‘A Holiday Spectacular’ Costume Designer Talks Bringing the 1950s to Life in New Hallmark Movie [Exclusive]
, 2022-11-27 15:25:45,
A Philadelphia heiress decides to leave high society behind to pursue her dream of becoming a dancer in Hallmark Channel’s new Christmas movie A Holiday Spectacular. It stars Gina Claire Mason as Maggie, who puts her upcoming wedding on hold to sneak up to New York City to audition for the Radio City Rockettes. As the film’s costume designer, Keith Nielsen was charged with helping to bring the world of the 1950s to life on screen. He spoke to Showbiz Cheat Sheet about creating the film’s look, drawing inspiration from Lauren Bacall, and more.
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Nielsen has worked on Hallmark movies before. He designed costumes for 2021’s Next Stop Christmas and Sugar Plum Twist. But because A Holiday Spectacular is a period piece (it’s set in 1958), it presented a “really exciting” challenge.
“It was fun with A Holiday Spectacular. I got to play with both contemporary Hallmark work and adapting that to a period aesthetic because they’ve never done a ‘50s movie before,” he shared.
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