Category Archives: Clothes from 1970s

Clothes from films set during 1970s

Alien Anthology: A Revolution in Sci-Fi Costume Design

In the first of a two-part special, we examine how important costumes from the Alien films are in contextualising primal terror.

Less a costume movie and more a fashion one, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls is typical of its naughty director Russ Meyer in all the best ways.

Costume designer Carloine Harris has recreates the vibrant look of the 1970s.

22 Jun ’10 Filed under Clothes from 1970s, Guys in Films. 2 Comments.

Michael Caine is the epitome of badly folded cool.

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

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

17 Mar ’10 Filed under Clothes from 1970s, Girls in Films. 1 Comment.

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

26 Feb ’10 Filed under Bond on film, Clothes from 1970s, Guys in Films. No comments.

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

20 Feb ’10 Filed under Clothes from 1970s, Film Reviews. 3 Comments.

Not the emotional and profound experience it should be.

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

16 Nov ’09 Filed under Clothes from 1970s, Guys in Films. 4 Comments.

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

1 Sep ’09 Filed under Bond on film, Clothes from 1970s, Girls in Films. 1 Comment.

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