Marylin Vance - Costume Designer Marilyn Vance is a professional costume designer with over 60 notable credits in film and television. She is known for her contributions to movies like Pretty in Pink, The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Weird Science and the Die Hard films. Vance began her work the costume design world with the film The Misadventures Of Sheriff Lobo, a tv comedy series airing from the late 1970s to early 80s. She went on to design for all sorts of movies through out the 80s and was the first ever female designer for an action film with the Die Hard franchise. *Can’t find anything on her design training* Vance’s filmography: -The misadventures of Sheriff Lobo -Fast ties at Ridgemont High -Jekyll And Hyde… Together Again -48 Hrs. -Romancing The Stone -Streets of Fire -The Wild Life -The Breakfast Club -Brewster’s Millions -Weird Science -Pretty in Pink -Jo Jo Dance, Your Life is Calling -Ferris Bueller’s Day Off -Some Kind Of wonderfull -The untouchables -Predator -Cross my Heart -Throw Mama From The Train -Action Jackson -The Great Outdoors -Die Hard -The Jogger Road House -Uncle Buck -The package -Little Monsters -The Last Of The Finest -Pretty Woman -Die Hard 2 -The adventures of Ford Fairlane -Parker Kane -Predator 2 -Hudson Hawk -The Rocketeer -Ricochet -The Last Boy Scout -Medicine Man Year Of The Comet -Used People -Sommersby -Judgment Night -The Judgment Night -The Getaway -Jade -G.I Jane -Trojan War -Mystery Men -hard Cash -The Girl Next Door -My Best Friend’s Girl -Two sisters -Commentary -True Bromance -Bonnie and Clyde (mini series) -Lizzie Borden Took an Ax -Kiss Me -Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs -Cleveland Abduction -Mother’s Day -The Bronx Bull -Manson Girls Notable designs John Maclane (Bruce Willis); Die hard franchise. 1988 •John Mclane (Bruce Willis) ,Die Hard, 1988 •The character is a rogue police officer fighting terrorists •He appears dirty and beaten up •Wears battered everyday clothes and a police badge •Torn and dirty cream button down shirt •soiled tucked in singlet •black leather belt •Alison Reynolds (Ally Sheedy), Breakfast Club (1985) •“Basket case” goth stereotype •Moody character, sits in the back and doesn't talk to anyone •character aesthetics reflected in dark, baggy clothing and heavy eyeliner. •(I don’t think her hair is a wig like it says in the image's annotation) •Ferris Bueller (Mathew Broderick) ,Ferris Bueller’s Day off (1986) •Very confident high school student •comes from a rich family •white t-shirt •leather jacket •orange print vest •brown pants •white leather shoes •Rocketeer (Billy Campbell) ,The Rocketeer (1991) •Wears an iconic 1950s style space-age helmet and ‘rocket pack’ •Brown airforce style leather jacket •Hardshell white ‘lundhag’ pants •combat boots •Leather gloves (probably airforce issue) •Mr Furious (Ben Stiller) ,Mystery Men (1999) •Satire on superhero characters •His super power is gaining strength and reflexes when he gets angry. •Playing to the joke superhero motif, he is also really edgy •wears a lot of black and leather, similar to the matrix •plain jeans show he's also just a working class guy •flames because they're cool and edgy •Al Capone (Robert De Niro) ,The Untouchables (1987) •Al Capone the famous gangster •Very rich and respected •The villain of the film, also known as scarface •Wears classic gangster attire with more colour to make him stand out •Very expensive looking hate glasses •Likely tailor made jacket and suit •all clothes are a symbol of his wealth and status Bibliography: -Marylin Vance wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Vance 20 september 2018 -Marylin vance IMDb https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006465/ (created unknown) -Official website https://www.marilynvance.com/ 2016 (?) -Mystery men wiki http://mysterymen.wikia.com/wiki/Mystery_Men_(Team) march 2014 -The untouchables wiki http://mafia.wikia.com/wiki/The_Untouchables_(film) june 29 2018 .