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  • Clothes from 1940s,  Clothes from 1950s,  Clothes from 1960s,  Clothes from 1970s,  Clothes from 1980s,  Clothes from 1990s,  Guys in Films,  Interviews,  Premium

    Get on Up: Sharen Davis Shares Costume Design Sketches

    9 Dec ’14 /

    As Get on Up, director Tate Taylor’s look at the life of singing legend James Brown, hits UK screens we have some fantastic sketches to share of the film’s costuming. Costume designer for Get on Up is the one and only Sharen Davis, who previously worked with Taylor on The Help, although you may know her better for Devil in a Blue Dress, Dreamgirls, Ray and Django Unchained. Davis is absurdly talented and every single project she undertakes should be greeted with cheers by any costume fan. Get on Up with its collective of lowly, stage and civvie ensembles worn by Chadwick Boseman as adult James Joseph Brown (60+changes) is…

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    To Catch a Thief: Grace Kelly in Blue Chiffon

    2 Mar ’11

    Atonement: Keira Knightley’s Green Dress

    23 Jun ’09
  • Clothes from 1837-1919

    12 Years a Slave Trailer: Fine Fabrics

    16 Jul ’13 /

    Fabrics jump out of the screen in this trailer for 12 Years a Slave.

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    The Alienist: Costume Featurette Provides Glimpse into Gilded Style

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    Recreating the Levi’s Spring Bottom Pants Advert from 1905

    4 Jun ’14

    The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: Costume Q&A with Lucinda Wright

    3 Jun ’11
  • Costume Stories and Links

    Costume Stories: This Week, Much Ado and Superman

    15 Jun ’13 /

    Costume links of the week.

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    26 Apr ’14

    Costume Stories, This Week: Piero Tosi and Veep

    23 Nov ’13
  • Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  News

    CDG Award Nominations Are In: Hmm…

    17 Jan ’13 /

    The Costume Designers Guild Award nominations right some wrongs and ignore quite a few others.

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

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    Trish Summerville: The Hunger Games Changer

    21 Mar ’14

    Hannibal: Exclusive Interview with Janty Yates

    12 Jun ’09
  • Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  News

    Oscar Nominations: At Least One Surprise

    10 Jan ’13 /

    Oscar announces their Costume Design nominees and at least make up for one BAFTA shortfall.

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    Star Trek Into Darkness: The Devil is in the Details

    9 May ’13

    Debbie Reynolds Costume Auction: Marilyn Goes for $4.6 Million!

    20 Jun ’11

    Black Swan International Trailer is Beautiful

    8 Dec ’10
  • Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  News

    BAFTA Nominations: Guess the Line-Up

    9 Jan ’13 /

    BAFTA Costume design nominations announced. Worthy, but no surprises.

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    Tron Legacy: Light Suit Costume – Part 2

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    Review: Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol

    16 Dec ’11

    Anchorman 2 Trailer: Ron and Friends Meet the 80’s

    19 Jun ’13
  • Clothes from 1837-1919,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Interviews,  Pre-Victorian,  Premium

    Sharen Davis Costume Interview: Django Unchained

    1 Jan ’13 /

    Django Unchained costume designer Sharen Davis exclusively explains her work on the film.

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    Homecoming: Betsy Heimann on Costuming Godless

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    Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows: Costume Round Up: Part 2

    9 Jul ’12

    Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Costume Trailer Arrives

    14 Jul ’11
  • Clothes from 1837-1919,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  News

    Django Unchained: Tarantino’s First Costume Oscar?

    23 Oct ’12 /

    Could Django Unchained be the first Quentin Tarantino movie to win a Costume Design Oscar?

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    16 Jan ’12

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

    Looper: Costume Designer Sharen Davis Reveals Inspiration

    28 Sep ’12 /

    Costume Designer Sharen Davis talks us through her retro-vision for Looper.

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    29 May ’13
  • Clothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi,  Film Reviews,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films

    Review: Looper

    14 Sep ’12 /

    A mishmash of sci-fi conventions and clichés cobbled together as something we have never quite seen before.

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    Man of Steel: New Featurette Discusses the Superman Suit

    3 Jun ’13

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    5 Mar ’12
  • Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  News

    FilmCraft: Costume Design – A New Book by Deborah Nadoolman Landis

    25 Jun ’12 /

    Not the only book you should buy about costume design, but probably the best.

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    BAFTA Nominations: Guess the Line-Up

    9 Jan ’13

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    21 Mar ’13

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    16 Jul ’12