Monthly Archives: February 2012

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.

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy_Benedict Cumberbatch tie, Gary Oldman_Image credit Focus Features

Orange BAFTA Film Awards: The Costume Nominees

Who might win for costume design at the Orange BAFTA Film Awards?

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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