#rita ryack

Sam "Ace" Rothstein [Robert De Niro] aka the main smoking fashionista in “Casino” (1995) dir. Martin Scorsese Costume designers — John Dunn and Rita Ryack

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Tribute to 102 of my favorite and some of the most iconic Movie Costumes (part 8/17)

QUEEN LATIFAH in Hairspray (2007)

Rita hails from Boston, MA and has a career that spans over 40 years. Her first project as a professional costume designer was on Broadway, for a show called "My One and Only" in 1983. Here's a sneak peak of her designs from the play bill. (I have a couple of other pics from this but they didn't fit in this post. Let me know if you wanna see!)

I feel like her costuming style is like "how can we make this a LOT more cunt???" The Grinch is a perfect example cause she did not have to go this hard.

She also worked on Michael Jackson's "Bad" music video. Here's a picture of them on set.

She also worked on two of my favorite movies growing up, Hairspray (2007) and The Cat in the Hat (2003). Oh and this is a deep cut but she also worked on the movie Teeth (2007) IFYKYK

Anyway her credits are long AF and I bet you can find a movie you love on her IMBD. Check out her website here to find a gallery of all her work.

Costume designers are so important to the arts and I'm always investigating who's behind my favorite on screen looks.

Zhang Ziyi in Rush Hour 2 (2001)

Direction: Brett Ratner