Room of Doors

Wired:You have worked with johnny before

Coleen:I have … Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood, Sleepy Hollow … Let’s see … Sweeney Todd, Alice in Wonderland …

Wired:It must be a treat to design for an actor who can disappear so seamlessly inside his characters.

Coleen:He really is a chameleon, and he takes on the character in the clothes. They don’t ever look like costumes on him; they look real, and that really helps my job.

Wired:Your partnership with Tim Burton — how did the two of you first come together?

Coleen:I was recommended to him on Edward Scissorhands by a production designer —...