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Author: Lord Christopher Laverty

The Little Drummer Girl: A Colourful Pretence

14 Dec ’1814 Dec ’18 Lord Christopher LavertyClothes from 1970s

SPOILERS THROUGHOUT Having recently finished a six week, six episode run on the BBC, John le Carré adapted spy drama The Little Drummer Girl was divisive in terms of audience reaction. Some found the plot[…]

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Shifting Trends: Claire Foy in First Man

25 Oct ’18 Lord Christopher LavertyClothes from 1950s

MINOR SPOILERS First Man (2018) is not a movie overly preoccupied with fashion, And why would it be? The focus of the story is astronaut Neil Armstrong (Ryan Gosling) and his journey to become the[…]

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A Star is Born: The Cotton Rebel

12 Oct ’18 Lord Christopher LavertyClothes from now

MINOR SPOILERS For all the inevitable chrysalis transformation of singer Ally (Lady Gaga) during A Star is Born (2018, directed by Bradley Cooper), the most subtle, yet real sartorial reflection of character belongs to her[…]

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Deena Appel on the Costume Design of Austin Powers: Goldmember

9 Oct ’1810 Oct ’18 Lord Christopher LavertyClothes from 1960s

Goldmember (2002, directed by Jay Roach), the final film (so far) in the Austin Powers series again shifts its timeline. However, rather than a negligible, though comparatively significant, jump from late to very late 1960s,[…]

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Deena Appel on Creating the Costume World of The Spy Who Shagged Me

2 Oct ’183 Oct ’18 Lord Christopher LavertyClothes from 1960s

The second installment (part one HERE) of our extensive interview with Austin Powers trilogy costume designer Deena Appel, this time focusing on The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999, again directed by Jay Roach). Things change[…]

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The Fashion Chronicles by Amber Butchart: Out Now

28 Sep ’18 Lord Christopher LavertyNews

The latest book by fashion historian, and now TV presenter Amber Butchart (A Stitch in Time on BBC 4 – second season please), is a comprehensively researched stroll through the best dressed folk ever to[…]

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Deena Appel on the Costume Design of Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

25 Sep ’18 Lord Christopher LavertyClothes from 1960s

With Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997), costume designer Deena Appel created one of the most iconic screen looks of all time. That is no overstatement; Austin Powers has been copied and homaged and[…]

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Ocean’s 8: Fashioning Costume

10 Jul ’1810 Jul ’18 Lord Christopher LavertyClothes from now

MINOR SPOILERS Movies that feature contemporary fashion, particularly high-end and particularly for women, are a tricky sell costume wise. While men’s semi-formal to formal attire is generally shaped around the fundamental guise of the lounge[…]

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Superfly Solo

18 Jun ’1822 Jun ’18 Lord Christopher LavertyClothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi

MILD SPOILERS Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) is far and away the most ‘A New Hope-like’ film in the series yet. In terms of tone, sure, but particularly costume. What costume designers Glyn Dillon[…]

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Costuming Hitchcock: An Extract from Hitchcock’s Heroines by Caroline Young

6 Jun ’18 Lord Christopher LavertyClothes from 1930s

Author Caroline Young has just released a fascinating new book entitled Hitchcock’s Heroines (published by Insight Editions). It celebrates and studies the women in Hitchcock movies; their influence, semblance and iconography. What’s more, Young also[…]

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Infinity War Costume Design: The Unfamiliar Familiar

4 May ’184 May ’18 Lord Christopher LavertyClothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi

SPOILERS For anyone with an eye to costume, The Avengers: Infinity War (2018) seemingly takes few evolutionary leaps. This makes perfect sense when we consider the timeline following particularly significant events of Captain America: Civil[…]

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Ken Takakura Wearing Levi in The Yakuza (1974)

27 Apr ’1827 Apr ’18 Lord Christopher LavertyClothes from 1970s

The Levi jacket worn by Ken Takakura as Ken Tanaka in Japan set thriller The Yakuza (1974, costume design by Dorothy Jeakins) is not Japanese denim. It was not made in Japan but is nonetheless[…]

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