favorite month! It's officially Westober, our month dedicated to one of our fave horror directors, Wes Craven! We're kicking it off with a deep cut: Cursed, the 2005 werewolf horror-comedy that stars Christina Ricci, Jesse Eisenberg, Joshua Jackson, Judy Greer, M...

" Please, God, don't let me fall in love and want to do disgusting things." Happy Libra Season! We're discussing the feel-good 1990's film Mermaids, which stars Cher as a single mom to a teen Winona Ryder and lil' Christina Ricci in early 1960s New England. Costumes were by the incredible Merit Allen who also did Eyes Wide Shut, La Vie En Rose, and The Witches, and who was also  a fashion journali...

This week's guest is a TRUE TREASURE. We have none other than thee Spencer Williams from The Art of Costume with us on the pod! Spencer is the Creative Director and Founder of the Art of Costume blog, which is an incredible source for any costume design nerd like us. He also co-hosts the Art of Costume Blogcast! This King brought us a special gift...Mars Attacks! We had a hilarious time breaking d...

If a movie about LA party girls who pretend to be nuns that stars Mr. Gavin Rossdale and got backlash due to Paris Jackson portraying a "lesbian Jesus Christ" intrigues you, welcome to the show! Habit is pure microwaved camp, giving us Dolls Kill does Kill Bill. Aiii! While the movie probably won't win any Oscars anytime soon, we'd at least like to nominate the costumes! Designer Abigail Keever do...

Costume designer Jennifer Starzyk joins Blaire and Marie on the pod to talk about her work on the new movie Reminiscence, which stars Hugh Jackman as a man who helps clients access their old memories. The gowns (worn by Rebecca Ferguson, who is channeling some serious Jessica Rabbit vibes) are beyond gorg! Starzyk also talks about dressing our fave Keanu and Co. in Bill and Ted Face the Music, her...

"She always felt like half a person. Half a person with half a soul." We're closing out stripper month with the 2007 Lindsay Lohan cult classic I Know Who Killed Me (aka Parent Trappin' per Blaire). Lohan plays a college student who is tortured by a sadistic serial killer, then when she is found, claims to be a stripper named Dakota. This movie has everything: Twin Peaks vibes, a decent amount of...

"Do you care for the Artist Formerly Known as Prince?" For this week's Stripper Month-themed episode, we're heading back to 1996 to hang out at the Eager Beaver! Demi Moore made headlines for her portrayal of a single mom-turned-exotic dancer in Striptease. The Oscar-winning costume designer Albert Wolsky (Grease, All That Jazz, Bugsy, Revolutionary Road)  dressed Moore in sequin bikinis, platform...

Get your legwarmers out, Fishies! We're talking about Flashdance (1983) on this episode! Jennifer Beals's looks effortlessly go back and forth between Lycra and Lugz, dancewear and construction clothing, since she plays a welder by day, dancer by night. Costumes were by award-winning designer Michael Kaplan who did the OG Blade Runner, Clue, Burlesque, Armageddon and so many! We also discuss Paris...

It's stripper month here at Fishnet Flix and we're kicking things off with Zola! We've been waiting for the "Thotyssey" to come out 4-eva and it did not disappoint. The costumes designed by Derica Cole Washington that Taylour Paige and Riley Keough wear throughout the movie are perfection. Vintage Dior, Fashion Brand Company, Zara, even some ASOS in there, and the lowkey homages to Wizard of Oz, C...

Today on the pod, Blaire and Marie are discussing the iconic What A Way to Go,! which starred Shirley MacLaine as a four-time widow dressed to the nines, courtesy of thee Edith Head! Head was one of the most prolific costume designers of her time — a true legend, and this film was one of her best. We're talking over 72 costumes (including that head-2-toe pink number that was all over our Tumblr fe...

It's the episode the world has been waiting for! Blaire and Marie cover the fashions of The Fast and the Furious (and 2 Fast 2 Furious)! We're celebrating the sleeveless man-tops, mesh tanks, chunky flame boots, big silver chains, and pink chaps seen in the best film franchise of all time! As longtime members of the Fast Fam, this episode has been in the works for a while. Shoutout to the wonderfu...

Congrats to Blaire for today's episode, because she has been requesting we do Simply Irresistible for a while! It's her favorite movie, and you'll soon learn why...it takes place in a world where a magical crab turns a crappy chef (Sarah Michelle Gellar) into an amazing one whose food makes everyone horny! This movie may have gotten a 16% at Rotten Tomatoes, but it gets a 100% for costumes who are...

