Jacqueline West is a renowned American costume designer, celebrated for her outstanding contributions to several critically acclaimed films, including Quills (2000),The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008),The Social Network (2010),The Tree of Life (2011),Argo (2012),The Revenant (2015),Dune (2021),and Killers of the Flower Moon (2023).
Prior to her career in film, West was a fashion designer in the San Francisco Bay Area, operating her own clothing stores in Berkeley, California, where she showcased her own "Identikit by Jacqueline West" line. Her first foray into film was through her collaboration with Philip Kaufman on Henry & June. Notably, Brad Pitt has referred to her as a "method costumer" following their work together on The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
West's creative journey has been significantly influenced by her mother, an avant-garde fashion designer in the 1940s and 1950s, whose innovative style and approach have had a lasting impact on West's own aesthetic.
