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Lyn Paolo on how she came to join the live-tweeting of Scandal when it aired on Thursday nights, and on having her team create look books for the cast every week, which listed every costume and designer so they could communicate that back to the fans during the broadcast via Twitter 03:43
Interview: Lyn Paolo | Show: Scandal
Lyn Paolo on reuniting with the cast and crew of The West Wing to work on a pre-election benefit special in 2020 "A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote" and how it came about, and on working on the special during the COVID-19 pandemic and how that impacted production 02:23
Interview: Lyn Paolo | Topic: COVID-19 Pandemic
Lyn Paolo on Aaron's Sorkin's vision for the costume design for the character of "President Josiah 'Jed' Bartlett" on The West Wing 02:13
Interview: Lyn Paolo | Topic: Television and the Presidency
Lyn Paolo on reuniting with the cast and crew of The West Wing to work on a pre-election benefit special in 2020 "A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote" and how it came about, and on working on the special during the COVID-19 Pandemic and how that impacted production 02:23
Interview: Lyn Paolo | Topic: Health and Medicine
Lyn Paolo on reuniting with the cast and crew of The West Wing to work on a pre-election benefit special in 2020 "A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote" and how it came about, and on working on the special during the COVID-19 Pandemic and how that impacted production 02:23
Interview: Lyn Paolo | Topic: Historic Events and Social Change
Lyn Paolo on designing costumes on The West Wing for "C.J. Cregg," played by Allison Janney, and on thinking about how to dress a female member of a (fictional) presidential administration 02:24
Interview: Lyn Paolo | Topic: Representation on Television
Lyn Paolo on designing costumes on The West Wing for "C.J. Cregg," played by Allison Janney, and on thinking about how to dress a female member of a (fictional) presidential administration 02:24
Interview: Lyn Paolo | Topic: Historic Events and Social Change
Lyn Paolo on dressing Stockard Channing as "First Lady Abbey Bartlett" on The West Wing episode "The State Dinner," on the controversy the dress invited, and on why she felt it was unwarranted to shame a woman's body that way 01:22
Interview: Lyn Paolo | Topic: Representation on Television
Lyn Paolo on dressing Stockard Channing as "First Lady Abbey Bartlett" on The West Wing episode "The State Dinner," on the controversy the dress invited, and on why she felt it was unwarranted to shame a woman's body that way 01:22
Interview: Lyn Paolo | Topic: Historic Events and Social Change
On how she came on to the Shonda Rhimes show How to Get Away with Murder in Season 3; on specific changes she made to Viola Davis' costume when she came on; on her collaborative working relationship with Shonda Rhimes 12:13
Interview: Lyn Paolo
On Little Fires Everywhere and reusing costumes from The West Wing on the show since both were set during the 1990s, and on the clothing from that period being oversized; on dressing Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington and some of the staple designers from the era like Dooney & Burke and Forever 21; on the challenge to design for the massive volume of clothing required for Little Fires; on "crossboarding" which meant that two episodes of the show would be shot simultaneously, and on the value of having as much information about the shooting schedule and script as possible; on how costume design is really about sticking to a schedule which can be the most complicated part of the job 12:21
Interview: Lyn Paolo
On designing for another Shonda Rhimes production, Inventing Anna; on the challenges of designing a show based on real people, and on the deep-dive Lyn's team at Shondaland did to "follow" Anna's real-life associates and friends for clues and information about the clothing on social media; on how the costume department sourced from designers and vintage sites to replicate as much of the real-life clothing worn by the real people as possible; on dressing Julia Garner, Laverne Cox, Alexis Floyd, and Anna Deveare Smith 08:07
Interview: Lyn Paolo
On her assistant costume designer Laura Frecon, and on the importance of bringing up younger talent and advocating for them to move up in the business; on the filming of Inventing Anna beginning in New York City right before the COVID-19 pandemic, and on working on various shows during the pandemic, including working in full hazmat suits; on the impact of COVID on production, and on working on Maid during this time; on the inspiration for the outfit for "Anna Delvey" wears in a pivotal suicide-attempt scene in Inventing Anna; on dressing the character "Vivien Kent" on Inventing Anna; on selling many of the high-end fashion items from the show on The Real Real, an online outlet 11:57
Interview: Lyn Paolo
Lyn Paolo on being the costume designer for How to Get Away with Murder 12:39
Interview: Lyn Paolo | Genre: Drama Series
Lyn Paolo on being the costume designer for Little Fires Everywhere 12:14
Interview: Lyn Paolo | Genre: TV Movies/Miniseries/Dramatic Specials
Lyn Paolo on being the costume designer on Inventing Anna 20:01
Interview: Lyn Paolo | Genre: TV Movies/Miniseries/Dramatic Specials