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    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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    Exclusive Boardwalk Empire Costume Design Clip

    5 Jan ’12

    Review: The Artist

    25 Nov ’11

    Boardwalk Empire: Cometh the Dandiest Man

    28 Sep ’11
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    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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    Lawless: Interview with Costume Designer Margot Wilson

    27 Sep ’12

    Dress like a Peaky Blinder

    13 Sep ’13

    Boardwalk Empire Trailer Hits. Can. Not. Wait.

    14 Jun ’10
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    Doris Day in Pillow Talk: Couture Allure

    18 May ’12 /

    Doris Day’s last hurrah for 1950s fashion wearing some of the most exquisite costumes ever seen on screen.

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    Shifting Trends: Claire Foy in First Man

    25 Oct ’18

    The Iron Lady: Costume as Distinction, Gender and Protection

    4 May ’13

    Rear Window: Grace Kelly in Jeans

    8 Jul ’09
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    Review: Hugo – With Exclusive Insight From Sandy Powell

    23 Dec ’11 /

    Hugo is Scorsese’s monument to wonder and excitement. Here Sandy Powell exclusively explains her costume choices to Clothes on Film.

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

    11 Apr ’14

    Ready For My Close Up: Anna May Wong

    18 Oct ’11

    Review: The King’s Speech

    19 Jan ’11
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    Boardwalk Empire Costume Q&A: John Dunn & Lisa Padovani

    21 Sep ’11 /

    On the eve of Boardwalk Empire: Season 2 commencing, we had a chat with the show’s costume designers John Dunn and Lisa Padovani.

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    The Cats Meow: Kirsten Dunst’s Chanel Style Beach Pyjamas

    7 May ’09

    Trailer for Amelia Touches Down: Radical Fashions 1920s-30s

    26 Jun ’09

    Exclusive Boardwalk Empire Costume Design Clip

    5 Jan ’12
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    Kate Winslet in Mildred Pierce: Sex and the Housedress

    1 Jul ’11 /

    A prevalent theme in the first episode of Mildred Pierce starring is how domestic costume can be read as a signal for sexual availability.

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    Johnny Depp in Public Enemies: Costume as Plot

    12 Apr ’11

    Puttin’ on the Glitz: An Upcoming Fashion and Film Event

    12 Mar ’14

    The Secret Sharer: Abbie Cornish & Andrea Riseborough in W.E.

    20 Mar ’12
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    Awesome Lack of Taste: Style Lessons from Hot Tub Time Machine

    11 May ’10 /

    Some essential style lessons learnt from Hot Tub Time Machine.

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    Tailoring The Wolf of Wall Street

    7 Feb ’14

    Smooth Talk: “Tomorrow Night I’ll Wear the Halter”

    23 Nov ’13

    Body of Lies: Mark Strong in Huntsman

    4 Nov ’09
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    Changeling: Angelina Jolie’s Fur Trimmed Coat

    5 May ’10 /

    Angelina Jolie suits the unstructured dresses and cloche hats in Changeling perfectly.

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    Martin/Prada Great Gatsby Collaboration: Fashion as Costume?

    22 Jan ’13

    Trailer for Amelia Touches Down: Radical Fashions 1920s-30s

    26 Jun ’09

    The Great Gatsby Costumes at Brooks Brothers in London

    2 May ’13