BarbaraDarragh
- Costume designer
Barbara Darragh's screen costumes have been worn by ghosts, prostitutes, Māori warriors and Tainuia Kid Billy T James. An award-winner for The Dead Lands, River Queen and The End of the Golden Weather, Darragh's CV includes TV shows Under the Mountain and Greenstone, plus more than a dozen other features. She also runs Auckland costume hire company Across the Board.
Screenography
Biography
Barbara Darragh's working tools include sketch pad, cloth, sewing machine and concrete mixer (great for making clothes look aged).
Darragh has always had a fascination for clothing; she can remember a childhood obsession with visiting the local church second-hand store, finding old dresses that could be reinvented. Further inspiration came from fashion magazines, and the musicians in Rolling Stone. After studying fashion design at Wellington Polytechnic, Darragh began working in television. Soon after, the birth of the second TV channel coincided with a massive jump in drama content.
Awards
2014 Rialto Channel NZ Film Awards (The Moas)
Best Costume Design: for The Dead Lands
2006 Air New Zealand Screen Awards
Best Costume Design: for River Queen
1995 New Zealand Film and Television Awards
Nominated for Best Contribution to Design - Film: for The Last Tattoo
“I feel like I’m a Kiwi, and I like doing the indigenous work. I can relate to it. You’re involved in the psychology and sociology of characters, it’s not just a matter of thinking something looks fabulous. ”