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    The Gumshoe Chic of Mickey Rourke in Angel Heart (1987)

    29 Nov ’19 /

    The scruffy gumshoe style of Mickey Rourke in Angel Heart (1987). With very special trousers.

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    So Dior Exhibition at Harrods: Movie Star Dresses

    21 May ’13

    Grease: Annette Cardona as Cha-Cha

    10 Nov ’09

    Rear Window: Grace Kelly’s Paris Dress

    5 May ’09
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    Black Caesar: Blaxploitation Gangster

    1 Nov ’13 /

    Fred Williamson as Tommy Gibbs adopts the gangster codes of 1930s cinema in blaxploitation classic Black Caesar.

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    Costuming Hitchcock: An Extract from Hitchcock’s Heroines by Caroline Young

    6 Jun ’18

    Saving Mr. Banks: Costume Design Featurette

    12 Dec ’13

    Dual Analysis: Rosemary’s Baby – KB’s Thoughts

    8 Jan ’10
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    Crazy, Stupid, Love: Suits and 407s

    27 Jan ’12 /

    Crazy, Stupid Love is every inch the ‘fashion film’, both in terms of narrative and costume designer Dayna Pink’s elegant menswear styling.

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    Review: Rise of the Planet of the Apes

    15 Aug ’11

    Inception: Jeffrey Kurland Costume Q&A

    31 Jul ’10

    Luke Cage: Swiss Cheese Hoodie

    14 Nov ’16