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Lyn Paolo on her role as costume designer on ER and the various challenges presented by the scope and style of the show 23:08

Interview: Lyn Paolo | Profession: Costume Designer


Lyn Paolo on her first job in television, as costume supervisor, on Dallas starting in its second season 02:54

Interview: Lyn Paolo | Profession: Designers


Lyn Paolo on the difference between the role of a costume supervisor and a costume designer, and on how this distinction played out during her time on the show Homefront 04:29

Interview: Lyn Paolo | Profession: Designers


Lyn Paolo on where she sourced the vintage material for the costumes on Homefront, which was a period show, and on what she bought versus what she designed and created for the show 02:32

Interview: Lyn Paolo | Profession: Designers


Lyn Paolo on the challenges of working with vintage material and period costumes, as she experienced working on Homefront, which was set during World War II 01:04

Interview: Lyn Paolo | Profession: Designers


Lyn Paolo on her process as a costume designer on a period show such as Homefront or Queen Charlotte, and on her process working with actors 07:41

Interview: Lyn Paolo | Profession: Designers


Lyn Paolo on not being able to find any work despite winning two back-to-back Emmys for her work on Homefront because she was typecast as a "period" costume designer 01:39

Interview: Lyn Paolo | Profession: Designers


Lyn Paolo on her role as costume designer on ER and the various challenges presented by the scope and style of the show 23:08

Interview: Lyn Paolo | Profession: Designers


Lyn Paolo on the role of a costume designer: to both provide a visual cue for the audience to understand who a character is through clothing and to help the actor find the character in the role and the person they have to portray through costuming, and on the importance of listening and creating through teamwork with the actor 03:09

Interview: Lyn Paolo


Lyn Paolo on winning her first Emmy, for costume design on the World War II period show Homefront, and on attending the Creative Arts Emmy Awards in 1992 01:11

Interview: Lyn Paolo


Lyn Paolo on her role as costume designer on ER, on the challenges of designing clothes for the voluminous number of extras on a show based in a hospital emergency room, and her frustration that the audience thought the extras wore their own clothes to set (which producer John Wells told her was a compliment because she made the clothes look so real) 03:24

Interview: Lyn Paolo


Lyn Paolo on working as a costume supervisor on Homefront and the challenges she faced from the Costume Designers Guild due to her work veering into design, and on eventually joining the Guild and winning her first two Emmy awards for her work on the show 03:22

Interview: Lyn Paolo | Show: Homefront


Lyn Paolo on where she sourced the vintage material for the costumes on Homefront, which was a period show, what she bought versus what she designed and created, and on creating the undergarments for the show 02:32

Interview: Lyn Paolo | Show: Homefront


Lyn Paolo on how she came to work in the costume department on Step by Step after not being able to find work after winning two Emmy awards 02:13

Interview: Lyn Paolo | Show: Step By Step


Lyn Paolo on the specific challenges of designing costumes for a multi-camera sitcom on Step by Step, and on working on Mystery Dance, ER, and Step by Step simultaneously 06:02

Interview: Lyn Paolo | Show: Step By Step


Lyn Paolo on her role as costume designer on ER, on the challenges of designing clothes for the voluminous number of extras on a show based in a hospital emergency room, and her frustration that the audience thought the extras wore their own clothes to set (which producer John Wells told her was a compliment because she made the clothes look so real) 03:24

Interview: Lyn Paolo | Show: ER


Lyn Paolo on how she worked to tell the story of a character in an instant by how they were dressed, as costume designer on ER and striving for realism, and on the groundbreaking look, scope, and impact of ER 03:56

Interview: Lyn Paolo | Show: ER


Lyn Paolo on working with producer John Wells on ER and what makes a good working relationship between a producer and costume designer 02:50

Interview: Lyn Paolo | Show: ER


Lyn Paolo on the crew she worked with in the costume department on ER, and on what she looked for when hiring her crew on that show 03:21

Interview: Lyn Paolo | Show: ER


Lyn Paolo on the challenge of costuming ER due to the pace of filming and the number of people who needed to be costumed for each episode 03:28

Interview: Lyn Paolo | Show: ER


Lyn Paolo on why the 360 Steadicam shooting style of ER made the challenge of costuming even more difficult, since so many people would be visible in each scene and each person needed a costume, and on the other departments she interacted with most frequently 03:18

Interview: Lyn Paolo | Show: ER


Lyn Paolo on designing costumes for the live episode of ER, including needing to dress the crew for the episode 02:51

Interview: Lyn Paolo | Show: ER


Lyn Paolo on how an initial job working at Film Consortium in commercial production eventually led to being hired by Sandy Martin as a stylist though she had no prior experience in production 02:08

Interview: Lyn Paolo | Topic: First Big Break


Lyn Paolo on how she came to get her first job in a costume department on a television show, on the hugely popular Dallas in its second season 01:58

Interview: Lyn Paolo | Topic: First Big Break


Lyn Paolo on winning her first Emmy, for costume design on the World War II period show Homefront, and on attending the Creative Arts Emmy Awards in 1992 01:11

Interview: Lyn Paolo


Lyn Paolo on winning her first Emmy, for costume design on the World War II period show Homefront, and on attending the Creative Arts Emmy Awards in 1992 01:11

Interview: Lyn Paolo | Topic: Emmy Awards


Lyn Paolo on how an initial job working at Film Consortium in commercial production eventually led to being hired by Sandy Martin as a stylist though she had no prior experience in production 02:08

Interview: Lyn Paolo | Topic: Pivotal Career Moments


Lyn Paolo on how she came to get her first job in a costume department on a television show, on the hugely popular Dallas in its second season 01:58

Interview: Lyn Paolo | Topic: Pivotal Career Moments


On putting together a team with various hair expertise when she is department head on a project, and on studying many different kinds of hair in beauty college; on being underestimated as a Black woman working in the entertainment industry, and on making a name for herself in the business and how that has changed the way some people treat her; on working with big name clients, including Zendaya, and on how her relationship with Zendaya led to her being hired on Euphoria 14:52

Interview: Kim Kimble


On working with the cast of Euphoria, and on specific episodes including "The Theater And Its Double" and "You Who Cannot See, Think of Those Who Can"; on doing hair for reality television shows, and on how her own reality show, L.A. Hair, came about; on her experience being on-camera on L.A. Hair, and on her involvement in the development of the show and memorable moments from the series 15:23

Interview: Kim Kimble