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

    Why is Miss Piggy Wearing a Vivienne Westwood Wedding Dress?

    11 Feb ’14 /

    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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    Journeying Into the Costumes of Into the Woods

    9 Mar ’15

    Seventh Son Trailer: Filthy Fantasy

    12 Jul ’13

    Doctor Who: Interview With Costume Designer Ray Holman

    9 Apr ’10
  • Costume Stories and Links

    Costume Round Up: Any Colour so long as it’s Black

    30 Mar ’13 /

    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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    Costume Stories: This Week, Clueless and The Newsroom

    22 Jul ’13

    Costume Stories: This Week, The Bling Ring and Anchorman

    8 Jun ’13

    Costume Round Up: Suited for Space

    16 Mar ’13
  • Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Interviews,  News

    Lindy Hemming Talks Designing 007: Fifty Years of Bond Style

    15 Jun ’12 /

    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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    Of Money and Sex: Fitzgerald, Luhrmann, and Clothing in The Great Gatsby

    19 Apr ’13

    Prince of Persia: Firsthand Look at the Costumes

    11 Jun ’10

    Costume Clues Reveal All in The Cabin in the Woods

    14 Dec ’12
  • Girls in Films,  News

    Win! Five Copies of Movie Dressmaking Book Sew Iconic

    1 May ’12 /

    We have five copies of Liz Gregory’s movie dressmaking book Sew Iconic to give away. That’s right, five.

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

    20 Jun ’11

    Noomi Rapace in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

    8 Dec ’11

    Realism through Identity: Clothing in The Last of Us

    30 Nov ’13
  • Clothes from now,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Premium

    Crazy, Stupid, Love: Suits and 407s

    27 Jan ’12 /

    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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    Bombshell: Below the Belt

    17 Jan ’20

    Inception: Jeffrey Kurland Costume Q&A

    31 Jul ’10

    Hanna: Interview with Costume Designer Lucie Bates

    29 Aug ’11
  • News

    Alexander McQueen: Found Dead in London

    11 Feb ’10 /

    Fashion’s original bad boy Alexander McQueen has died aged just 40 years old.

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    Iron Man 2: Some Late in the Day Images

    22 Apr ’10

    First Trailer for Sherlock Holmes Online – No Deerstalker! No Mac Farlane!

    19 May ’09

    Video: Designing James Bond’s Suits: Connery to Craig

    2 Jul ’12
  • Clothes from 1950s,  Clothes from 1960s,  Girls in Films,  News

    How to Steal a Million, or £60k for an Audrey Givenchy

    9 Dec ’09 /

    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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    Rear Window: Grace Kelly’s Paris Dress

    5 May ’09

    Anna Karenina: Jacqueline Durran Talks Jewellery & Costume

    11 Jan ’13

    La Dolce Vita: Masculinity and Tailoring

    17 Nov ’11
  • Clothes from 1960s,  Film Reviews,  Girls in Films

    Review: Breakfast at Tiffany’s

    8 Dec ’09 /

    An undeniably romantic tale of damaged goods finding love.

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    Skyfall Teaser Trailer Hits: Provocative

    21 May ’12

    Mad Men: January Jones in a Pucci Style Maxi Dress (S3)

    30 Nov ’10

    The Look of Love: Dressing the No-Body Body

    14 Aug ’13
  • Clothes from 1960s,  Girls in Films,  Premium

    Two For the Road: Audrey Hepburn’s outfits – Part 1

    8 Jun ’09 /

    Names such as Paco Rabanne, Mary Quant, André Courrèges and Tuffin and Foale all contributed to Audrey Hepburn's wardrobe.

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    The Big Lebowski: Jeff Bridges in a Pendleton Cardigan

    31 Aug ’10

    Quadrophenia: Cream & Brown Print Shift Dress

    22 Jul ’09

    Costuming Hitchcock: An Extract from Hitchcock’s Heroines by Caroline Young

    6 Jun ’18