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Katherine Jane Bryant

January 31, 2023

Katherine Jane Bryant, known professionally as Janie Bryant, is an American television costume designer. Her two most notable works are the HBO Western series Deadwood, for which she was awarded the Emmy Award for Outstanding Costumes for a Series in 2005 and Mad Men, for which she designed from 2007 until its end in 2015.[1]

Janie Bryant
Born
Katherine Jane Bryant

October 16, 1974
Cleveland, Tennessee
NationalityAmerican
Alma materCleveland High School
Brenau Academy
Georgia State University
Occupationcostume designer
Parents
  • Paul E Bryant II (father)
  • Dorothea Bryant (mother)
Relativessiblings:

Laura Bryant

Paul E Bryant III
AwardsEmmy Award

Family and childhood

Janie Bryant was born on October 16, 1974 in Cleveland, Tennessee. She was born to Dorothea Bryant (mother) and Paul E Bryant II (father). Bryant’s mother studied art before becoming a schoolteacher and then pursuing a career as a realtor. She is now happily retired.[2] Throughout Bryant’s childhood, her father ran a business called ‘Bryant Yarns’. He has since died. It has been said that her mother inspired Bryant’s creativity, and that her father taught her how to successfully navigate the professional world.[2]

She grew up with three siblings: an older sister and brother (Laura Bryant and Paul E Bryant III) as well as a younger sister (Anna Bryant). While growing up, Bryant was most interested in playing dress-up (while creating different characters through costume), singing, dancing (ballet), and designing clothes for her dolls. Bryant designed her first dress when she was 8 years old. It was a sundress with blue and white stripes, a criss-cross strap in the back, and white anchor buttons in the front. She wore it to her third grade class, but none of her classmates believed her when she told them she had made it. From an early age Bryant became obsessed with old movies, such as Gone with the Wind, The Sound of Music, The Ten Commandments, and The Wizard of Oz.[2] She claims that much of her inspiration throughout her career has stemmed from this obsession for old films. She also enjoyed television shows such as The Partridge Family, The Brady Bunch, Father Knows Best, My Three Sons, Bewitched, and Get Smart. Bryant was divorced in 2016 and lives in Los Angeles.[3]

High school and college education

Bryant attended Cleveland High School for two years before transferring to Brenau Academy for the rest of her high school education. Brenau Academy is a grades 9-12 college preparatory school, dedicated to preparing young women for a college education. Brenau maintained an all female student body until 2012. Throughout high school she maintained a strong focus on art, painting, and illustration, and believed she was going to pursue a career as an artist or a businesswoman. Unsure of what she wanted to do with her life, and feeling pressure from her family to pursue a career in business, she attended college of Charleston for a summer before transferring to her high school’s all women college, Brenau University. She attended Brenau for a year before transferring to Georgia State University for another year, and then transferred once again (without her parents' knowledge) to the America college of Applied Arts. She finished her college education here while studying fashion design.

Career

After finishing college, she moved to Paris and then to New York, where she learned the craft from designer John Scher. After meeting a costume designer at a party, Bryant found her calling and began to work on movies and commercials in Manhattan. After some independent work, including a Nick at Nite commercial,[4] Bryant's career grew through work with the David Milch series Big Apple, which led to work on his Deadwood series that ran on HBO. It was her work with Deadwood that later led to an interview for Mad Men with the series creator Matthew Weiner.[4] She has been nominated for four Emmys for her costume design on Mad Men.[5]

Mad Men-inspired collections popped up all over runways in 2008 and designers including Michael Kors, Prada and Vera Wang have cited Bryant or the shows on which she worked as key influences. She is credited with a huge role in bringing vintage (and vintage-inspired) pieces to contemporary clothing.[6] Her work on Mad Men has also led to partnerships with Brooks Brothers (a limited-edition Mad Men suit) and Banana Republic's Back to Work line.[4][7]

For Bryant's own influences she relies not only on other designers, with whom she has worked and done research into the periods, but also real life people who she sees in the characters. For example, Grace Kelly in Betty Draper.[4][8][9] Among the key elements essential to recreating the 1960s look in the show's cast are foundation garments, which then led to a partnership with Maidenform.[citation needed]

Filmography

Costume designer

References

  1. ^ Rochlin, Margy (3 June 2009), "The Emmys - Clothes Make the Show - Katherine Jane Bryant: 'Mad Men'", The New York Times
  2. ^ a b c Archive of American Television interview: http://www.emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/janie-bryant
  3. ^ The official Janie Bryant website: http://janiebryant.com/about/
  4. ^ a b c d Schuker, Lauren (2010-06-10). "The Partnership 'Mad Men': Threads of the Story". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2013-04-25.
  5. ^ Stiernberg, Bonnie (2013-04-13). "Home > Culture > Features Catching Up With Mad Men Costume Designer Janie Bryant". Paste Magazine. Retrieved 2013-04-24.
  6. ^ Diaz Dennis, Alicia, Fashion Influential #52: Janie Bryant, retrieved 24 April 2013
  7. ^ Petreycik, Caitlin (2010-08-02). "Janie Bryant Goes Viral for Maidenform". New York Magazine. Retrieved 2013-04-25.
  8. ^ . Mad Men Season Two Fashions. AMC TV. Archived from the original on 2012-11-26. Retrieved 2013-04-24.
  9. ^ "THE INSIDER: JANIE BRYANT". Nylon Magazine. 2008-08-27. Retrieved 2013-04-24.

