Deborah Landis is the costume designer for Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, creating Indie's famous costume he still wears even in the fifth installment of the franchise. She designed costumes for Michael Jackson's Thriller video, creating the iconic red leather jacket look. Deborah is arguably the leading advocate for costume designers. At UCLA, she hosts: Sketch to Screen in February where a panel of highly renowned costume designers have a QA session for an invited audience, Design Showcase West at UCLA in May, and a special costume design educators luncheon in June. I have attended all three of these events since 2014. At the luncheon, we discuss our departments, classes we offer, how to make our departments cutting edge with advancing technology, and much more. In May of 2018, I was attending Sketch to Screen and was completely struck by the deep desire to create a podcast that would focus on interviewing costume designers. I immediately began reaching out to top tear designers. And all of them were eager and willing to do an interview. Thus, my podcast Voice of Costume began. Since 2018, several PR companies have reached out to me asking me to interview costume designers to help boost audience's awareness of the work that goes into design. I was the first podcast that focused on any stage or film designers. As of 2020, several others have come out with a podcast focusing on costume designers. I am proud to say I was the first and I may have even inspired others to do the same thing.

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A little bit about the show:

Costume designers are first and foremost storytellers who are partners in the creative process. They thrive on being intrinsically collaborative and helping the characters reveal the story to the audience in subtle and profound ways.

Hearing the storytelling process from costume designers and their collaborators at all stages of production is such a valuable tool for not only designers but for all involved in the creative process. Shining a brighter light on the role and contribution of costumes in telling story and revealing character will certainly garner a greater understanding and respect for the costuming process, designers, and the story being told. 

AND we have a lot of fun hearing great behind-the-scene stories!