Category Archive: Clothes from 1970s

Clothes from films set during 1970s

EIFF: Michael Caine in Pulp

EIFF: Michael Caine in Pulp

Michael Caine is the epitome of badly folded cool.

 

Double Feature Review: The Big Lebowski – KB’s Thoughts

Double Feature Review: The Big Lebowski – KB’s Thoughts

The Big Lebowski is brilliantly designed; the characters are concisely and efficiently illustrated, says KB from FrockTalk.com.

 

Double Feature Review: The Big Lebowski – Chris’ Thoughts

Double Feature Review: The Big Lebowski – Chris’ Thoughts

Let’s tell you why The Big Lebowski costume design rocked in an almost completely non-subtextual way.

 

Rocky: Talia Shire as Adrian, From Geek to Chic

Rocky: Talia Shire as Adrian, From Geek to Chic

She may start out in fisherman’s knitwear but by the end of Rocky, Talia Shire could not look more feminine.

 

Live and Let Die: Yaphet Kotto’s Brown Suede Trench Coat

Live and Let Die: Yaphet Kotto’s Brown Suede Trench Coat

One of the seventies’ more successful attempts to modernise fashions of the past.

 

Film Review: The Lovely Bones

Film Review: The Lovely Bones

Not the emotional and profound experience it should be.

 

The Royal Tenenbaums: Gwyneth Paltrow’s Tennis Dress

The Royal Tenenbaums: Gwyneth Paltrow’s Tennis Dress

Through Margot, Gwyneth Paltrow became a middle-class fashion icon.

 

Saturday Night Fever: John Travolta’s White Suit

Saturday Night Fever: John Travolta’s White Suit

Travolta’s look defined an era: smart, yet somehow scruffy; classy yet somehow cheap.

 

Live and Let Die: Jane Seymour’s Maxi Dresses

Live and Let Die: Jane Seymour’s Maxi Dresses

There is something spiritual about a maxi dress; the way it flows and veils the body. It gels with the divine aspect of Solitaire.

 

Double Feature Review: Saturday Night Fever

Double Feature Review: Saturday Night Fever

Establishing a new feature at Clothes on Film, the following review is written in collaboration with costume designer Kristin M. Burke.