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    Costume Stories, This Week: The Winter Soldier and Mad Men

    12 Apr ’14 /

    That’ll do, costume. That’ll do. Captain America: The Winter Soldier Hello Tailor is stealing away your life with her rundowns of this mildly popular comic book movie. Not all are costume based, though all are worth reading. Here is PART 1. PART 2 PART 3 PART 4! Keeping it Cap America, Tyranny of Style has an interview with the film’s costume designer – and original Hunger Games changer – Judianna Makovsky HERE. Mad Men Janie Bryant launches ‘Janie Bryant Couture’. So basically that’s techy tights designed by one of the world’s best known costume designers. Game of Thrones The desi influence. A bit of a stretch, but still an intriguing…

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    Costume Stories, This Week: True Detective and The Flash

    15 Mar ’14

    Costume Stories: This Week, FIDM and Breaking Bad

    3 Aug ’13

    Costume Stories, This Week: Wolf of Wall Street & Bruce Lee

    14 Dec ’13
  • Clothes from 1980s,  Guys in Films,  Premium

    The Bloody Sartorialist: Christian Bale in American Psycho

    16 Jan ’14 /

    American Psycho (2000, costume designer Isis Mussenden) is a late 1980s set film that highlights the importance placed on external appearance and the disparity that can lie between this and the true nature of a person. The ‘Psycho’ of the title, Patrick Bateman (played by Christian Bale) is outwardly flawless. He has an extreme and involved personal beauty regime, consisting of special shampoos, body washes, face masks and scrubs, complemented by a strict diet and exercise plan that he completes daily and without fail. He believes in looking after himself – or at least his external self. Beneath this perfectly glossy exterior is emptiness – a lack of humanity, of…

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    Smooth Talk: “Tomorrow Night I’ll Wear the Halter”

    23 Nov ’13

    American Gigolo: Armani Gere

    5 May ’12

    Cinema Paradiso: Invisible Costume

    9 Feb ’15
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    Costume Stories, This Week: Catching Fire and Downton Abbey

    9 Nov ’13 /

    Oi! Costume! The Fifth Element Jean Paul Gaultier’s original costume for when Prince was cast as outrageous Ruby Rhod. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire A few more words with Trish Summerville about one of the most anticipated costume films of the year. Downton Abbey Caroline McCall discusses challenges of working on the show. Noticed all the purples and blacks worn by Lady Mary this season? That’s because she is still in mourning. Catching Fire Jennifer Lawrence wanted to wear “everything” apparently. Understandable from what we’ve seen of the costumes so far. Video: Ms Summerville explaining even more about those Katniss and co costumes. Exciting, exciting… Costume Cafe Podcast Lauren Delany…

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    Costume Stories, This Week: Inside Llewyn Davis & Cinderella

    4 Jan ’14

    Costume Stories: This Week, The Bling Ring and Anchorman

    8 Jun ’13

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

    8 Mar ’14
  • Clothes from 1990s,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Interviews,  Premium

    The Grifters: Be Careful What You Wear – Part 2

    20 Jun ’13 /

    Second and final part of our retrospective of The Grifters with insight from Mark Bridges.

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    Film Review: Misery

    8 Sep ’09

    The Wolf of Wall Street Trailer: Expensive Bad Taste

    17 Jun ’13

    Win an Official The Big Lebowski Pendleton Cardigan

    11 Oct ’11
  • Clothes from 1990s,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Interviews,  Premium

    The Grifters: Be Careful What You Wear

    6 Jun ’13 /

    First in our two part retrospective of neo-noir classic The Grifters with exclusive insight from the film’s assistant costume designer Mark Bridges.

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    Kiss of Death: Nicolas Cage as Little Junior Brown

    8 Oct ’09

    Internal Affairs: A Black and White World

    6 Dec ’14

    Win an Official The Big Lebowski Pendleton Cardigan

    11 Oct ’11
  • Clothes from 1920s,  Clothes from now,  Girls in Films,  News,  Premium

    Martin/Prada Great Gatsby Collaboration: Fashion as Costume?

    22 Jan ’13 /

    The press love Prada’s involvement with The Great Gatsby, but exactly how much does this help the film’s costume design?

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    Clothes on Film talks Boardwalk Empire Costumes on HBO

    12 Sep ’11

    Lawless: Interview with Costume Designer Margot Wilson

    27 Sep ’12

    Review: Hugo – With Exclusive Insight From Sandy Powell

    23 Dec ’11
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    Coming to America: Prints & Turbans in Contemporary Fashion

    17 Feb ’11 /

    Two trends in women’s fashion for 2011 are prints and turbans, empathised in the film Coming to America.

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    Alien Anthology: A Revolution in Sci-Fi Costume Design – PT2

    26 Oct ’10

    Scarface: Dress and Excess

    5 Sep ’11

    Film Review: Risky Business

    16 Jul ’09
  • Clothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Interviews,  Premium

    Tron Legacy: Merchandising the MCP

    17 Dec ’10 /

    The proposed ethos behind Tron Legacy merchandising is more than just product; it’s a lifestyle choice.

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    Combat and the Croupier: The Costume World of Pacific Rim

    19 Jul ’13

    Tron: Culture and Legacy

    12 Oct ’10

    Star Wars Corsets: Force Needed to Get into Them

    8 Jun ’10
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    Alien Anthology: A Revolution in Sci-Fi Costume Design – PT2

    26 Oct ’10 /

    Part 2 of our examination into how the Alien films have used costume design to contextualise primal terror.

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    13 Going On 30: Colourful Jennifer Garner

    27 Aug ’10

    The Costuming of Joaquin Phoenix in Joker

    14 Oct ’19

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

    16 Nov ’12
  • Clothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi,  News

    Harold Ramis Talks Ghostbusters 3: Return of the Jumpsuit

    10 Jul ’09 /

    Harold Ramis chats candidly about Ghostbusters 3. This provides perfect opportunity for a look at the guys' iconic work uniform - the jumpsuit.

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    Iron Man 2 Fan Costume: Fan-tastic

    21 Jul ’10

    Review: Avengers Assemble

    20 Apr ’12

    First Official Pic: Anne Hathaway as Catwoman

    5 Aug ’11