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    Costume Stories, This Week: Game of Thrones and FIDM

    8 Feb ’14 /

    A quiet week for costume. Game of Thrones New costume and props exhibition to travel around the world. No dribbling over the embroidery, but you can sit on the Iron Throne. …and check out Daenerys’ ‘hot new dress’ in this video featurette at The Mary Sue. Avengers: Age of Ultron Another day, another superhero story. Possibly a few early clues about freshly cast Paul Pettany’s costume. Silent Witness We’ve just stumbled across this article, probably from the early 2000s, that neatly demonstrates what costume designers have to put up with when stars of popular drama series’ overindulge. The 22nd Annual Art of Motion Picture Costume Design Exhibition Actual costumes from…

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    Costume Stories: This Week, Clueless and The Newsroom

    22 Jul ’13

    Costume Stories: This Week, Elysium and The O.C.

    10 Aug ’13

    Costume Stories: This Week, Catching Fire and Gatsby Again

    27 Apr ’13
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    Costume Stories, This Week: Amy Adams & Sleepy Hollow

    25 Jan ’14 /

    Give us three minutes; we’ll give you the costume world. Amy Adams Current actress of the moment and friend of costume designers everywhere, Amy Adams, is to be honoured at this year’s CDG awards on 22nd February. Totò a colori Satin, peplums, artsy tortoiseshell spectacles and Sophia Loren with unshaven armpits. Superqueen explains exactly why we should all seek out Totò a colori. Game of Thrones Finally someone has realised it is ALL about the embroidery. The Great Gatsby Catherine Martin chats to HitFlix about “colour obsessed” Baz Luhrmann. Easy to Love Engrossing post by Kay Noske at Movie Star Makeover, all about Helen Rose’s fantastic colour combinations for Easy…

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    Costume Stories: This Week, Arrested Development & Star Wars

    25 May ’13

    Costume Round Up: Villains

    6 Apr ’13

    Costume Round Up: Suited for Space

    16 Mar ’13
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    Costume Stories, This Week: Sandy Powell and Bad Grandpa

    16 Nov ’13 /

    What have you missed costume wise this week? Well…. Sandy Powell In conversation with Kinvara Balfour at the Regent Street Apple Store, 18th November. Scandal Lyn Paolo has no intention of becoming a fashion designer. Sleepy Hollow We’re a bit behind with this now but looking forward to a marathon catch up. Here series costume designer Kristin M. Burke answers fan questions posed on Twitter. Bad Grandpa Kristin Burke chats to costume designer Lindsey Kear about working without a script. The Great Gatsby Catherine Martin was initially worried the film would look like “a flapper themed 21st birthday party”. Thor: The Dark World Spoilers abound, but if you’ve seen the…

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    Costume Stories, This Week: American Hustle and Versace

    12 Oct ’13

    Costume Stories: This Week, Elysium and The O.C.

    10 Aug ’13

    Costume Stories: This Week, Catching Fire and Gatsby Again

    27 Apr ’13
  • Clothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films

    The Catwalk of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

    15 Nov ’13 /

    When you are costuming the biggest franchise release of the year and creating a capsule range to run alongside it for a major online retailer, it is clear a normal approach to the task is not going to work. Ex-stylist and one time assistant for Michael Kaplan, Trish Summerville, one of the fastest rising names in the industry, has purposely sought out what many costume designers shy away from: co-collaborations with new and established fashion designers and, in several cases, pulling clothes directly from the runway. Summerville is smart and savvy with a feel for contemporary trends, though by not designing and making key items for The Hunger Games: Catching…

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    Alice in Wonderland: Four Images to Enchant Thee

    5 Feb ’10

    Inception: Jeffrey Kurland Costume Q&A

    31 Jul ’10

    Review: Avengers Assemble

    20 Apr ’12
  • Clothes from 1920s,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Premium

    Costume in The Great Gatsby: Use Your Imagination

    23 May ’13 /

    Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin bring us the twenties reloaded.

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    First Official Gatsby Pics Bring the Money

    14 Dec ’11

    Puttin’ on the Glitz at The British Library: A Look Back

    11 Apr ’14

    The Great Gatsby Trailer: Roaring Costumes

    24 May ’12
  • Clothes from 1920s,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Premium

    The Great Gatsby: A Conversation with Catherine Martin

    20 May ’13 /

    Catherine Martin chats about The Great Gatsby costumes, design and a lack of nostalgia.

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    Audrey Tautou Chanel Sailor Pants For Perfume Advertisement

    9 May ’09

    Boardwalk Empire Trailer Hits. Can. Not. Wait.

    14 Jun ’10

    Status and Signifiers: Costume in There Will Be Blood

    1 Apr ’14
  • Costume Stories and Links

    Costume Stories: This Week, Game of Thrones and Liberace

    11 May ’13 /

    Pick of the week’s movie and television costume design stories.

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    Costume Stories: This Week, A Field in England and Doctor Who

    6 Jul ’13

    Costume Stories, This Week: Grace of Monaco & Penny Dreadful

    17 May ’14

    Costume Stories: This Week, FIDM and Breaking Bad

    3 Aug ’13
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    Costume Stories: This Week, The Vikings and Gatsby Again

    4 May ’13 /

    This week’s interesting costume design stories and links.

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    Costume Stories: This Week, X-Men & Marathon Man

    31 Aug ’13

    Costume Round Up: Flights of Fantasy

    10 Mar ’13

    Costume Stories, This Week: Bhanu Athaiya and Gotham

    10 May ’14
  • Clothes from 1920s,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films

    The Great Gatsby Costumes at Brooks Brothers in London

    2 May ’13 /

    We visited Brooks Brothers to check out their costume display from The Great Gatsby.

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    Tom Hardy in Lawless: The Knitwear Anti-Hero

    21 Sep ’12

    Martin/Prada Great Gatsby Collaboration: Fashion as Costume?

    22 Jan ’13

    Status and Signifiers: Costume in There Will Be Blood

    1 Apr ’14
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    Costume Stories: This Week, Catching Fire and Gatsby Again

    27 Apr ’13 /

    The week's big costume design stories and links.

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    Costume Stories, This Week: Map to the Stars and Dallas

    7 Jun ’14

    Costume Stories, This Week: Inside Llewyn Davis & Cinderella

    4 Jan ’14

    Costume Stories, This Week: GTA V and Halloween

    19 Oct ’13
  • Clothes from 1920s,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Interviews

    Of Money and Sex: Fitzgerald, Luhrmann, and Clothing in The Great Gatsby

    19 Apr ’13 /

    We analyse exactly what Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin need to get right for their costume design in The Great Gatsby.

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    The Great Gatsby: A Conversation with Catherine Martin

    20 May ’13

    Ready For My Close Up: Anna May Wong

    18 Oct ’11

    Prada Provided Carey Mulligan’s Gowns for The Great Gatsby

    23 Aug ’12
  • Clothes from 1920s,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films

    Latest Trailer for The Great Gatsby: Fancy Clothes

    4 Apr ’13 /

    The latest and probably last trailer for Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of The Great Gatsby before its début at Cannes.

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    Dress like a Peaky Blinder

    13 Sep ’13

    Boardwalk Empire: Cometh the Dandiest Man

    28 Sep ’11

    The Fortune: Costume Guide – Dressing Soft For Murder

    19 Jan ’10
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