Dangerous Beauty Movie Costume

Dangerous Beauty - 1998: Veronica Franco is an poet whos family lives off of a modest income in 16th Century Venice, Italy. She falls in love with her wealthy best friends older brother Marco, but due to her lack of a dowry and social/political stature, Veronica's true love Marco is betrothed to marry another woman. Veronica's mother in turn teaches her to be a Courtizan. Courtizans are the only women of their time who are able to study literature, history, language, etc. and attend functions where they can partake in political discussions and other current events. (Courtizans also served as prostitutes, but were considered to be the most beautiful women in all of Venice). Veronica becomes a very successful Courtizan and popular amongst her society. Marco is married now, but is still in love with Veronica, although now she refuses to take him on as a client. Suddenly a war breaks out between Italy and Greece. The country calls upon King Henry of England to lend them ships to fight the war.
Legendary costume designer Theoni Aldredge died on Jan. 21. The next day, Soyon An began technical rehearsals for the premiere of the musical Dangerous Beauty at the Pasadena Playhouse, which features An’s haute couture attire. Sheldon Epps, artistic director of the Playhouse, saw it as a passing of the torch.
Aldredge won three Tonys (Annie, Barnum, La Cage Aux Folles) and an Oscar (The Great Gatsby). That An, a two-time Emmy Award-winning designer (So You Think You Can Dance) should make her theatrical design debut at 29, just as Broadway lost its 78-year-old icon, prompted Epps to discuss An as a possible successor.
“I think [Aldredge] was one of the greatest costume designers ever,” he offers. “I always remember those original Dreamgirls costumes. Not because they were beautiful, but what they did theatrically: the way in which they made those onstage changes was stunning work. So you start to think about lineage and who’s coming along. Soyon’s certainly in that kind of line, from my point of view, of truly great designers. She’s quite brilliant. If she wants to continue working in the theater, I think she’ll have every opportunity to do that.”