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From ‘Chicago’ to ‘Wednesday,’ How Costume Designer Colleen Atwood Makes Black Pop on Screen


Colleen Atwood on how she makes black pop on screen in "Wednesday," "Chicago" and "The Little Mermaid."

Oscar-winning actor Catherine Zeta-Jones recalls meeting “Chicago” costume designer Colleen Atwood in her workshop before the musical began filming. Atwood is set to be honored for her work at the SCAD Savannah Film Festival with Variety’s Creative Impact in Costume Design award. In bringing Melissa McCarthy’s sea witch Ursula to the big screen in “The Little Mermaid,” Atwood went for something glam but dark to go with the character’s cave.

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