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Boogie Nights Costume: Dirty Time

11 Nov ’11 Filed under Clothes from 1970s, Girls in Films, Guys in Films. 2 Comments.

Mark Bridges exclusively explains his costume choices for retro epic Boogie Nights.

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Catherine Deneuve in Potiche: Still Belle

10 Oct ’11 Filed under Clothes from 1970s, Girls in Films. No comments.

Potiche confirms that Catherine Deneuve will always be Belle de Jour, only now with added sense of humour.

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Review: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

5 Sep ’11 Filed under Clothes from 1970s, Film Reviews, Guys in Films, Guys on TV. 2 Comments.

A classy, very British affair.

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Michael Caine in Get Carter: Killer Suit

22 Jul ’11 Filed under Clothes from 1970s, Guys in Films. 5 Comments.

Michael Caine created Jack Carter, yet his immaculate blue mohair suit was more than a little responsible for creating the myth.

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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: Dressed Trailer

1 Jul ’11 Filed under Clothes from 1970s, Girls in Films, Guys in Films, News. No comments.

Looking so sexy that the finished film can be nothing but a huge disappointment, this teaser for Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy ticks all the right 70’s boxes.

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Review: Norwegian Wood

27 May ’11 Filed under Clothes from 1960s, Film Reviews, Girls in Films, Guys in Films. No comments.

Beautiful and affecting, even if it does collapse under the weight of its own earnestness at times.

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Barbra Streisand in The Way We Were: Forties Meets Seventies

16 May ’11 Filed under Clothes from 1940s, Clothes from 1970s, Girls in Films, Guys in Films. 7 Comments.

Throughout The Way We Were, Barbra Streisand wears a mix of period authenticity and contemporary fashion.

Meg Ryan in Proof of Life: Hopeless Hippie

11 Jan ’11 Filed under Clothes from 1960s, Clothes from now, Girls in Films. 4 Comments.

On Meg Ryan's character Alice, hippie seems like a passing trend rather than a lifestyle choice.

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Favourite Fashions From Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

4 Oct ’10 Filed under Clothes from 1960s, Clothes from 1970s, Girls in Films. 1 Comment.

Less a costume movie and more a fashion one, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls is typical of its naughty director Russ Meyer in all the best ways.

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Mr Nice starring Rhys Ifans: Lots of Nice Photos

14 Aug ’10 Filed under Clothes from 1970s, Clothes from 1980s, Guys in Films, News. 4 Comments.

Costume designer Carloine Harris has recreates the vibrant look of the 1970s.

Michael Caine in Pulp

22 Jun ’10 Filed under Clothes from 1970s, Guys in Films. 2 Comments.

Michael Caine is the epitome of badly folded cool.