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Sons of Anarchy: Identity and the Outlaw: Women of SAMCRO

19 Sep ’1415 Oct ’14 Lord Christopher LavertyGirls on TV

Part two of our essay looking at sartorial identity in Sons of Anarchy, featuring exclusive insight from series costume designer Kelli Jones. Catch up with part 1 HERE. The women of SAMCRO include porn stars[…]

Sons of Anarchy: Costume Identity and the Outlaw

15 Sep ’1415 Oct ’14 Lord Christopher LavertyClothes from now

Sons of Anarchy portrays the fictionalised world of an outlaw motorcycle club; although the plots are dramatic in the extreme, many of the details are firmly based in realism, including the costuming. Series creator Kurt[…]

Recreating the Levi’s Spring Bottom Pants Advert from 1905

4 Jun ’146 Jun ’14 Lord Christopher LavertyClothes from 1837-1919

Levi’s® Spring Bottom pants are a most fascinating garment. Introduced in 1889 they are essentially jean trousers intended for Victorian (and later Edwardian) gentlemen. This is the first time Levi’s had focused their products on[…]

Costume Encounter: Sheridan Smith as Sally Thorn in The 7.39

10 Jan ’1411 Jan ’14 Lord Christopher LavertyClothes from now

Two-part BBC drama The 7.39 could have been your average ‘man meets woman and has an affair’ tale. However, the overall verdict has been one of admiration at not only the amazing acting from its[…]

Realism through Identity: Clothing in The Last of Us

30 Nov ’1311 Jan ’14 Lord Christopher LavertyClothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi

If you have played The Last of Us on Playstation 3 it has likely ruined video gaming for you. The world created is so vivid and believable that every game afterward just feels dated and[…]

Working Girl: The Culture of Power Dressing

27 Sep ’1311 Jan ’14 Lord Christopher LavertyClothes from 1980s

Costume designer Ann Roth’s template for Working Girl (1988, directed by Mike Nichols) is especially astute with regards to the social and geographical make up of its characters. Protagonist Tess McGill (Melanie Griffith) is a[…]