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Photos: Costume Designer Sandy Powell On Dressing Martin Scorsese’s Leading Women, and 15 Years of Collaboration

“Men are no less vain than women,” and more pearls of wisdom from a three-time Oscar winner.

by Katherine Cusumano

Sandy Powell

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Sandy Powell wins an Oscar for Best Costume Designer for The Aviator, here, in Hollywood, California, February 2005. Photo by Carlo Allegri/Getty Images.

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Sandy Powell attends the 88th annual Academy Awards in Hollywood, California, February 2016. Photo by Getty Images.

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Sandy Powell with Cate Blanchett at the 18th annual Costume Designers Guild Awards in Beverly Hills, California, February 2016. Photo by Getty Images.

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Leonardo DiCaprio and Cate Blanchett in The Aviator, 2004. Photo courtesy Sikelia Productions New York.

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Cate Blanchett’s mustard dress from The Aviator. Photo by Didier Messens/WireImage.

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Props from Gangs of New York, 2002. Photo by Deutsche Kinemathek/M. Stefanowski.

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Costume illustrations for Gangs of New York from the “Scorsese” exhibition. Photo by Didier Messens/WireImage.

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Installation view of the ACMI “Scorsese” exhibition. Photo courtesy ACMI.

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Installation view of the ACMI “Scorsese” exhibition. Photo courtesy ACMI.

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Installation view of the ACMI “Scorsese” exhibition. Photo courtesy ACMI.

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Asa Butterfield and Martin Scorsese on the set of Hugo, 2011. Photo by Sikelia Productions New York.

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Exhibition section “New York.” Photo by Deutsche Kinemathek/M. Stefanowski.