Vanessa Seward worked for an American fashion designer who directed what 2009 film?
Vanessa Seward Vanessa Seward is a French fashion designer. She was born in Argentina in 1969, and grew up in London before, aged 12, moving to Paris with her mother. After studying at Studio Berçot, Seward worked for nine years as an accessory designer for Chanel and Tom Ford at Yves Saint Laurent before becoming second-in-command to Loris Azzaro. Following Azzaro's death in 2003, Seward became artistic director of his fashion house. She left Azzaro in 2011, joining Jean Touitou at A.P.C. to launch a capsule ready-to-wear collection with the label.
Sandy Powell (costume designer) Sandy Powell OBE (born 7 April 1960) is a British costume designer. She has won three Academy Awards for Best Costume Design for "Shakespeare in Love" (1998), "The Aviator" (2004), and "The Young Victoria" (2009), and has been nominated 12 times for the award. She has also received 13 BAFTA Award nominations, winning for "Velvet Goldmine" and "The Young Victoria". She won many other awards in costume design for the latter film. Powell is often associated with Martin Scorsese and Todd Haynes, having designed the costumes for six of Scorsese's films and four of Haynes'.