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  • Clothes from 1970s,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Interviews

    The Conjuring 2: Costume Q&A with Kristin Burke

    19 Jul ’16 /

    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 my official role on the day: I was playing an extra (or background artist if you like) during the film’s Maida Vale pub scene. Specifically this is the moment when real life husband and wife paranormal investigator team, Lorraine (Vera Farmiga) and Ed Warren (Patrick Wilson) meet with noted experts in their field to discuss the validity of their current case, aka the Enfield poltergeist. I made the finished cut, by the skin of my…

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    The Passenger: Always at Odds

    2 Nov ’17

    X-Men: Days of Future Past Pics – 1973 Xavier, Hank & Logan

    10 May ’13

    Dual Analysis: The Big Lebowski – Chris’ Thoughts

    1 Jun ’10
  • Clothes from 2000-10,  Clothes from now,  Interviews,  Premium

    Contemporary Costume: Where Have the Aloha Shirts Gone?

    20 Jun ’14 /

    While science-fiction and period costume can sell to collectors at auction for tens of thousands of dollars, the future of contemporary costume from the contemporary drama, comedy and thriller genres is unclear. Costumes from films set in the modern age are not valued as highly. Sourced from costume houses, high-street stores, and even actor’s own wardrobes, these pieces could be lost for good for future generations of collectors and fans if current mentality doesn’t change. Contemporary costume, even from popular movies, is surprisingly hard to trace. What has happened to George Clooney’s Aloha shirts from The Descendants? The film’s costume designer Wendy Chuck isn’t sure. “I have no idea where…

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    Brooklyn’s Finest Trailer Kicks All Kinds of Butt

    4 Dec ’09

    Film Review: The Boys Are Back

    22 Jan ’10

    Middle Men Trailer: Game On

    17 Jun ’10
  • Clothes from 2000-10,  Clothes from now,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Premium

    About Time to Dress Upper Middle Class

    9 May ’14 /

    SPOILERS Despite all the hoo-ha over films such as Blue Jasmine and Stoker contemporary is still pretty much overlooked as a form of costume design. If it’s invisible, well, nobody notices it, and if it’s designer it becomes all about ‘the fashion’ (OMG TOTES WANT THOSE SHOES). We are currently in an age when costume design means period and sci-fi. It comes to the extent that if a costumer wants to tell a story through contemporary attire, he/she needs either a director with a key grasp of semiotics, or one that doesn’t care less about semiotics and offers a degree of autonomy. Watching About Time we presume that Richard Curtis…

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    Inception Revisited with Costume Designer Jeffrey Kurland

    17 Jul ’20

    The September Issue: Director Talks Final Cut

    24 Sep ’09

    Black Swan International Trailer is Beautiful

    8 Dec ’10
  • Clothes from 1837-1919,  Clothes from now,  Girls on TV,  Guys on TV,  Interviews

    Sleepy Hollow: Q&A with Costume Designer Kristin M. Burke

    4 Feb ’14 /

    If you watch supernatural cop show Sleepy Hollow on Fox (Universal in the UK), you will definitely know who Kristin Burke is. Her sartorial contribution to the first season has ingrained the series with a handsome, consistent, yet oddly plausible look. We say ‘oddly’ because the show is, for want of a better term, completely batshit crazy; a mix of 18th century drama and modern day X-Files, involving headless horsemen, a tree monster, deadly black vein disease, and all manner of creepy mythology based beasties. It’s terrific fun. Kristin M. Burke is what we would politely call a veteran costume designer, over 50 films to her name, although not someone…

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    First Official Image: Sherlock Holmes 2

    15 Jan ’11

    Anna Karenina Coming to Banana Republic: Costume Fashion?

    30 Jun ’12

    The Young Victoria: Chris and Maggie Chat About the Film

    26 Jul ’10
  • Clothes from 1837-1919,  Premium

    Peaky Blinders: Q&A with Costume Designer Stephanie Collie

    15 Oct ’13 /

    If you’re not watching BBC 2’s gangster western Peaky Blinders, stop reading now and seek it out on iPlayer – there’s still one episode left so you have time to join the party. Peaky Blinders is the slow burning tale of a volatile, family led criminal gang, headed by calculating brother Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy), and their rise to power in post-World War I Birmingham. It does not sound glamorous and it isn’t, yet is all the more compelling for embracing the filthy side of what many considered to be the cusp of the ‘Roaring Twenties’. Not in Birmingham it wasn’t. Thankfully Peaky Blinders had costume designer Stephanie Collie (Lock,…

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    Review: War Horse

    16 Jan ’12

    First Official Image: Sherlock Holmes 2

    15 Jan ’11

    The Lone Ranger: Never take off the Mask

    30 Jul ’13
  • Clothes from 1837-1919,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Interviews,  Premium

    Costume Designer Joanna Johnston Talks Lincoln & Jack

    8 Feb ’13 /

    Joanna Johnston chats about her work on Lincoln and what we can we can expect from her latest project Jack the Giant Slayer.

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    War Horse: Interview with Costume Designer Joanna Johnston

    27 Apr ’12

    Review: Oz the Great and Powerful

    4 Mar ’13

    Spielberg’s War Horse: First Trailer Arrives

    29 Jun ’11
  • Girls in Films,  Girls on TV,  Guys in Films,  Guys on TV,  Interviews,  Premium

    Behind the Scenes: Angels the Costumiers

    18 Apr ’12 /

    Clothes on Film were granted a private tour of world-renowned Angels the costumiers.

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    Quadrophenia: Cream & Brown Print Shift Dress

    22 Jul ’09

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    20 Jan ’14

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    27 Jun ’13