Category Archives: Girls in Films

Outfits worn specifically by female actors on film

The Girl With the Dragon_Rooney Mara hood_Image credit Columbia Pictures

Costume Design Award Winners Round Up: Oscar, BAFTA & CDG

The votes have been counted, the prizes dished out...

We Need to Talk About Kevin_Ezra Miller tee_Tilda Swinton_Image credit Artificial Eye

Powerful Costume in We Need to Talk About Kevin

Catherine George’s costume design demonstrates how we read physicality on-screen.

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Sandra Bullock in The Proposal: Small Wardrobe, Big Impact

With exclusive insight from costume designer Catherine Marie Thomas, we analyse Sandra Bullock’s low volume, big impact wardrobe in The Proposal.

Do the Right Thing_Spike Lee, Richard Edson, Samuel L Jackson hat_cap-1

Style & Identity in Do the Right Thing

Ruth E. Carter’s work on Do the Right Thing is a masterclass in how costume can influence the look and feel of a film.

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Review: The Woman in Black

Proving that frock coats and heavy lace dresses really are terrifying.

Midnight in Paris_Marion Cotillard red trim dress, Owen Wilson_Image credit Sony Pictures Classics-1

Midnight in Paris: Nostalgia Fashion

Sonia Grande’s costume design for Midnight in Paris offers everything we expect of 1920s Paris and the contemporary nouveau riche.

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Costume Designer and Art Director Eiko Ishioka Has Died

Innovative costume designer and art director Eiko Ishioka has died aged 73.

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Crazy, Stupid, Love: Suits and 407s

Crazy, Stupid Love is every inch the ‘fashion film’, both in terms of narrative and costume designer Dayna Pink’s elegant menswear styling.

Hugo_Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz dress_Image credit Paramount Pictures

Costume Design Nominations: Awards Round Up

Here's our round-up of the big three costume design award nominations.

The Birds_Tippi Hedren green suit_Image credit Universal Pictures-Photofest-The Kobal Collection

Hollywood Costume Exhibition Coming to V&A

Hollywood costume comes to London’s Victoria & Albert Museum in the most exciting exhibition of its type ever announced.

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Costume Designer Richard Bruno Has Died

The man who dressed Goodfellas, costume designer Richard Bruno, has died aged 87.

War Horse_Patrick Kennedy, Tom Hiddleston charge_Image credit Dreamworks

Review: War Horse

Costume designer Joanna Johnston has recreated WW1 with staunch accuracy.

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