Barbie and last year’s The Batman are two very different blockbusters but share some surprising similarities.
Both breathed new life into iconic figures deeply ingrained in pop culture — Barbie and Batman — but more specifically, both films share the same costume designer, two-time Oscar winner Jacqueline Durran.
The costume design for Barbie specifically has received plenty of praise, but some of Durran’s most well-known work has been for period films like Joe Wright’s Pride and Prejudice and Anna Karenina.
She’s also famously responsible for the showstopping green dress worn by Keira Knightley’s character in Atonement, which has gone on to become an iconic dress in cinema history.
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