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Trisha Biggar
Trisha Biggar is a Glasgow born costume designer for theatre, TV and film including the Star Wars franchise and Outlander TV series.
From 1997 Biggar was head of the costume department at Lucasfilm working on the Star Wars 'prequels' for which she created the costumes for Padmé Amidala. In 2012 she was awarded the Outstanding Contribution for Craft Award at the Scottish BAFTAs for her Star Wars costume design. Star Wars creator George Lucas described Biggar as "one of the most talented, brilliant and creative designers I’ve ever worked with".
Trisha Biggar's first costume job was at the Pitlochry Festival Theatre in Perthshire, where she worked for a summer "sewing costumes". From 1978 Biggar spent 12 years working as wardrobe mistress at the Citizens Theatre in the Gorbals, Glasgow, where she worked with Philip Prowse who remembers "her eye and her flair". At "The Citz", Biggar was responsible for materials and budgets, and found "smart solutions" to creating luxurious-looking costumes for very little cost. She has said in interviews that Prowse also taught her how to reinterpret historical dress for modern sensibilities, creating a more "stylised interpretation" than a direct copy of the past.
Biggar went on to study costume design at Wimbledon College of Arts before moving into film and television. Her first costume design credit for TV was in 1992, for Van de Walk, a detective series set in Amsterdam.
From 1995–96, Biggar designed costumes for the third series of TheYoung Indiana Jones Chronicles, produced by Lucasfilm, where she met George Lucas and made contacts that would lead on to her designing costumes for Star Wars.
Biggar was costume designer on the miniseries, The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders (1996). This work was nominated for the British Academy Craft Award for Costume Design.
In 1997, Biggar began working on the Star Wars prequel trilogy, starting with Episode I: The Phantom Menace. George Lucas has written that he wanted the costumes for the prequels to be "much more elaborate and ornate" than the original films, and that Biggar achieved a "sophisticated and grand" look which was "... not quite of this world".
Much of Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002) was shot in Australia. Biggar led a team of 120 craftspeople, mostly from Australia and New Zealand, plus specialists brought over from the UK, including armour maker Ivo Coveney. Because the film was shot in sequence, their production schedule was disrupted and they had to work 7 days a week to make costumes in time. The overall look of the costumes was darker than for previous films, and the character of Padmé was more complex. Her wedding dress was created from a vintage Italian bedspread, plus extra fabric duplicated by Sandra Fullerton's embroidery company. The veil was a tray cloth, found in a Glasgow vintage shop.
Trisha Biggar
Trisha Biggar is a Glasgow born costume designer for theatre, TV and film including the Star Wars franchise and Outlander TV series.
From 1997 Biggar was head of the costume department at Lucasfilm working on the Star Wars 'prequels' for which she created the costumes for Padmé Amidala. In 2012 she was awarded the Outstanding Contribution for Craft Award at the Scottish BAFTAs for her Star Wars costume design. Star Wars creator George Lucas described Biggar as "one of the most talented, brilliant and creative designers I’ve ever worked with".
Trisha Biggar's first costume job was at the Pitlochry Festival Theatre in Perthshire, where she worked for a summer "sewing costumes". From 1978 Biggar spent 12 years working as wardrobe mistress at the Citizens Theatre in the Gorbals, Glasgow, where she worked with Philip Prowse who remembers "her eye and her flair". At "The Citz", Biggar was responsible for materials and budgets, and found "smart solutions" to creating luxurious-looking costumes for very little cost. She has said in interviews that Prowse also taught her how to reinterpret historical dress for modern sensibilities, creating a more "stylised interpretation" than a direct copy of the past.
Biggar went on to study costume design at Wimbledon College of Arts before moving into film and television. Her first costume design credit for TV was in 1992, for Van de Walk, a detective series set in Amsterdam.
From 1995–96, Biggar designed costumes for the third series of TheYoung Indiana Jones Chronicles, produced by Lucasfilm, where she met George Lucas and made contacts that would lead on to her designing costumes for Star Wars.
Biggar was costume designer on the miniseries, The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders (1996). This work was nominated for the British Academy Craft Award for Costume Design.
In 1997, Biggar began working on the Star Wars prequel trilogy, starting with Episode I: The Phantom Menace. George Lucas has written that he wanted the costumes for the prequels to be "much more elaborate and ornate" than the original films, and that Biggar achieved a "sophisticated and grand" look which was "... not quite of this world".
Much of Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002) was shot in Australia. Biggar led a team of 120 craftspeople, mostly from Australia and New Zealand, plus specialists brought over from the UK, including armour maker Ivo Coveney. Because the film was shot in sequence, their production schedule was disrupted and they had to work 7 days a week to make costumes in time. The overall look of the costumes was darker than for previous films, and the character of Padmé was more complex. Her wedding dress was created from a vintage Italian bedspread, plus extra fabric duplicated by Sandra Fullerton's embroidery company. The veil was a tray cloth, found in a Glasgow vintage shop.