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Katherine Jane Bryant Costume Designer
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Clothing and fashion have been an obsession for Katherine Jane Bryant --Janie-- since her childhood in Cleveland, Tennessee. Fascinated with textures and colors, Janie began sketching figures and clothing at age six and her creativity soon led her to scavenge family socks and her mother's interior decorating fabrics to create fabulous outfits for her dolls.
An avid movie fan, Janie preferred watching old films to spending time at the beach during summers at the family vacation home in Florida. The intricate costumes and vibrant colors from classic films like The Sound of Music, Guys and Dolls, Gone with the Wind and An American in Paris served as inspiration for her future career.
She studied drawing and painting at Georgia State University, but soon left for the American College of the Applied Arts, where she shifted her focus to fashion design. After graduating Cum Laude, she moved to Paris, then to New York, where she worked closely with fashion designer John Scher. Feeling restless in the fashion industry, Janie knew she had discovered the perfect career when she met a costume designer at a party.
Janie worked on films and commercials in New York until 1999, then moved to Los Angeles to explore the opportunities on the west coast. Ironically, one of her first projects in L.A. took her back to New York: David Milch's television series Big Apple. Her collaboration with Milch continued two years later when he asked her to design his new HBO project "Deadwood".
"Working on Deadwood is a gift," Janie says. "And a thrilling opportunity to work with David Milch on another fantastic project." Janie finds designing period costumes for the series' large principal cast and enormous team of extras extremely challenging creatively. A dream job for her, Janie says Deadwood couples the period style she is so passionate about with intense, wonderful characters and storylines-- all of which complement the design of this cutting edge series.
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Deadwood Nuggets
Rumor has it that the tradition of spreading saw dust on the floors of bars/saloons started in Deadwood due to the amount of gold dust that would fall on the floor. The saw dust was used to hide the fallen gold dust and was swept up at the end of the night.
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