Goldie Hawn’s unforgettable debut in hot pants and mini skirts in Cactus Flower. Continue reading
Goldie Hawn in Cactus Flower: Mini Skirts and Mini Suits
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The Great Gatsby: A Conversation with Catherine Martin
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Catherine Martin chats about The Great Gatsby costumes, design and a lack of nostalgia. Continue reading
Costume Design and Fashion: A Multi-Million Dollar Industry
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Analysing the sometimes tense relationship between fashion and costume design. Continue reading
The Iron Lady: Costume as Distinction, Gender and Protection
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A look at late Margaret Thatcher’s colour specific wardrobe as represented in the film The Iron Lady. Continue reading
Of Money and Sex: Fitzgerald, Luhrmann, and Clothing in The Great Gatsby
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We analyse exactly what Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin need to get right for their costume design in The Great Gatsby. Continue reading
Reading Costume Design in No Country for Old Men
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The colours and codes of the costume design in No Country for Old Men. Continue reading
Anna Karenina: Jacqueline Durran Talks Jewellery & Costume
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Costume designer Jacqueline Durran discusses her unusual approach for Anna Karenina – 1870s Russia via 1950s couture. Continue reading
The Phantom of the Opera: Colour, Character and Costume
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The Phantom of the opera demonstrates that the colour, size and shape of a character’s costumes can communicate on a subliminal level. Continue reading
Sandra Dee in If A Man Answers: A Salmon Run Up Beacon Hill
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The evolving costumes worn by Sandra Dee in classic sixties gender comedy A Man Answers. Continue reading
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service: The Primer for Skyfall
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George Lazenby’s fashionable Bond is sartorially similar to Daniel Craig in Skyfall. Continue reading
Rumble Fish: Dress Code Integrity in Gang Culture
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The costumes of Rumble Fish express the importance of teenage dress codes before the segregating journey into adulthood. Continue reading
A Cat of a Certain Breed: Breakfast at Tiffany’s
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Armour and indecisiveness: Audrey Hepburn is more than a little black dress in Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Continue reading
Illuminate More Than Hide: Costume Design in A Separation
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The religious and cultural significance of the costume design in foreign language Oscar winner A Separation. Continue reading
Moon: The Double Meaning of Sam Rockwell’s Costume Design
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The subtle differentiation of character through costume design in Moon. Continue reading
Clueless: Crayola Brights & Rich Girl Prep
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“Fashion victim” or “ensemble-y challenged”. Examining the legacy of Mona May’s costume design for Clueless. Continue reading
Costume & Identity in Hitchcock’s Vertigo
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Edith Head’s costume design for Vertigo demonstrates the power of clothes in forming identities on-screen. Continue reading
The Secret Sharer: Abbie Cornish & Andrea Riseborough in W.E.
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The glamorous look of the mid-1930s threads its way through dual love stories in W.E. Continue reading
Gena Rowlands in Gloria: Gangster’s Ex Wears a Skirt Suit
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Gena Rowlands’ costumes as Gloria evocate character through a fashionable capsule wardrobe. Continue reading