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    Costume Stories, This Week: The Grandmaster and Fleming

    22 Feb ’14 /

    Costume your life. Caroline Harris Fleming costume designer talks about getting into the business, and if she’d be up for Bond… Pitch Perfect 2 The Mindy Project’s Salvador Perez set to design for Elizabeth Banks’ directional debut. He already collaborated with Banks on Zack and Miri Make a Porno. The Invisible Woman Michael O’Connor chats briefly about his Oscar nominated contribution to the film. The Grandmaster Even more briefly, though no less welcome, William Chang Suk Ping talks about his work on The Grandmaster. Ray Holman Broadchurch, Silk, Doctor Who…have a browse around this always excellent costume designer’s website. Downton Abbey The costumes travel to the U.S. We predict this’ll…

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    Costume Stories: This Week, Burton & Taylor and Scandal

    27 Jul ’13

    Costume Stories, This Week: OITNB and Legend

    21 Jun ’14

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

    31 Aug ’13
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    Costume Stories, This Week: Frozen and Ane Crabtree

    11 Jan ’14 /

    Happy New Ye- oh we’ve done that already. Carry on. ‘How Hollywood is ruining a Billion Dollar Industry’ Amber Jane Butchart found this amazing article from 1938 and it is essential, and occasionally shocking, reading. Inside Llewyn Davis Video: Legendary costume designer Mary Zophres shares a few words about ‘uptown and downtown’ style. Ane Crabtree Contributor Kristin Koga talks to the costume designer about her career so far and their shared ethnicity. Cannot recommend this interview enough. Giorgio Armani GA chats to ES about his famous movie suits. Funnily enough he neglects to mention that Marilyn Vance-Straker had to re-tailor all his costumes for The Untouchables because they didn’t fit…

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    Costume Stories, This Week: True Detective and The Flash

    15 Mar ’14

    Costume Stories, This Week: Game of Thrones and Spider-Man 2

    26 Apr ’14

    Costume Stories, This Week: American Hustle and Versace

    12 Oct ’13
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    Costume Stories, This Week: Catching Fire and Downton Abbey

    9 Nov ’13 /

    Oi! Costume! The Fifth Element Jean Paul Gaultier’s original costume for when Prince was cast as outrageous Ruby Rhod. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire A few more words with Trish Summerville about one of the most anticipated costume films of the year. Downton Abbey Caroline McCall discusses challenges of working on the show. Noticed all the purples and blacks worn by Lady Mary this season? That’s because she is still in mourning. Catching Fire Jennifer Lawrence wanted to wear “everything” apparently. Understandable from what we’ve seen of the costumes so far. Video: Ms Summerville explaining even more about those Katniss and co costumes. Exciting, exciting… Costume Cafe Podcast Lauren Delany…

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    Costume Stories: American Hustle and Hollywood Costume

    7 Dec ’13

    Costume Stories, This Week: Bhanu Athaiya and Gotham

    10 May ’14

    Costume Stories: This Week, Downton Abbey & Breaking Bad

    28 Sep ’13
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    Costume Stories: This Week, Downton Abbey & Breaking Bad

    28 Sep ’13 /

    This week’s costume biggies. The Great Race Karen Noske analyses the exceptional work of Edith Head for Natalie Wood. Breaking Bad Emma Fraser looks at Lydia’s blue coat (and her influence on Todd’s clothing) in recent episodes. Downton Abbey Caroline McCall keeps the Downton ladies covered up. Kristin M. Burke The veteran costume designer tackles the increasing problem of internet haters critiquing work they do not understand. Cinema and Clothes By Dal Chodha, with a teeny contribution by yours truly. Rush Much better interview with costume designer Julian Day than the last one we linked to. Masters of Sex Ane Crabtree on her late 1950s designs for the Showtime drama.…

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    Costume Stories, This Week: OITNB and Legend

    21 Jun ’14

    Costume Stories, This Week: Piero Tosi and Veep

    23 Nov ’13

    Costume Stories, This Week: True Detective and The Flash

    15 Mar ’14
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    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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    Review: The Dark Knight Rises

    21 Jul ’12

    The Fashionable Style of Kathleen Turner in Romancing the Stone

    1 Jan ’20

    Powerful Costume in We Need to Talk About Kevin

    27 Feb ’12
  • Girls in Films,  Girls on TV,  Guys in Films,  Guys on TV,  Interviews,  Premium

    Behind the Scenes: Angels the Costumiers

    18 Apr ’12 /

    Clothes on Film were granted a private tour of world-renowned Angels the costumiers.

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    Diana Rigg in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service: To Die For

    24 Jun ’11

    Johnny Depp in Public Enemies: Costume as Plot

    12 Apr ’11

    CDG Award Nominations Are In: Hmm…

    17 Jan ’13
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    Costume Design Award Winners Round Up: Oscar, BAFTA & CDG

    28 Feb ’12 /

    The votes have been counted, the prizes dished out...

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    Piper Perabo Discusses Looper Costume Design

    1 Oct ’12

    Reading Costume Design in No Country for Old Men

    5 Apr ’13

    Beauty and the Beast: Q&A with Jacqueline Durran

    12 Apr ’17