Costume Designers

Here is how this works in practice. Hungarian costume design carries an auteur-grade pedigree. Györgyi Szakács dressed István Szabó's Mephisto (1981 Best Foreign Language Oscar — Klaus Maria Brandauer's evolving Mitteleuropa wardrobe) and Colonel Redl (1985 Cannes Jury Prize — Habsburg military tailoring), defining the Belle Époque visual vocabulary that still anchors Budapest's period-double business. Edit Szücs built the László Nemes catalogue. Son of Saul (2015 Best Foreign Language Oscar + Cannes Grand Prix — Sonderkommando striped uniforms and concentration-camp realism) and Sunset (Venice 2018 — Belle Époque Budapest 1913 millinery and corseted silhouettes).

Here is the short of it. Andrea Flesch handles the global Hungarian costume circuit, with The Witcher Season 3 (Netflix) and Pieces of a Woman (Kornél Mundruczó, Venice 2020) on recent credits, and Susan Linss carries Hungarian-global crossover work. Our roster works inside Korda Studios Etyek and Origo Studios Budapest costume departments, Mafilm Fót wardrobe stores, and Magyar Állami Operaház (Hungarian State Opera) costume archives. Plus Blade Runner 2049, Dune, The Brutalist (2024 Venice Silver Lion), and Poor Things periphery on recent credit lists.

Here is the breakdown. Heritage anchors run through Hollókő UNESCO World Heritage site (the Palóc folk village preserving 17th-19th-century Magyar peasant costume), Matyó embroidery from the Mezőkövesd region (UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity), Kalocsa folk floral patterns and the Kalocsai paprika-country aesthetic, the Sárköz embroidered headscarf custom, and the iconic Hungarian hussar military silhouette. Frogged dolman jackets, fur-trimmed mente cloaks, and shako headgear from the Austro-Hungarian Empire that supply specialty work for The Witcher and any Habsburg-era period shoot.

Here is what that looks like on the ground. Today's fashion anchors include Budapest Central European Fashion Week (BCEFW), Nanushka (Budapest-founded worldwide distributed minimalist brand led by Sandra Sandor), Aeron, USE Unused. Plus Réka Pintér's couture work, plus the Belle Époque Andrássy Avenue tailoring custom. Training runs through MOME Budapest (Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design). The Hungarian Open Air Museum Szentendre's authenticated period reference. Plus our costume-department heads run productions under Hungary's 30% tax rebate via NFI Nemzeti Filmintézet certification.