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  • Clothes from now,  Girls in Films,  News

    The Rhythm Section Trailer: An Assassin’s Lookbook

    22 Jan ’20 /

    The final trailer for The Rhythm Section features more costume changes than a Lady Gaga concert.

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    Black Swan: Amy Westcott Interview

    28 Jan ’11

    Bombshell: Below the Belt

    17 Jan ’20

    Powerful Costume in We Need to Talk About Kevin

    27 Feb ’12
  • Guys in Films

    Rolex in the Movies: The Action Timepiece

    10 Jun ’16 /

    It’s the most celebrated, the most special, the most significant watch of all time; Rolex is symbolic of many things in the movies: style, wealth, attitude, and perhaps most importantly, taste. That is not to say a Rolex is elitist, but rather that the wearer on screen, anyone from James Bond to Steve McQueen, is someone possessed of the knowledge that there is no better. Rolex is the pinnacle. The history of Rolex on film is not nearly as interesting as the scope of its wearers and how this simple act of either subtle or ostentatious display can define character. Take James Bond, a man whose breeding was forced upon…

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    Beauty and the Beast: Q&A with Jacqueline Durran

    12 Apr ’17

    Seventh Son Trailer: Filthy Fantasy

    12 Jul ’13

    Robert Cummings in Saboteur: Costume Judgement

    4 Jan ’11
  • Costume Stories and Links

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

    8 Mar ’14 /

    So what’s been happening this week then? Blue Jasmine ‘In costuming the past we lose the present.’ Wonder Woman Michael Wilkinson has basically said nothing about Wonder Woman’s outfit, yet we’re still hanging on his every word. Mad Men Jessica Paré chats about the show’s costumes and her own ‘French with a rock edge’ style. Dallas Costume designer Rachel Sage talks about her work on the TNT reboot. The Oscars Catherine Martin wins and wins BIG. Kudos. Red carpet fashion Tyranny of Style casts his educated gaze over the winners and losers. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D More Tyranny of Style, this time revisiting Ann Foley’s stylish contribution to Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D…

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    Costume Stories: This Week, Look of Love and Man of Steel

    22 Jun ’13

    Costume Stories, This Week: Inside Llewyn Davis & Cinderella

    4 Jan ’14

    Costume Stories: This Week, Boardwalk Empire & Rush

    21 Sep ’13
  • Clothes from 1970s,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films

    American Hustle: Beneath the Glamour

    13 Jan ’14 /

    MILD SPOILERS Costume designer Michael Wilkinson’s main accomplishment with American Hustle has largely been overlooked in favour of praising him as some kind of vintage stylist with an eye for provocative gowns and desirable heels. The truth is he has carefully brought to life a world, not of parties and glamour, but cheap sex and dirty desperation. The costumes in American Hustle do tell a story, particularly through their ever darkening colour palette, yet Wilkinson’s deftest skill is reflecting an era when fashion was as confused as the politics surrounding it. American Hustle is an unapologetic tale of low down dirty double-crossers whose clothes, like them, were a lie. A…

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    Win a Limited Edition Scarface Blu-Ray + Scarf & Money Clip

    1 Sep ’11

    Favourite Fashions From Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

    4 Oct ’10

    The Parallax View: Warren Beatty Rebels in Denim

    2 Nov ’10
  • Clothes from 1960s,  Clothes from now,  Guys in Films

    Deo Veritas: Creating the James Bond Cocktail Cuff Shirt

    25 Oct ’13 /

    This is a personal post about designing my custom made James Bond shirt. It is not an advertorial and wasn’t paid for. All photographs are of the final finished shirt(s) and taken by David Wade of Vogue Shot photography. There are now ample custom shirt makers online, but as a pre-existing customer of Deo Veritas what made this company stand out for me was a steadfast, almost stubborn desire to get everything ‘just so’. Seemingly no query or request is too much trouble. Bearing this in mind I tasked Deo Veritas with recreating a shirt I have always sought yet been unable to find off the peg or in my…

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    The Suits of Lee Marvin in Point Blank (1967)

    2 Sep ’19

    The Birds: Tippi Hedren in the Green Suit

    7 Aug ’13

    Blaxploitation Dress Codes in 1970s Cinema

    20 Sep ’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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    Seventh Son Trailer: Filthy Fantasy

    12 Jul ’13

    Dressing the Stars: British Costume Design Exhibition

    13 May ’11

    The Conjuring 2: Costume Q&A with Kristin Burke

    19 Jul ’16
  • Costume Stories and Links,  Premium

    Costume Round Up: Get Your Coat

    23 Mar ’13 /

    Thanks at least in part to the wintry weather, this week’s costume round up is coats on film.

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    Costume Stories, This Week: Oscar and Hart of Dixie

    18 Jan ’14

    Costume Stories: This Week, Catching Fire and Mad Men

    1 Jun ’13

    Costume Stories, This Week: GTA V and Halloween

    19 Oct ’13
  • Clothes from 1970s,  Clothes from 1980s,  Guys in Films,  Interviews,  Premium

    Argo Buy a Sports Jacket: The Thinking Man’s Hero Attire

    16 Nov ’12 /

    Ben Affleck’s pseudo-cowboy costume in Argo harks back to the golden age of the sports jacket.

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    Film Review: Freebie and the Bean

    25 Jul ’09

    Scarface: Dress and Excess

    5 Sep ’11

    Live and Let Die: Jane Seymour’s Maxi Dresses

    1 Sep ’09
  • Clothes from 1960s,  Guys in Films,  Premium

    George Lazenby in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

    12 Oct ’12 /

    George Lazenby’s fashionable Bond is sartorially similar to Daniel Craig in Skyfall.

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    Shifting Trends: Claire Foy in First Man

    25 Oct ’18

    Beautiful Oppression: Tilda Swinton in I am Love

    5 Jun ’15

    Sandra Dee in If A Man Answers: A Salmon Run Up Beacon Hill

    9 Nov ’12
  • Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  News

    All About Bond: A Book of 007 Photographs By Terry O’Neill

    8 Oct ’12 /

    A new compilation of sartorially revealing James Bond photographs by Terry O’Neill.

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    Deena Appel on Creating the Costume World of The Spy Who Shagged Me

    2 Oct ’18

    Costume Design in Stoker: Control Yourself

    2 Mar ’13

    The Three Musketeers Trailer: French Dressing

    1 Apr ’11
  • Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  News

    Designing 007 Exhibition: Costumes Galore

    16 Jul ’12 /

    A look at the costumes you can expect to see and enjoy at Designing 007: Fifty Years of Bond Style.

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    Anne Hathaway’s Catwoman Costume: Full Paparazzi Reveal

    26 Sep ’11

    Inception: Jeffrey Kurland – Follow Up Costume Q&A

    20 Aug ’10

    The Look of Love: Dressing the No-Body Body

    14 Aug ’13
  • Guys in Films,  Interviews,  News

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

    2 Jul ’12 /

    A new web documentary analysing the look of James Bond.

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    82nd Oscar Results: Sandy Powell Shoots and Scores

    8 Mar ’10

    First Look: Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man

    13 Jan ’11

    Realism through Identity: Clothing in The Last of Us

    30 Nov ’13
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