Shawna Trpcic
Shawna Trpcic (pronounced [terp-sick]) got her start as a Hollywood costume designer in the 1990 film “Megaville”, and worked as a wardrobe assistant on the films “Toys” and “Red Shoe Diaries”.
Trpcic later served as the main costumer designer on Joss Whedon’s “Angel” & “Firefly”, and Marti Noxon’s “Point Pleasant”.
Trpcic has spent time volunteering at Juvenile Hall encouraging young women to realize their worth to our society and teaches art at a men’s maximum security state prison in Northern California.
Thanks goodness this was posted. Pronouncing Trpcic was driving me crazy. (Reading a Lovecraft novel really can drive one insane.)
My favorite part of Gambler V was the costumes… though we were all safety-pins and duct-tape. You kinda transform when wearing that stuff… not like Megatron or anything, but you kinda become a different person… but not really… or something.
(Heh. “Kinda” is a valid word to Firefox’s spell checker.)
July 15th, 2008 at 7:35 pmLoved the costumes that Neil Patrick Harris as Doctor Horrible. What is that style called? I’ve looked on google and I couldn’t find anything on it. The red one was just gorgeous at the end. How much would it cost to make something like that?
July 20th, 2008 at 3:34 amIt’s actually pronounced “terp-sick”, not “terp-cheech”. At least, that’s the way she and her husband pronounce it.
The Dr Horrible smock is an older style (Victorian I think). If you look at the StillFlying.net screencaps for Ariel, you’ll see closeups of the Firefly version of the smock, which is identical except for the pocket patch.
July 21st, 2008 at 6:51 amThanks for the correction Ray
July 21st, 2008 at 6:39 pmIs the Caduceus on the Dr. Horrible pocket something Shawna designed specially for the show, or was it something one can purchase commercially for a home sewing/embroidery machine?
July 21st, 2008 at 10:59 pm