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  • Clothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Interviews

    Beauty and the Beast: Q&A with Jacqueline Durran

    12 Apr ’17 /

    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 Watson) day-to-day ensemble and the creation of Gaston’s attire (Luke Evans), arguably the closest character to his 1991 animated counterpart. Ms. Durran, currently hard at work on a new project, was kind enough to provide a few brief responses: Clothes on Film: How did you go about creating costumes for a computer generated Beast? Jacqueline Durran: When I first started prep on the movie the Beast was going to be a prosthetic beast. Had this…

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    Brave: Costume in Animation – Interview with Claudia Chung

    16 Aug ’12

    Doctor Who: A Contemporary Costume Evolution

    21 Aug ’14

    Game of Thrones Costume Evolution: Sansa in Black

    16 Apr ’15
  • Clothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Interviews

    Beauty and the Beast at Central Saint Martins

    17 Mar ’17 /

    To tie-in with the release of Disney’s new live-action version of Beauty and Beast, the project’s Oscar winning costume designer Jacqueline Durran teamed up with students from Central Saint Martin’s college in London to reinterpret ensembles from the film. These are outfits designed in homage to Beauty and the Beast, taking specific elements here and there, a song, colour or concept and creating something entirely new. Whether these are fashion or art pieces is ultimately unclear – what stands out though is their reach beyond that of merely marketing a big movie. Just as an idea it would be fantastic to see more films promoting their costumes in this way.…

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    The Last Jedi: Interview with Costume Designer Michael Kaplan

    24 Dec ’17

    Become The Babadook

    28 Oct ’14

    UK Film Review: Terminator Salvation

    23 May ’09
  • Clothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi,  Premium

    Disney’s Cinderella Trailer: The Costumes of Sandy Powell

    21 Nov ’14 /

    The first full-length trailer for Disney’s new live-action adaptation of Cinderella was this week and featured tantalising glimpses of what promises to be a visually gorgeous film. The costumes, designed by three time Academy Award winner Sandy Powell, appear to be absolutely stunning. With a clever mix of the eighteenth century, the 1830s, and a little 1950s couture thrown in for good measure (Powell has been quoted as saying she was aiming for the look of “a nineteenth-century period film made in the 1940s or ’50s”), Powell has created another jewel to add to her already over-bling crown. Here is a quick rundown of some of the looks we’ve been…

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    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Trailer Looks Magic

    29 Jun ’10

    Oz the Great and Powerful: Close Up Look at the Costumes

    11 Mar ’13

    Deena Appel on the Costume Design of Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

    25 Sep ’18
  • Clothes from now,  Interviews,  Premium

    The Muppets Most Wanted: Set and Costume Visit

    9 Jan ’14 /

    ‘Disney’s Muppets Most Wanted takes the entire Muppets gang on a global tour, selling out grand theatres in some of Europe’s most exciting destinations, including Berlin, Madrid, Dublin and London. But mayhem follows the Muppets overseas, as they find themselves unwittingly entangled in an international crime caper headed by Constantine—the World’s Number One Criminal and a dead ringer for Kermit the Frog—and his dastardly sidekick Dominic, aka Number Two, portrayed by Ricky Gervais. The film stars Ty Burrell as Interpol agent Jean Pierre Napoleon, and Tina Fey as Nadya, a feisty prison guard.‘ That is the boilerplate pitch for The Muppets Most Wanted. Verbatim. If you think that sounds like…

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    Illuminate More Than Hide: Costume Design in A Separation

    1 Jun ’12

    Ocean’s 8: Fashioning Costume

    10 Jul ’18

    Black Swan: Amy Westcott Interview

    28 Jan ’11
  • Clothes from 1960s,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films

    Saving Mr. Banks: Costume Design Featurette

    12 Dec ’13 /

    A slight but worth watching video about the costume and production design for frothy Walt Disney biography Saving Mr. Banks. If you have not seen the film it won’t spoil anything, and will probably get you wanting to dress in sixties suits and dresses again, like Mad Men did in the early days.

