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Fashion Fix: Sustainable Costume with SinΓ©ad Kidao

Model Charli Howard meets the designer taking costume change to a whole new level in TV and film. But, like fashion, can costume ever be sustainable?

Model Charli Howard meets the designer taking costume change to a whole new level in TV and film.

In her day job, Assistant Costume Designer SinΓ©ad Kidao's credits range from period drama (Little Women) to Disney princess (Beauty and the Beast) and from the biblical (Mary Magdalene) to the comic (Aisling Bea's This Way Up). When not dressing Saoirse Ronan and Emma Watson's characters, SinΓ©ad runs The Costume Directory- connecting costume designers with sustainable and socially responsible suppliers all over the world.

In a pre-lockdown chat, Charli asks SinΓ©ad whether costume can ever be sustainable- and what can the rest of us can learn from her ethical on-screen creations.

Presenter: Charli Howard
Producer: Kirsty McQuire
Editor: Rebecca Stratford

Image: Presenter Charli Howard in a black vintage cloak (producer's own)

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