Twenty-five years ago, costume designer Margot Wilson was a student living in Paris when she picked up a roll of red, moire silk fabric during a shopping trip to Milan. She didn’t know why, or[…]
Category: Clothes from 1950s
Clothes from films set during 1950s
Cinema Paradiso: Invisible Costume
Cinema Paradiso is a beautiful examination of the relationship human beings have with film. This connection is explored through the story of a young boy and his friendship with the projectionist at the town’s local[…]
Get on Up: Sharen Davis Shares Costume Design Sketches
As Get on Up, director Tate Taylor’s look at the life of singing legend James Brown, hits UK screens we have some fantastic sketches to share of the film’s costuming. Costume designer for Get on[…]
The Look of Love: Q&A with Costume Designer Stephanie Collie
As is often the way with costume designers, Stephanie Collie is something of an unsung hero. We will not reel off her entire back catalogue, but it does include South Riding (2011, TV), Telstar (2008)[…]
So Dior Exhibition at Harrods: Movie Star Dresses
Some photographs from the recent So Dior exhibition at Harrods.
The Iron Lady: Costume as Distinction, Gender and Protection
A look at late Margaret Thatcher’s colour specific wardrobe as represented in the film The Iron Lady.
Anna Karenina: Jacqueline Durran Talks Jewellery & Costume
Costume designer Jacqueline Durran discusses her unusual approach for Anna Karenina – 1870s Russia via 1950s couture.
Doris Day in Pillow Talk: Couture Allure
Doris Day’s last hurrah for 1950s fashion wearing some of the most exquisite costumes ever seen on screen.
Costume & Identity in Hitchcock’s Vertigo
Edith Head’s costume design for Vertigo demonstrates the power of clothes in forming identities on-screen.
La Dolce Vita: Masculinity and Tailoring
Groundbreaking film La Dolce Vita offers a conflicting portrayal of masculinity.
Katie Holmes in The Kennedys: Armani’s Copy of a Copy
Unquestionably the most historically significant outfit Katie Holmes as Jackie Kennedy wears in the show is her rose pink tweed suit.
To Catch a Thief: Grace Kelly’s Coral Top and Skirt
This coral pink ensemble encompasses and challenges the absolute femininity of Grace Kelly.