James Acheson

James Acheson (born 1946) is a British costume designer.

Born in Leicester, Acheson has a twin brother, Patrick. In the early 1950s, Acheson was a pupil at St. Marys Convent School, in Priory Street, Colchester, along with his brother. The Mother Superior eventually deemed it time that the boys moved on, not, as far as can be remembered, for any particularly inappropriate behaviour or action. They never missed their after school attendance at benediction in adjoining church.

From 1957, Acheson started at Colchester Royal Grammar School. Acheson penned the following poem, from The Colcestrian, December 1957:

A grand old school I thought it was,
As I came in through the gate,
The Masters in their big black gowns,
Look like Secretaries of State.

Rugby I like very much,
Because it's good and rough,
The only trouble with it is,
We never get enough!

Acheson played plenty of sport nevertheless, gaining school junior rugby and house colours.

Acheson worked on Doctor Who in the 1970s, and has also worked on the Spider-Man films and designed the titular costume for Daredevil.

He has won three Academy Awards for Best Costume Design: The Last Emperor (1987), Dangerous Liaisons (1988) and Restoration (1995).

Acheson resides in Wellington, New Zealand.

Source

• Susan Langenhennig (2008-05-20). "James Acheson, the Oscar-winning designer of Spider-Man's signature threads, shares his secrets at a costumers convention in New Orleans". The Times-Picayune. http://blog.nola.com/susanlangenhennig/2008/05/james_acheson_the_oscarwinning.html. Retrieved 2008-05-22.