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Interviews with directors and costume designers

Beauty and the Beast at Central Saint Martins

17 Mar ’17 Lord Christopher LavertyClothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi

To tie-in with the release of Disney’s new live-action version of Beauty and Beast, the project’s Oscar winning costume designer Jacqueline Durran teamed up with students from Central Saint Martin’s college in London to reinterpret[…]

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The Conjuring 2: Costume Q&A with Kristin Burke

19 Jul ’1612 Nov ’16 Lord Christopher LavertyClothes from 1970s

It was late November, 2016 when I visited the set of The Conjuring 2 (directed by James Wan). The reason I never wrote about it for Clothes on Film or anywhere else was because of[…]

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Star Wars: Interview with Michael Kaplan

22 Jan ’16 Lord Christopher LavertyClothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi

Surely we all know Michael Kaplan by now? Flashdance (1983), Fight Club (1999), Burlesque (2010), Star Trek (2009), and the biggest of the big, Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Versatile is not a generous enough[…]

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Costuming The Dressmaker

9 Nov ’1515 Nov ’16 Lord Christopher LavertyClothes from 1940s

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[…]

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The Intern: Jacqueline Oknaian Costume Interview

2 Oct ’152 Oct ’15 Lord Christopher LavertyClothes from now

Jacqueline Oknaian has costumed Ugly Betty (2008-10), Sex and the City 2 (2010) and The Big C (2012-13), so it might be fair to say contemporary clothing is her forte. For The Intern she dressed[…]

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Legend: Interview with Costume Designer Caroline Harris

25 Sep ’15 Lord Christopher LavertyClothes from 1960s

Director Brian Helgeland’s Legend (2015) tells the based-on true story of Ronald and Reggie Kray: twins (both played by Tom Hardy), East End boys, racketeers, murderers, icons. The Krays were shaped during the 1960s, a[…]

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The Wes Anderson Collection: The Grand Budapest Hotel

27 Mar ’1527 Mar ’15 Lord Christopher LavertyGirls in Films

Author Matt Zoller Seitz has published a continuation of his superb book The Wes Anderson Collection (2013), entitled (deep breath) The Wes Anderson Collection: The Grand Budapest Hotel. The former is a detailed look at[…]

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Get on Up: Sharen Davis Shares Costume Design Sketches

9 Dec ’14 Lord Christopher LavertyClothes from 1940s

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[…]

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Brian de Palma’s Passion: Costume as Contemporary Hitchcock

16 Oct ’1416 Oct ’14 Lord Christopher LavertyClothes from now

Director Brian De Palma has made movies heavily influenced by Alfred Hitchcock before, but Passion (2012) is the first one whose characters look like they stepped out of one of Hitchcock’s classic films. Karen Muller-Serreau’s[…]

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Sons of Anarchy: Identity and the Outlaw: Women of SAMCRO

19 Sep ’1415 Oct ’14 Lord Christopher LavertyGirls on TV

Part two of our essay looking at sartorial identity in Sons of Anarchy, featuring exclusive insight from series costume designer Kelli Jones. Catch up with part 1 HERE. The women of SAMCRO include porn stars[…]

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Sons of Anarchy: Costume Identity and the Outlaw

15 Sep ’1415 Oct ’14 Lord Christopher LavertyClothes from now

Sons of Anarchy portrays the fictionalised world of an outlaw motorcycle club; although the plots are dramatic in the extreme, many of the details are firmly based in realism, including the costuming. Series creator Kurt[…]

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Snowpiercer: Q&A with Costume Designer Catherine George

1 Aug ’141 Mar ’18 Lord Christopher LavertyClothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi

Chances are you have not seen Snowpiercer yet due to its limited availability and release fiasco. If so, skip this interview and watch the film first. Go in clean, because Snowpiercer really is as good[…]

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