Costumes are the first impression that you have of the character before they open their mouth-it really does establish who they are.

I really like the original Apes costumes. The colors were great, and the use of heavy materials was something that influenced me for this film.

I had to work out that it was something that could move, without having everybody in spray painted leotards.

Each simian had a much different body suit, so besides trying to define class across species, there was a definite attempt to dress each group in different styles.

Chicago is partly a fairy tale because it's inside one person's head, so that part of it's made up and the rest of it is reality.

As a designer, you have to solve a lot of problems. Even though people are wearing clothes that are supposed to look beautiful, they'll have to do all kinds of things.