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ShowbizU: Costume Design Collaboration- Linda Cho

Name: ShowbizU: Costume Design Collaboration- Linda Cho
Uploaded: 2014-08-12T18:17:37+00:00
Duration: 1 min 2 s
Channel: Tim Kashani
Description: In this interview segment, costume designer Linda Cho discusses her philosophy of collaboration with other designers and directors. She emphasizes the…

12 Aug 2014 · 1 min

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In this interview segment, costume designer Linda Cho discusses her philosophy of collaboration with other designers and directors. She emphasizes the need for openness, honesty, generosity, and kindness, encouraging a safe space where ideas—no matter how unconventional—can be shared without fear. Cho describes how these professional relationships evolve into deep personal friendships, forming a "theater family" that extends beyond work to personal milestones like weddings and birthdays. She highlights the trust and vulnerability shared among wig, set, and lighting designers, underscoring that genuine kindness is the cornerstone of lasting creative partnerships.

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In terms of collaborating with the other designers and directors, you just have to be open and feel comfortable around each other, that you can have a certain level of honesty and generosity. You know, I think it's important never to be unkind about various ideas and just be open to that, to everybody's ideas, and not feel frightened about sharing your own, even if they're a little off the wall or were left-wing. Collaborators are all my dear friends now. They all come to my wedding and to my kids' birthday parties, and you know, they're friends. They're not only collaborators. They truly become part of your theater family. And I know there are all these stereotypes about family. I'm not theater weird. You know, I'm not like a person like that, but wig designers, set designers, Lighting designers, they've all become my closest friends because there's a level of trust and vulnerability that we, we give to each other and kindness, which is what you do with friends.