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    Deena Appel on Creating the Costume World of The Spy Who Shagged Me

    2 Oct ’18

    Art of Rosemary’s Baby

    7 Mar ’11

    The Help: Exclusive Interview with Director Tate Taylor

    26 Oct ’11
  • Clothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi,  Girls in Films

    Teaser Trailer: Disney’s Maleficent: Evil Wears Fur

    13 Nov ’13 /

    Maleficent is a nasty piece of work. She curses a princess, Aurora, to prick her finger on a spinning wheel and die before her 16th birthday. She wears black, has horns on her hat. She is sensational. Disney’s live action interpretation of Maleficent, based on their own adaptation of the Wicked Fairy Godmother in Sleeping Beauty (1959), has just released a teaser trailer. The film follows the story of how Maleficent (played by Angelina Jolie) came to be, from a beautiful kind-hearted girl to the twisted Mistress of Evil, similar in some respects to the Wicked Witch in The Wizard of Oz. Basically a good gal gone bad, and who…

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    Become The Babadook

    28 Oct ’14

    A Colourful Tale: The Costume Canvas of Dick Tracy

    27 Feb ’15

    Game of Thrones Costume Evolution: Sansa in Black

    16 Apr ’15
  • Clothes from 1837-1919,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Premium

    The Lone Ranger: Never take off the Mask

    30 Jul ’13 /

    There is not man behind the mask; the mask is The Lone Ranger.

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    Costume Designer Joanna Johnston Talks Lincoln & Jack

    8 Feb ’13

    The First Great Train Robbery: Sean Connery’s Victorian Coat

    5 May ’09

    Sherlock Holmes Costume Guide Part 1: Frock Coats & Bustles

    17 May ’10
  • Costume Stories and Links

    Costume Stories: This Week, Jobs and Tootsie

    13 Jul ’13 /

    Say you, say costume design.

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    Costume Stories, This Week: Amy Adams & Sleepy Hollow

    25 Jan ’14

    Costume Round Up: Get Your Coat

    23 Mar ’13

    Costume Stories, This Week: Inside Llewyn Davis & Mockingjay

    1 Feb ’14
  • Clothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Premium

    Oz the Great and Powerful: Close Up Look at the Costumes

    11 Mar ’13 /

    A first-hand close-up look at costumes from Oz the Great and Powerful.

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    Costume Designer Michael Kaplan Confirmed for Star Wars VII

    19 May ’13

    X-Men: Days of Future Past Pics – 1973 Xavier, Hank & Logan

    10 May ’13

    Inception: Costume Style Analysis VLOG

    19 Aug ’20
  • Clothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Interviews,  Premium

    Brave: Costume in Animation – Interview with Claudia Chung

    16 Aug ’12 /

    Does costume design exist in animated film? Simulation supervisor for Brave, Claudia Chung, discusses its creation, processes and role in the finished movie.

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    A Comfortable Future: The Costume Design of Her

    13 Feb ’14

    Tron: Culture and Legacy

    12 Oct ’10

    Captain America: Costume Leaks All Over the Place

    3 Jun ’10
  • Clothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi,  Girls in Films,  News

    International Trailer for Brave = Delightful

    17 Nov ’11 /

    Disney has just released a new international trailer for Brave. Delightful, it is.

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    Now Thor Costume Leaks: Must Be a Trend

    4 Jun ’10

    Dual Analysis: Beetle Juice – KB’s Thoughts

    31 Oct ’09

    Teaser Trailer: Disney’s Maleficent: Evil Wears Fur

    13 Nov ’13
  • Competitions

    Win Tickets to Pirates of the Caribbean 4 Preview Screening in London

    27 Apr ’11 /

    Win two pairs of tickets to an exclusive screening of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides in London on 9th May. Harr!

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    Win an Official The Big Lebowski Pendleton Cardigan

    11 Oct ’11

    Please, Sir! Vote Clothes on Film in the Total Film Blog Awards

    7 Jan ’11

    See Toy Story 3 Early! Two Pairs of Tickets to Give Away!!

    8 Jun ’10
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