Eiko Ishioka, who won an Oscar for her striking and avant garde costumes in Francis Ford Coppola's "Dracula," has died at the age of 73. In the foreword to her 2000 book "Eiko On Stage," Coppola described her work as "breathtakingly original, strange and sensuous." Tracy Roberts, her studio manager, told the La Times that Ishioka died Jan 21. in Tokyo of pancreatic cancer. Her work was most recently seen in in Tarsem Singh's "Immortals" and in the ongoing Broadway play "Spider Man: Turn Off the Dark." She also designed the over-the-top gowns in Singh's upcoming "Mirror, Mirror." Kellan Lutz, whose Poseidon in "Immortals" wore Ishioka's elaborate shell-inspired helmet, Tweeted: "Rip to the angelic Eiko Ishioka! It was an honor wearing your magical creations! Such an inspiration. Such a sweet soul! Forever remembered!" The Japanese artist began her career as a graphic designer in the 1970s and early '80s, and...
- 1/30/2012
- by Sharon Knolle
- Moviefone
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- 3/25/2009
- backstage.com
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