External links

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Katherine Jane Bryant known professionally as Janie Bryant is an American television costume designer Her two most notable works are the HBO Western series Deadwood for which she was awarded the Emmy Award for Outstanding Costumes for a Series in 2005 and Mad Men for which she designed from 2007 until its end in 2015 1 Janie BryantBornKatherine Jane BryantOctober 16 1974Cleveland TennesseeNationalityAmericanAlma materCleveland High SchoolBrenau AcademyGeorgia State UniversityOccupationcostume designerParentsPaul E Bryant II father Dorothea Bryant mother Relativessiblings Laura Bryant Paul E Bryant IIIAwardsEmmy Award Contents 1 Family and childhood 2 High school and college education 3 Career 4 Filmography 5 References 6 External linksFamily and childhood EditJanie Bryant was born on October 16 1974 in Cleveland Tennessee She was born to Dorothea Bryant mother and Paul E Bryant II father Bryant s mother studied art before becoming a schoolteacher and then pursuing a career as a realtor She is now happily retired 2 Throughout Bryant s childhood her father ran a business called Bryant Yarns He has since died It has been said that her mother inspired Bryant s creativity and that her father taught her how to successfully navigate the professional world 2 She grew up with three siblings an older sister and brother Laura Bryant and Paul E Bryant III as well as a younger sister Anna Bryant While growing up Bryant was most interested in playing dress up while creating different characters through costume singing dancing ballet and designing clothes for her dolls Bryant designed her first dress when she was 8 years old It was a sundress with blue and white stripes a criss cross strap in the back and white anchor buttons in the front She wore it to her third grade class but none of her classmates believed her when she told them she had made it From an early age Bryant became obsessed with old movies such as Gone with the Wind The Sound of Music The Ten Commandments and The Wizard of Oz 2 She claims that much of her inspiration throughout her career has stemmed from this obsession for old films She also enjoyed television shows such as The Partridge Family The Brady Bunch Father Knows Best My Three Sons Bewitched and Get Smart Bryant was divorced in 2016 and lives in Los Angeles 3 High school and college education EditBryant attended Cleveland High School for two years before transferring to Brenau Academy for the rest of her high school education Brenau Academy is a grades 9 12 college preparatory school dedicated to preparing young women for a college education Brenau maintained an all female student body until 2012 Throughout high school she maintained a strong focus on art painting and illustration and believed she was going to pursue a career as an artist or a businesswoman Unsure of what she wanted to do with her life and feeling pressure from her family to pursue a career in business she attended college of Charleston for a summer before transferring to her high school s all women college Brenau University She attended Brenau for a year before transferring to Georgia State University for another year and then transferred once again without her parents knowledge to the America college of Applied Arts She finished her college education here while studying fashion design Career EditAfter finishing college she moved to Paris and then to New York where she learned the craft from designer John Scher After meeting a costume designer at a party Bryant found her calling and began to work on movies and commercials in Manhattan After some independent work including a Nick at Nite commercial 4 Bryant s career grew through work with the David Milch series Big Apple which led to work on his Deadwood series that ran on HBO It was her work with Deadwood that later led to an interview for Mad Men with the series creator Matthew Weiner 4 She has been nominated for four Emmys for her costume design on Mad Men 5 Mad Men inspired collections popped up all over runways in 2008 and designers including Michael Kors Prada and Vera Wang have cited Bryant or the shows on which she worked as key influences She is credited with a huge role in bringing vintage and vintage inspired pieces to contemporary clothing 6 Her work on Mad Men has also led to partnerships with Brooks Brothers a limited edition Mad Men suit and Banana Republic s Back to Work line 4 7 For Bryant s own influences she relies not only on other designers with whom she has worked and done research into the periods but also real life people who she sees in the characters For example Grace Kelly in Betty Draper 4 8 9 Among the key elements essential to recreating the 1960s look in the show s cast are foundation garments which then led to a partnership with Maidenform citation needed Filmography EditCostume designer Deadwood The Movie 2019 The Romanoffs 2018 It 2017 The Last Tycoon 2017 Telenovela 2015 The Last House on the Left 2009 Mad Men 2007 2015 John from Cincinnati 2007 The Hills Have Eyes II 2007 Deadwood 2004 2006 Alien Hunter 2003 Sniper 2 2002 Hack 2002 Big Apple 2001 The Big Kahuna 1999 Simply Irresistible 1999 Dead Broke 1999 Scar City 1998 Bad Manners 1997 Mr Jealousy 1997 Under the Bridge 1997 Grind 1997 Highball 1997 Ripe 1996 Palookaville 1995 Blessing 1994 References Edit Rochlin Margy 3 June 2009 The Emmys Clothes Make the Show Katherine Jane Bryant Mad Men The New York Times a b c Archive of American Television interview http www emmytvlegends org interviews people janie bryant The official Janie Bryant website http janiebryant com about a b c d Schuker Lauren 2010 06 10 The Partnership Mad Men Threads of the Story Wall Street Journal Retrieved 2013 04 25 Stiernberg Bonnie 2013 04 13 Home gt Culture gt Features Catching Up With Mad Men Costume Designer Janie Bryant Paste Magazine Retrieved 2013 04 24 Diaz Dennis Alicia Fashion Influential 52 Janie Bryant retrieved 24 April 2013 Petreycik Caitlin 2010 08 02 Janie Bryant Goes Viral for Maidenform New York Magazine Retrieved 2013 04 25 Mad Men Season Two Fashions Mad Men Season Two Fashions AMC TV Archived from the original on 2012 11 26 Retrieved 2013 04 24 THE INSIDER JANIE BRYANT Nylon Magazine 2008 08 27 Retrieved 2013 04 24 External links EditOfficial website Katherine Jane Bryant at IMDb Katherine Jane Bryant at The Interviews An Oral History of Television Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Katherine Jane Bryant amp oldid 1109449950, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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