{"id":2240847,"date":"2026-11-05T06:00:05","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T03:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2240847"},"modified":"2026-11-05T06:00:05","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T03:00:05","slug":"crowborough-designers-thumb-almost-held-up-a-batman-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2240847","title":{"rendered":"Crowborough designer’s ‘thumb almost held up a Batman film’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Vin Burnham has worked on multiple BBC productions<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Vin Burnham has made a name for herself as a costume designer behind some big Hollywood blockbusters and hits on both the stage and screen. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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And her decades-long career has seen her collect a rich seam of stories, including the time she nearly accidentally delayed the filming of a Batman movie. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Burnham helped create the iconic Batsuit worn by Michael Keaton in Tim Burton’s Batman, which she later refined for the sequel Batman Returns. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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On the very first day of filming Batman, she said she was in the dressing room getting the cowl ready when she mistakenly put her thumb through the front of it. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Burnham helped design Batman’s distinctive mask<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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“There was only one and that is a complete crime,” Burnham added. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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However, Keaton had forgotten his contact lenses, which gave her time to make the necessary repairs, she said. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Burnham, who lives near Crowborough in East Sussex, has also designed Aslan for the BBC’s The Chronicles of Narnia, alongside costumes for the BBC’s Wind in The Willows. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Burnham designed the Aslan costume<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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She said she was “very, very fond” of Aslan. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“To me he’s a bit more golden retriever than a lion,” Burnham continued. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Children used to write fan letters to him, she told BBC South East.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Burnham says on her website that after starting out in the props department at the Royal Opera House as a trainee, she has since “dyed, painted, stitched and glued [her] way up through the ranks”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Burnham has worked with numerous stars in her career, including Arnold Schwarzenegger<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Among her proudest achievements is designing Lady Gaga’s “living dress” for the Monster Ball World Tour, besides her work for the BBC. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Everything about a costume is as important as a word in a script,” she said. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“The whole point of theatre and film is storytelling – and costume designers are storytellers,” Burnham continued. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Follow BBC Sussex on <\/i>Facebook<\/i>, <\/i>X<\/i>, and <\/i>Instagram<\/i> and listen to BBC Radio Sussex on <\/i>Sounds<\/i>. Send your story ideas to <\/i>southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk <\/i>or WhatsApp us on 08081 002250.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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