CHARLES LEMAIRE: Department heads got credit on a film for the costumes whether they designed them or not. This led to some hard feelings and rivalries. I took the title “director of wardrobe.” On the screen you saw “Director of Wardrobe Charles LeMaire.” Not costume designer or whatever. Then you saw “Costumes Designed By Bonnie Cashin,” which meant that Bonnie did the clothes for the principal people, sometimes also for some of the people in secondary roles. Oftentimes, due to money or time constraints, she might have to take something out of stock and redo it, but she designed the movie’s
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