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Beauty and the Beast: Q&A with Jacqueline Durran

12 Apr ’1729 Jul ’17 Lord Christopher LavertyClothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi

There are already a lot of excellent interviews with Oscar winning Beauty and the Beast costume designer Jacqueline Durran online, so with our limited communication we wanted to ask a little more about Belle’s (Emma[…]

Status and Signifiers: Costume in There Will Be Blood

1 Apr ’141 Apr ’14 Lord Christopher LavertyClothes from 1837-1919

Costume designer Mark Bridges described There Will Be Blood (2007) as his most challenging film, referring to the difficulties he faced in transporting costumes to the remote location in West Texas, after director Paul Thomas[…]

Realism through Identity: Clothing in The Last of Us

30 Nov ’1311 Jan ’14 Lord Christopher LavertyClothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi

If you have played The Last of Us on Playstation 3 it has likely ruined video gaming for you. The world created is so vivid and believable that every game afterward just feels dated and[…]

After Earth: Costume Designer Amy Westcott Explains Life Suit

14 Jun ’1311 Jan ’14 Lord Christopher LavertyClothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi

Exclusive Q&A with costume designer Amy Westcott about the After Earth life suit.

Reading Costume Design in No Country for Old Men

5 Apr ’1330 Apr ’18 ContributorClothes from 1980s

The colours and codes of the costume design in No Country for Old Men.

War Horse: Interview with Costume Designer Joanna Johnston

27 Apr ’1211 Jan ’14 Lord Christopher LavertyClothes from 1837-1919

Clothes on Film had an exclusive conversation with costume designer Joanna Johnston about her work on War Horse.

Review: The Hunger Games

25 Mar ’1211 Jan ’14 Lord Christopher LavertyClothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi

Judianna Makovsky’s costume design provides an intentional method of understanding The Hunger Games’ politics.

Noomi Rapace in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

8 Dec ’1111 Jan ’14 Lord Christopher LavertyClothes from 2000-10

Playing computer hacker, Lisbeth Salander, Noomi Rapace embodies the character in such a way that picturing anyone else in the role is nearly impossible.