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  • Clothes from 1970s,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films

    The Passenger: Always at Odds

    2 Nov ’17 /

    Filmmaker Nic Fforde discusses how he come to realise the importance of costume design in his projects. Stories in films are all familiar to us in some way, no matter how remote the setting. The hell that unfolds aboard the Nostromo in Alien, LA’s icy criminal underworld in Heat or Rope’s Ivy League dinner party – a good story well told will whisk you away to its own self–contained world. All the tools of filmmaking are there to help create these worlds. What part does costume play in all this? My day job is to make films for advertising. We work on low budgets with small documentary crews. Whatever our…

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  • Clothes from 1920s,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Premium

    The Fortune: Costume Guide – Dressing Soft For Murder

    19 Jan ’10 /

    The Fortune is as pleasing to the eye as it is funny. Smart and loose casual elegance with a lot of silk and herringbone.

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  • Clothes from 1930s,  Film Reviews,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films

    Film Review: Chinatown

    19 Oct ’09 /

    A landmark blend of acting, directing, structure and design, Chinatown is the greatest detective movie ever made.

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