Judianna Makovsky: According to my mother, yes. I was lucky enough to grow up at the Metropolitan Opera Ballet and Children’s Chorus and I always liked what went on behind the scenes way more than performing. I just wanted to be a designer. I wasn’t necessarily limited to costume, but eventually it just came down to costume.

tFS: What’s your favorite movie of all time?

JM: I have a lot of favorite movies. The Leopard is one of my favorite movies.

tFS: How did you manage to transition from wardrobe assistant to being the lead designer on Big ?

JM: I went to university and graduate school and did the Yale Drama School thing and all of that. I worked for an English designer who lives in New York who was my teacher at Yale and from there I was lucky enough to be introduced to Milena C

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