'Lincoln' costume designer Joanna Johnston brings beauty to war

"Poetic" is the way British costume designer Joanna Johnston describes her journey creating the costumes for Steven Spielberg's newest film, the intimate epic "Lincoln," starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Sally Field. Having collaborated with Spielberg on many of his other dramatic films, including "Saving Private Ryan" (1998), "Munich" (2005) and, most recently, "War Horse" (2011), she brings sartorial beauty to dark periods littered with heroic characters, the apex now being Abraham Lincoln himself.

By Janet Kinosian

November 29, 2012