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Costuming Hitchcock: An Extract from Hitchcock’s Heroines by Caroline Young
Author Caroline Young has just released a fascinating new book entitled Hitchcock’s Heroines (published by Insight Editions). It celebrates and studies the women in Hitchcock movies; their influence, semblance and iconography. What’s more, Young also examines the role costume design plays with these women, both the characters and the actresses who played them, and how they can be interpreted as far more than just ‘icy blondes’. Here we have an extract of the book exclusively for Clothes on Film: Kim Novak’s grey suit the colour of San Francisco fog in Vertigo, Grace Kelly as the too-perfect woman in Rear Window, and Janet Leigh’s black and white sets of underwear to…
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The Birds: Tippi Hedren in the Green Suit
Why does Tippi Hedren wear a green suit in The Birds, and what does it mean?
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Costume & Identity in Hitchcock’s Vertigo
Edith Head’s costume design for Vertigo demonstrates the power of clothes in forming identities on-screen.
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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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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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To Catch a Thief: Grace Kelly’s Beach Wear
This is the most fun and elaborate outfit Grace Kelly wears in To Catch a Thief.
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Robert Cummings in Saboteur: Costume Judgement
To be a saboteur you must surely dress like one.
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The Tourist: Colleen Atwood Talks Exclusively About Costumes
We asked Colleen Atwood a few questions about The Tourist’s lavish costume look.
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Edith Head Sketches for Grace Kelly Costumes to be Auctioned
Christie’s are auctioning several Edith Head sketches for costume designs worn by Grace Kelly.
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Rear Window: Grace Kelly’s Green Suit
While still alluring, as practically anything is on Grace Kelly, this is perhaps her least successful outfit overall from Rear Window (1954, as Lisa Fremont). The jacket seems slightly too long and loose for the slenderness of the skirt; it doesn’t fit Kelly’s figure as comfortably as it might. However even with its faults the suit still reflects a vital side of Lisa’s complex personality: her professional, tailored femininity.