The Art of Costume Podcast

All work and no play makes for a very stylish horror episode. 🪓 This week on The Art of Costume Podcast, our spooky season series “Based on the Novel by Stephen King” continues with Stanley Kubrick’s chilling classic, The Shining, featuring costume design by the legendary Milena Canonero.

Spencer and Elizabeth check into the Overlook Hotel to explore the costumes that helped make this psychological horror masterpiece unforgettable. From Jack Torrance’s iconic red REDRUM jacket to Wendy’s increasingly consuming costumes and young Danny’s haunting journey toward a lost innocence, our hosts unpack the details woven into the film’s most memorable looks.

Along the way, they encounter some ghostly apparitions, revisit the film’s most unsettling moments, and share a whole lot of fascinating behind-the-scenes antics from the production.

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We all float down here. 🎈 This week on The Art of Costume Podcast, our spooky season series “Based on the Novel by Stephen King” begins with the 1990 television miniseries IT, and there’s no better way to kick things off than with Pennywise the Dancing Clown.
Spencer and Elizabeth dive into the costumes designed by Monique Prudhomme for the unforgettable Losers Club, exploring how each character’s look helps define their personalities and bring Derry, Maine, to life. Of course, no conversation about IT would be complete without Tim Curry’s legendary transformation into Pennywise. Our hosts explore Curry’s remarkable career, the meticulous makeup process that created one of horror’s most enduring villains, and even hear some fascinating behind-the-scenes insight from the master himself, Stephen King.
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This week on The Art of Costume Podcast, Spencer and Elizabeth celebrate the 40th anniversary of the cult classic Little Shop of Horrors! Our hosts dig into the costumes behind some of their favorite characters, from Seymour and Audrey to the nefarious Dr. Orin Scrivello and, of course, the fabulous Skid Row Urchins.
They explore how the costumes help bring this strange, hilarious, and wonderfully twisted world to life, while also diving into the incredible behind-the-scenes production of the film, including the painstaking process of bringing the legendary Audrey II puppet to life.

Who is ready for some margaritas? This week on The Art of Costume Podcast, Spencer and Elizabeth dust off the spell books and return to the Owens sisters’ Massachusetts home for the cult classic Practical Magic, just in time for the new sequel.
Together, our hosts celebrate Sally and Gillian’s iconic costumes, Stevie Nicks, and the world’s coolest aunts, who somehow make midnight margaritas and a centuries-old family curse look like a perfectly normal Tuesday night. From Sally’s romantic, free-spirited style to Gillian’s effortlessly cool witchy looks, they dive into the costumes that helped make this film a timeless Halloween favorite.
So grab your tequila, light a few candles, and join us for midnight margaritas, sisterly chaos, and a very serious discussion about the most stylish witches in cinema.
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In this episode of The Costume House with Spencer Williams, we’re heading to the snowy wilderness of Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, where the temperatures are freezing, but the body count is anything but.

Spencer is joined by costume designer Kendra Terpenning to dive into the costumes, characters, and beautiful carnage of this new film.
Together, they explore the costume storylines behind Kris, played by Hannah Einbinder, and the absolutely fabulous Billy, played by Gillian Anderson. Kendra also shares what it was like collaborating with director Jane Schoenbrun, designing the terrifying slasher villain Little Death, and creating costumes that could survive a production filled with blood, mayhem, and more than a little flesh and fluid. Grab your shower emotional support shower curtain... It's a messy one!