Category Archives: Girls in Films

Outfits worn specifically by female actors on film

Costume Stories: This Week, Mad Men and Revenge

18 May ’13

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A few of this week’s interesting costume links. Continue reading → Continue reading →

Costume Designer Michael Kaplan on Star Trek Into Darkness

17 May ’13

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Michael Kaplan gives Clothes on Film the lowdown on his Star Trek Into Darkness costumes. Continue reading → Continue reading →

Costume Design and Fashion: A Multi-Million Dollar Industry

14 May ’13

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Analysing the sometimes tense relationship between fashion and costume design. Continue reading → Continue reading →

Costume Stories: This Week, Game of Thrones and Liberace

11 May ’13

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Pick of the week’s movie and television costume design stories. Continue reading → Continue reading →

Star Trek Into Darkness: The Devil is in the Details

9 May ’13

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Spoiler warning: The costume clues and details of Star Trek Into Darkness. Continue reading → Continue reading →

Fight Club: Remembering Marla, the Dark Tourist

7 May ’13

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Costume designer Michael Kaplan reminisces with Clothes on Film about creating dark tourist Marla Singer in Fight Club.
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Costume Stories: This Week, The Vikings and Gatsby Again

4 May ’13

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This week’s interesting costume design stories and links. Continue reading → Continue reading →

The Iron Lady: Costume as Distinction, Gender and Protection

4 May ’13

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A look at late Margaret Thatcher’s colour specific wardrobe as represented in the film The Iron Lady. Continue reading → Continue reading →

The Great Gatsby Costumes at Brooks Brothers in London

2 May ’13

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We visited Brooks Brothers to check out their costume display from The Great Gatsby. Continue reading → Continue reading →

Costume Stories: This Week, Catching Fire and Gatsby Again

27 Apr ’13

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The week’s big costume design stories and links. Continue reading → Continue reading →

Iron Man 3: A Different Kind of Suit

24 Apr ’13

© 2013, Walt Disney Pictures

Spoiler warning: We examine the use of suits, iron or otherwise, in Iron Man 3 to conceal and recreate identity. Continue reading → Continue reading →

Costume Stories: This Week, Gatsby and Capitol Couture

20 Apr ’13

© 2013, Brooks Brothers

Some movie costume related stories you may have missed this week. Continue reading → Continue reading →

Of Money and Sex: Fitzgerald, Luhrmann, and Clothing in The Great Gatsby

19 Apr ’13

© 2013, Warner Bros. Pictures

We analyse exactly what Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin need to get right for their costume design in The Great Gatsby. Continue reading → Continue reading →

The Place Beyond the Pines: Don’t Try This Look at Home

15 Apr ’13

© 2013, Focus Features

If you thought a scorpion embroidered bomber jacket was tough to pull off, just wait until you see Ryan Gosling in The Place Beyond the Pines. Continue reading → Continue reading →

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Teaser Trailer Hits

15 Apr ’13

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The very first trailer for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and it’s more uniform than glamour. Continue reading → Continue reading →

Costume Round Up: Villains

6 Apr ’13

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A round up of villain themed costume posts at Clothes on Film. Continue reading → Continue reading →

Reading Costume Design in No Country for Old Men

5 Apr ’13

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The colours and codes of the costume design in No Country for Old Men. Continue reading → Continue reading →

Latest Trailer for The Great Gatsby: Fancy Clothes

4 Apr ’13

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The latest and probably last trailer for Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation of The Great Gatsby before its début at Cannes. Continue reading → Continue reading →

The Conjuring Trailer: Lapels That Flap in the Night

3 Apr ’13

© 2013, Warner Bros. Pictures

The 1970s was a scary era, not least for clothes. The Conjuring costume designer Kristin M. Burke tells us more. Continue reading → Continue reading →

Costume Round Up: Any Colour so long as it’s Black

30 Mar ’13

© 2013, 20th Century Fox

In honour of the The Wolverine and his black on black Yakuza uniform, a round up of posts featuring memorable black costumes at Clothes on Film. Continue reading → Continue reading →

The Wolverine International Trailer: Yakuza Style

27 Mar ’13

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Trailer number one for The Wolverine and he appears to be dressed as a Yakuza. Continue reading → Continue reading →

Costume Round Up: Get Your Coat

23 Mar ’13

© 2013, Clothes on Film

Thanks at least in part to the wintry weather, this week’s costume round up is coats on film. Continue reading → Continue reading →