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July 06 2009

An interview with costume designer Shawna Trpcic. You've seen her costumes on Angel, Firefly, Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog and Dollhouse. And next February you'll be seeing her work in The Cabin in the Woods.

Simon | Cast&Crew | 23:04 CET | 11 comments total | tags: shawna trpcic, dollhouse, cabin in the woods, angel, firefly

Besides being incredibly talented, she's also a genuinely nice person. I love her '80s photos at the end of the article. Wow.

Succatash | July 06, 23:51 CET

I love that she can't even talk about the costumes for Cabin.

The One True b!X | July 07, 00:30 CET

Well, she did spill one thing:

Cabin in the Woods - crickets chirping. I can’t say a word. Picture a cabin - hear the crickets chirping - that’s all I got for ya.

LOL

korkster | July 07, 01:03 CET

I'm not much of a clotheshorse but I noticed that Adelle, Dominic, and Boyd had beautiful clothes in Season 1. Not just nice things, but very well dressed. I like that it makes it feel like that House just oozes pretty as long as you're seeing what they want you to see.

Sunfire | July 07, 02:48 CET

Great interview, good to her about her again.

That's the third pronunciation of Trpcic I've heard. Volume 1 of the Firefly Companion has it as "Trip-chick" and Shawna told me "Trip-sick" It's just one of those names.

bobw1o | July 07, 15:45 CET

Had to be her doing Dollhouse. Ivy wore flamingo pins on her lab coat.

BierceAmbrose | July 07, 15:47 CET

Not just any flamingo pin, THE flamingo pin. She wanted to get it on Mark, and a bowler hat.

bobw1o | July 07, 17:14 CET

bobw1o, she and her husband pronounce it "terp-sick" so I think that one wins.

Although "trip-chick" would explain the stewardess costume. :-)

RayHill | July 07, 19:28 CET

well, see, that's the thing, in theory Shawna and Joe pronounced it each of the mentioned times. It seems to be that their pronunciations have been perceived at least 3 different ways. I'm certainly willing to accept I myself missheard "terp" as "trip" but there's no way she said "chick" to me instead of "sick" so I'm more than happy to accept "terp-sick" until she or Joe tells me otherwise.

I just find it amusing that it's one of those names no one can seem to get right. Though my last name is absurdly easy to pronounce/spell, almost everyone gets it wrong, so I always relate to these kinds of things, far more than I rightly should considering the ease of my name.

Oh we americans... |-)~

bobw1o | July 08, 03:41 CET

my last name is absurdly easy to pronounce/spell

Well, I can spell w1o, but I have no idea how to pronounce it.

The One True b!X | July 08, 04:35 CET

no b!X, that's part of my first name!

bobw1o | July 08, 14:59 CET

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