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Costume Stories, This Week: Game of Thrones and FIDM
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: Amy Adams & Sleepy Hollow
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: Sandy Powell and Bad Grandpa
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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The Catwalk of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
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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Costume in The Great Gatsby: Use Your Imagination
Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin bring us the twenties reloaded.
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The Great Gatsby: A Conversation with Catherine Martin
Catherine Martin chats about The Great Gatsby costumes, design and a lack of nostalgia.
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Costume Stories: This Week, Game of Thrones and Liberace
Pick of the week’s movie and television costume design stories.
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Costume Stories: This Week, The Vikings and Gatsby Again
This week’s interesting costume design stories and links.
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The Great Gatsby Costumes at Brooks Brothers in London
We visited Brooks Brothers to check out their costume display from The Great Gatsby.
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Costume Stories: This Week, Catching Fire and Gatsby Again
The week's big costume design stories and links.
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Of Money and Sex: Fitzgerald, Luhrmann, and Clothing in The Great Gatsby
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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Latest Trailer for The Great Gatsby: Fancy Clothes
The latest and probably last trailer for Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of The Great Gatsby before its début at Cannes.
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