Emmie Holmes | Costume Designer

Photo by Marni Rothschild Durlach

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Who’s dressing Army Wives? That’s Emmie, whose job goes lickety split from working with 100 people at a military ball to 50 in a mud run to just two actors on set. “Some people keep boundaries when it comes to being friends with your actors. I find it necessary to break that rule. Can you imagine having to trust a stranger to dress you every day?”

Five Lessons I Never Learned:
1. I never ever learn from one mistake. I find that being a repeat offender shows that you have good, solid consistency.
2. I never learned to follow trends. Why do we all want to look alike?
3. I never learned where my South Georgia accent went. I called my dad “Diddy” back in the day. Where did that go?
4. I never learned how to pack lightly. If I tell you I’m a low maintenance traveler, it’s true. If I tell you I pack lightly, I’m lying.
5. I never learned how to stick to my guns. I can almost always be bribed over a good glass of Prosecco.