Tag Archives: 1940s

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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.

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Monica Bellucci as Malèna: Beauty, Black and Heels

In Malèna, Monica Bellucci plays an impossible vision of beauty; a woman so striking she is immediately sexualised by all who lay eyes on her.

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Captain America: Q&A with Costume Designer Anna B. Sheppard

Clothes on Film chats exclusively to Anna B. Sheppard about her work on Captain America: The First Avenger.

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Review: Captain America: The First Avenger

Some of the finest superhero costume design ever committed to film.

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To Catch a Thief: Grace Kelly’s Coral Top and Skirt

This coral pink ensemble encompasses and challenges the absolute femininity of Grace Kelly.

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Barbra Streisand in The Way We Were: Forties Meets Seventies

Throughout The Way We Were, Barbra Streisand wears a mix of period authenticity and contemporary fashion.

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Captain America: The First Trailer

The first trailer for Captain America: The First Avenger has bish bash boshed onto the internet.

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Robert Cummings in Saboteur (1942): Costume Judgement

To be a saboteur you must surely dress like one.

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3rd Fashion in Film Festival Launches

Subtitled ‘Birds of Paradise’, the 3rd Fashion in Film Festival will take place in three London venues on 1st – 12th December.

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Mr Nice starring Rhys Ifans: Lots of Nice Photos

Costume designer Carloine Harris has recreates the vibrant look of the 1970s.

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