This episode is...cheetahlicious! We have writer Ashley Reese on the pod today to dive into the outrageous ensembles and musical stylings of Galleria, Chanel. Aquanette, and Dorinda, aka The Cheetah Girls! Expect a whole lotta layering, leopard print, and LOLz with this 2003 Disney flick. We also get into the real-life drama that went down with the cast during this era. Costumes by Resa McConaghy....

Costume designer Avery Plewes joins us to discuss her work on the new, extremely STEAMY, Netflix series Sex/Life, as well as Ready or Not, and The Craft: Legacy! Find out which 2010s iconic shoe did not make the cut on Sex/Life, learn how she designed Samara Weaving's bloody wedding dresses, hear about the epic story of the "Guadalupe" jacket from The Craft, as well as a fun fact about the jewelry...

Get ready for a brilliantly fun (and bloody) episode! Witch, fashion icon, and author Gabriela Herstik (Inner Witch: A Modern Guide to the Ancient Craft; Bewitching the Elements: A Guide to Empowering Yourself Through Earth, Air, Fire, Water and Spirit) is on the pod today to talk to us about one of her favorite movies…Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd (2007)! Costume designer Colleen Atwood (Edward Sciss...

We're breaking down all of our favorite looks from Disney's new Cruella movie with friend of the pod, Shaun Prater! And it was tough, 'cause there are so many amazing outfits — 47 for Emma Stone, to be exact, and they are all thanks to costume designer Jenny Beavan (Mad Max: Fury Road). If you saw the movie, tune in now and let us know what you thought..and if you will be Disneybounding, which Bla...

Lovecraft Country fans, assemble! The show's costume designer, Dayna Pink, is our special guest on the pod today. Dayna talks to us about creating all of the vintage (and time traveling!) looks for the characters, her other work on films including Crazy, Stupid, Love., Bad Boys For Life, Bumblebee, and more. (She also costumed the upcoming Channing Tatum / Dog movie, which sounds like a dream if y...

Our final installment for Mona May MAY is Enchanted! Mona absolutely killed it with the magical gowns worn by Amy Adams as Princess Giselle in this animation turned live-action Disney fairytale. We talk about the brilliant evolution of each look she wears throughout the film, evil style icon Queen Narissa, and how we're adding more whimsy to our wardrobes.  For visuals of the costumes, follow us o...

For Mona May-MAY, we're doing Vamps, the 2012 movie about two BFF "vegetarian" vampires (played by Alicia Silverstone and Krysten Ritter) who spend their days, er, nights going to goth clubs in New York. It is a lesser-known film...but the reunion between director Amy Heckerling, Silverstone, and Mona May since Clueless! Other topics in this episode include the Netflix series Halston, Cruel Summer...

Finally, it's time for our Clueless episode! It took us THREE years to do this movie, but we were waiting for the right time, which is now, during Mona May MAY! We enlisted friends of the pod, Alyssa Morin and Rachel Sanoff, to return and talk all things Bronson Alcott High with us. In the episode, we discuss the underrated style icon Amber, a She's the Man connection, the origin of the baby tee,...

Get our your feather boas, because it's time for the second part of our interview with costume designer Mona May, who is behind the looks of Clueless and so many other faves! In the second installment of our interrogation with Mona, she talks to us about  importance of dressing secondary and background characters, kicking things off with a discussion about Jessica Alba and co.'s Barbie outfits in...

Happy Mona May-MAY! Order yourself a businesswoman special and get out your fluffy pen to take notes, because our queen, Clueless costume designer Mona May, has returned to the podcast to answer all of our questions! In this first installment of our two-part episode-slash-interrogation with Mona, she talks to us about the meaning behind Cher's driving outfit, her homage to Pippi Longstocking, how...

Get ready, Fishies! We've got a major guest on the pod today…Brenda Cooper, the costume designer of The Nanny is here! Brenda talks to us about her forthcoming book, The Silhouette Solution: A Modern Guide to Getting Dressed and Looking Your Best, plus hunting for vintage on Poshmark, being pro-shoulder pads, and of course, the iconic looks she created for The Nanny! Tune in now! Follow Brenda Coo...

It's finally here! The most popular listener request: My Cousin Vinny! We got so many requests for this movie over the years, we had to give it to the Fishies! This 1992 comedy stars Joe Pesci as a lawyer from Brooklyn who tries to help two "yutes" when they get accused for murder in tha South. We get why you wanted us to do this one. THE LOOKS ARE ALIVE! Marisa Tomei's outfits are poppin' in ever...