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It’s Jamaica in the ’70s: think Bob Marley and Grace Jones, the blues of the Caribbean Sea and mountains, and the first-ever James Bond film that was recently shot on the island. It is here where costume and fashion designer Colleen Morris-Glennon grew up and found her calling, surrounded by an elusive creative energy and the unmistakable clicking sounds of her family’s sewing machine.
Subtle colour coding, the hero’s layered look and, mercifully, no sweatpants lend a sly glamour to the Idris Elba thriller.
British fashion and costume designer Colleen Morris spoke recently with EBONY about the trajectory of her career and her first lead design role in Bolden, a musical drama about the nearly unknown cornetist and bandleader Buddy Bolden who is credited as the inventor of jazz music.