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Why is Miss Piggy Wearing a Vivienne Westwood Wedding Dress?
When Clothes on Film visited The Muppets Most Wanted set back in March of 2013, we were given a tour of the bustling ‘wardrobe’ (their words) department, as overseen by costume designer Rahel Afiley. You can read more about that HERE, but after chasing Ms. Afiley around the room while she was trying to work, we managed to get a bit more out of her about using designer fashion, i.e. Vivienne Westwood, in the film. As always we are pushing the same old costume/fashion debate, though in this instance hearing from a costume designer on the front line is rather enlightening. Focusing specifically on Miss Piggy, for she is the…
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Costume Round Up: Any Colour so long as it’s Black
In honour of the The Wolverine and his black on black Yakuza uniform, a round up of posts featuring memorable black costumes at Clothes on Film.
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Lindy Hemming Talks Designing 007: Fifty Years of Bond Style
Costume designer Lindy Hemming chats exclusively to Clothes on Film about her contribution to Designing 007: Fifty Years of Bond Style.
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Win! Five Copies of Movie Dressmaking Book Sew Iconic
We have five copies of Liz Gregory’s movie dressmaking book Sew Iconic to give away. That’s right, five.
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Crazy, Stupid, Love: Suits and 407s
Crazy, Stupid Love is every inch the ‘fashion film’, both in terms of narrative and costume designer Dayna Pink’s elegant menswear styling.
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Alexander McQueen: Found Dead in London
Fashion’s original bad boy Alexander McQueen has died aged just 40 years old.
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How to Steal a Million, or £60k for an Audrey Givenchy
Designer outfits belonging to Audrey Hepburn were sold in London yesterday. Her black cocktail dress by Givenchy for How to Steal a Million reaching £60,000.
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Review: Breakfast at Tiffany’s
An undeniably romantic tale of damaged goods finding love.
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Two For the Road: Audrey Hepburn’s outfits – Part 1
Names such as Paco Rabanne, Mary Quant, André Courrèges and Tuffin and Foale all contributed to Audrey Hepburn's wardrobe.
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