‘Black Swan’ costumer sets the record straight
“Black Swan” costumer Amy Wescott says Rodarte did not have such a heavy hand in creating the movie’s designs as the public may think.
Wescott’s comment was in reaction to a story that broke a couple of weeks ago, which asserted that Wescott was receiving credit for designs that were largely generated by the Rodarte sisters, Laura and Kate Mulleavy.
“Controversy is too complimentary a word for two people using their considerable self-publicizing resources to loudly complain about their credit once they realized how good the film is,” Wescott said, according to British Vogue.
Wescott says that the duo’s ability to get the word out eventually pushed Wescott’s name off the bill and even started a rumor that she was receiving undue credit.
The costumer added that the sisters only collaborated on seven designs.
“I was happy for Rodarte’s persistent publicity efforts at first; I’m so proud of the film and anything that brings it to an even wider audience is genuinely welcome,” she said. “I tried to put aside my ego while being airbrushed from history in all of their interviews, as I’m just not that kind of person anyway. But when articles were planted that attacked me personally as if I had conspired against them, I felt nothing but despair and betrayal.”
Since Rodarte did not register in the Costume Designers Guild, only Wescott is eligible for a win. “Black Swan” could be up for a BAFTA or Oscar nomination for its awe-inspiring designs.
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