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Martin/Prada Great Gatsby Collaboration: Fashion as Costume?

22 Jan ’13
The Great Gatsby_Poster image group_Image credit Warner Bros Pictures © 2013, Warner Bros. Pictures

The press love Prada’s involvement with The Great Gatsby, but exactly how much does this help the film’s costume design? Continue reading → Continue reading →

CDG Award Nominations Are In: Hmm…

17 Jan ’13
Zero, Dark, Thirty_Jessica Chastain mid_Image credit Columbia Pictures © 2012, Columbia Pictures

The Costume Designers Guild Award nominations right some wrongs and ignore quite a few others. Continue reading → Continue reading →

Anna Karenina: Jacqueline Durran Talks Jewellery & Costume

11 Jan ’13
Anna Karenina © 2012, Focus Features

Costume designer Jacqueline Durran discusses her unusual approach for Anna Karenina – 1870s Russia via 1950s couture. Continue reading → Continue reading →

Oscar Nominations: At Least One Surprise

10 Jan ’13
Mirror, Mirror_Lily Collins swan hat CU_Image credit 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment © 2012, 20th Century Fox Entertainment

Oscar announces their Costume Design nominees and at least make up for one BAFTA shortfall. Continue reading → Continue reading →

BAFTA Nominations: Guess the Line-Up

9 Jan ’13
Lincoln_Sally Field, Daniel Day Lewis mid_Image credit 20th Century Fox © 2012, 20th Century Fox

BAFTA Costume design nominations announced. Worthy, but no surprises. Continue reading → Continue reading →

Sharen Davis Costume Interview: Django Unchained

1 Jan ’13
Django Unchained_Blue valet crop_Illustration by Felipe Sanchez-001 © 2012, The Weinstein Company

Django Unchained costume designer Sharen Davis exclusively explains her work on the film. Continue reading → Continue reading →

Review: Django Unchained

28 Dec ’12
Django Unchained_Christoph Waltz hat, Jamie Foxx gloves_Image credit The Weinstein Company © 2012, The Weinstein Company

Costume designer Sharen Davis finds a good fit with Tarantino; their Deep South bounty hunter Django is a visibly memorable protagonist crying out for a sequel. Continue reading → Continue reading →

2001 and Hardy Amies: When Fashion and Film Collide

21 Dec ’12
2001_Hardy Amies shoes_cap © 2012, Clothes on Film

Fascinating video about Hardy Amies costumes for 2001: A Space Odyssey. Continue reading → Continue reading →

Review: Les Misérables

20 Dec ’12
Les Miserables_Hugh Jackman mid red_Image credit Universal Pictures © 2012, Universal Pictures

Les Misérables is drenched in costume symbolism, specifically revolutionary red, white and blue. Subtle was never its intention. Continue reading → Continue reading →

Costume Clues Reveal All in The Cabin in the Woods

14 Dec ’12
The Cabin in the Woods_Chris Hemsworth, Kristen-Connelly jeans, Jesse Williams shirt_Image credit Lionsgate © 2012, Lionsgate

Costume in The Cabin in the Woods is not grand, but it is very clever. All the teenage characters subtly evolve from one horror stereotype to another. Continue reading → Continue reading →

The Phantom of the Opera: Colour, Character and Costume

5 Dec ’12
The Phantom of the Opera_Gerald Butler black mask, Emily Rossum-001 © 2012, Clothes on Film

The Phantom of the opera demonstrates that the colour, size and shape of a character’s costumes can communicate on a subliminal level. Continue reading → Continue reading →

Moviescope Interview with Deborah Nadoolman Landis

26 Nov ’12
Deborah Nadoolman Landis_Hollywood Costume_Image credit V&A © 2012, V&A

Deborah Nadoolman Landis discusses her Hollywood Costume exhibition at the V&A. Continue reading → Continue reading →

Argo Buy a Sports Jacket: The Thinking Man’s Hero Attire

16 Nov ’12
Argo_Ben Affleck tweed jacket front_Image credit Warner Bros. Pictures-001 © 2012, Warner Bros. Pictures

Ben Affleck’s pseudo-cowboy costume in Argo harks back to the golden age of the sports jacket. Continue reading → Continue reading →

Julien’s Auctions: Classic Costumes Go Under the Hammer

12 Nov ’12
The wizard of oz_dorothy dress crop, folder 2_image credit Juliens Auctions © 2012, Julien's Auctions

Julien’s Hollywood Icons and Idols sale draws high bids for famous costumes, but not the big numbers seen last year at the Debbie Reynolds auction. Continue reading → Continue reading →

Sandra Dee in If A Man Answers: A Salmon Run Up Beacon Hill

9 Nov ’12
If A Man Answers_Sandra Dee teal top main.bmp-001 © 2012, Clothes on Film

The evolving costumes worn by Sandra Dee in classic sixties gender comedy A Man Answers. Continue reading → Continue reading →

Clothes on Film Chapter for Hollywood Costume book

31 Oct ’12
Atonement_Keira Knightley side_Image credit Studio Canal © 2007, Studio Canal

Forgive the self-promotion as we draw your attention to Clothes on Film’s inclusion in book ‘Hollywood Costume’ edited by Deborah Nadoolman Landis. Continue reading → Continue reading →

Hollywood Costume Exhibition Opens at the V&A in London

26 Oct ’12
Hollywood Costume at V&A_Ruby slippers Oct_Image credit V&A © 2012, V&A

A rundown of why Hollywood Costume at the V&A is the best event you will see all year. Continue reading → Continue reading →

Django Unchained: Tarantino’s First Costume Oscar?

23 Oct ’12
Django Unchained_Jamie Foxx gun_Image credit The Weinstein Company © 2012, The Weinstein Company

Could Django Unchained be the first Quentin Tarantino movie to win a Costume Design Oscar? Continue reading → Continue reading →

Review: Skyfall

16 Oct ’12
Skyfall_Daniel Craig shirt front_Image credit Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer-001 © 2012, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

James Bond is back and he has never scrubbed up better. Tom Ford now exists to make Daniel Craig suits. Continue reading → Continue reading →

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service: The Primer for Skyfall

12 Oct ’12
On Her Majestys Secret Service_George Lazenby_PoW suit full2 © 2012, Clothes on Film

George Lazenby’s fashionable Bond is sartorially similar to Daniel Craig in Skyfall. Continue reading → Continue reading →

All About Bond: A Book of 007 Photographs By Terry O’Neill

8 Oct ’12
All About Bond_Cover shot crop_Image credit Terry O'Neill © Terry O’Neill

A new compilation of sartorially revealing James Bond photographs by Terry O’Neill. Continue reading → Continue reading →

Piper Perabo Discusses Looper Costume Design

1 Oct ’12
Looper_Piper Perabo mid_Image credit Studio Canal © 2012, TriStar Pictures

Piper Perabo chats to Clothes on Film about costume design for her role in Looper. Continue reading → Continue reading →

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