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    Costume Stories, This Week: The Oscars and House of Cards

    1 Mar ’14 /

    Costume’s big week. Every dress worn by Best Actress Academy Award Winners We featured this lovely infographic by Mediarun on our Facebook page. Roll on Sunday! Funny Face Good article on the classic film by Pamela Hutchinson, including a telling quote summing up just how little Audrey Hepburn really understood about costume design: “His (Givenchy) are the only clothes on which I am myself.” Bobi Garland Bobi Garland is Director of the Research Library and Costume Archive at Western Costume. You are about to find out why she is indispensible to the industry. Costume Designers Guild Awards Ladies and gentlemen, the winners. Toy Story An enthralling theory on the true…

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    Costume Stories: This Week, FIDM and Breaking Bad

    3 Aug ’13

    Costume Stories, This Week: RoboCop and The Walking Dead

    15 Feb ’14

    Costume Stories, This Week: Catching Fire and Downton Abbey

    9 Nov ’13
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    Costume Stories: This Week, FIDM and Breaking Bad

    3 Aug ’13 /

    Costume design reduced to stories and links.

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    Costume Stories, This Week: Her and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D

    21 Dec ’13

    Costume Stories, This Week: Dallas and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D

    8 Mar ’14

    Costume Stories, This Week: American Hustle and Versace

    12 Oct ’13
  • Girls in Films,  Girls on TV,  Guys in Films,  Guys on TV

    Costume Stories: This Week, Anna Nicole and House of Cards

    29 Jun ’13 /

    The week in costume design.

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    Full Alice in Wonderland Trailer Hits: Potty But Pretty

    16 Dec ’09

    Clothes on Film Visit the V&A Grace Kelly Exhibition

    12 May ’10

    The Rhythm Section Trailer: An Assassin’s Lookbook

    22 Jan ’20
  • Clothes from now,  Girls on TV,  Guys on TV,  Premium

    Costume Design in House of Cards: Colour is Power

    10 Jun ’13 /

    Costume colours in House of Cards are symbolic of vulnerability and power.

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    16 Oct ’14

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    17 Feb ’11

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    20 Aug ’10