That Lily James, she’s a pretty one, ain’t she? I seen her in that show, what’s it called… the one with the big house and all them fancy folks. Abbey something. Downton Abbey! That’s it! She was all dolled up in them old-timey clothes. But now, she’s all over, playing different people. And who makes them clothes for her, make her look like them different folks? That’s what I’m gonna tell ya about. That person who makes those clothes, they got a fancy name, what is it again… costume designer! Yeah, that’s it.

This one time, she had to be some lady named Cinderella. A fairy tale, ya know. Lots of running and dancing and such. Well, the costume designer, they gotta make a dress that looks like, well, like it ain’t even there! Like a cloud or something. They said they wanted it to look like a painting, but a moving one. Can you believe that? They call it a watercolor in motion. Sounds fancy, don’t it? But it’s just a dress! A pretty one, though. Gotta make sure that Lily James can move around in it, though. Can’t have her tripping over all that fabric when she’s supposed to be dancing with the prince! That’s the important part of being a costume designer. The dress gotta be pretty, but they gotta move in it!
And then, another time, Lily James, she had to be someone else. Some lady from the, when was it… the 90s, they said. I remember the 90s. That lady, she was all over the TV, all blonde and, well, you know. They call her a style… icon? Means she was real popular for how she looked, I reckon. So, this costume designer, they had a real job to do. They had to make Lily James, who’s a pretty girl, don’t get me wrong, look just like that other lady. That one from the 90s. The costume designers went to a lot of trouble to make her look like that. They said it was staggering! I reckon that means it was hard work.
It ain’t easy, making someone look like someone else. You gotta get the hair right, the makeup, and, of course, the clothes. I seen them do it on TV sometimes, on them makeover shows. They take a regular person and make ’em look all fancy. It’s like magic, almost. And that’s what these costume designers do, they do magic with clothes. They can make Lily James look like a princess or that lady from the 90s, just by changing her clothes. It’s something, ain’t it? A costume designer has a hard job, let me tell you.
Now, I heard this one costume designer, she’s won some big awards. Like, the biggest awards they got for making clothes. They call it an Oscar. She’s won it three times! For making clothes for some movies. One was about that Shakespeare fella, you know, the one who wrote all them plays. Another one was about some fella who flew airplanes. And another one was about some queen. A young queen, they said. So, this costume designer, she knows what she’s doing. She can make clothes for all sorts of people, from all sorts of times.
- She made clothes for a movie about Shakespeare.
- She made clothes for a movie about a fella who flew airplanes.
- She made clothes for a movie about a young queen.
It just goes to show ya, clothes are important. They can change how you look, how you feel, how people see ya. And these costume designers, they’re the ones who make it all happen. They’re the ones who make sure Lily James looks just right, no matter who she’s playing. They’re the ones who make the magic happen, with a needle and thread and a whole lot of fabric. So, next time you see Lily James on the TV, all dressed up, remember the costume designer. Remember the one who made those clothes, who made her look that way. They do important work, those costume designers.

It ain’t just sewing, you know. It’s more than that. They gotta know about history, and about people, and about how to make things look good. They gotta know how to make a dress move like a cloud, and how to make Lily James look like that 90s lady. It’s a lot of work! So, yeah, costume designers are important. They make the movies and the TV shows look real, even when they ain’t. They make Lily James look like all them different people. And that’s something, ain’t it? Being a costume designer, that is a real job, and a hard one too. But somebody gotta do it, right? And I am sure Lily James is happy that they do.