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  • Clothes from 1837-1919,  Guys in Films

    The Lighthouse: All Hail a High Waist Trouser

    4 Feb ’20 /

    The higher the waist, the closer to god.

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    Review: The Woman in Black

    10 Feb ’12

    The First Great Train Robbery: Sean Connery’s Victorian Coat

    5 May ’09

    Recreating the Levi’s Spring Bottom Pants Advert from 1905

    4 Jun ’14
  • Clothes from 1930s,  Clothes from 1940s,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Premium

    Gangster Squad: Gangster Gloss

    28 Jan ’13 /

    The glossy costume world of gangster squad is faithful to history, but not a slave to it.

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    Puttin’ on the Glitz: An Upcoming Fashion and Film Event

    12 Mar ’14

    Bonnie and Clyde: Hats as Identity

    3 Nov ’11

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

    6 Jun ’18
  • Clothes from 1837-1919,  Guys in Films,  News

    The Woman in Black Trailer: Creepy Frock

    19 Aug ’11 /

    A trailer for The Woman in Black arrives bringing that spooky sense of dread that only Victorian costume can provide.

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    Review: Jane Eyre at Haddon Hall

    9 Sep ’11

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

    19 May ’09

    Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Costume Trailer Arrives

    14 Jul ’11
  • Clothes from 1930s,  Film Reviews,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films

    Review: Water for Elephants

    10 May ’11 /

    Old fashioned and sentimental, Water for Elephants still has much to offer with its very readable costume design.

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    Lawless: Interview with Costume Designer Margot Wilson

    27 Sep ’12

    Kate Winslet in Mildred Pierce: Sex and the Housedress

    1 Jul ’11

    Film Review: Chinatown

    19 Oct ’09
  • Clothes from 1990s,  Guys in Films,  Premium

    Kiss of Death: Nicolas Cage as Little Junior Brown

    8 Oct ’09 /

    Little Junior Brown represents the ugly face of nineties designer villainy.

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    Film Review: Misery

    8 Sep ’09

    T2 Trainspotting: Nostalgia Trip

    6 Feb ’17

    Deena Appel on the Costume Design of Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

    25 Sep ’18