Bob Ringwood (born 25 November 1946) is a retired British

costume designer A costume designer is a person who designs costumes for a film, stage production or television show. The role of the costume designer is to create the characters' outfits or costumes and balance the scenes with texture and colour, etc. The costum ...

. He is perhaps best known for creating the costumes for

David Lynch David Keith Lynch (January 20, 1946 – January 16, 2025) was an American filmmaker, visual artist, musician, and actor. Widely considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, Lynch was often called a "visionary" and received acclaim f ...

's science fiction film ''

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'' (1984) and for

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's superhero films ''

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'' (1989) and ''

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'' (1992). He was nominated for two

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in the category Best Costume Design for the films '' Empire of the Sun'' (1987) and ''

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'' (2004).

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* 1946 births Living people British costume designers Designers from London English costume designers {{UK-film-bio-stub