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    British Costume Designers: A Migration of Talent

    14 Jan ’14 /

    From Chris Laverty’s regular column ‘Fabric of Cinema’ for Arts Illustrated magazine, here is an abridged version of the most recently published essay ‘A Migration of Talent’. The current issue of Arts Illustrated focuses on those that have moved across geographical boundaries to expand the scope of their work. It has long been the norm for costume designers from the UK to relocate, not necessarily permanently, to Hollywood. Their careers have been forged by the demands of the business they compete in. But what would have happened if, say, Sandy Powell (Shakespeare in Love), or Joanna Johnston (Who Framed Roger Rabbit) had never worked beyond these shores? How would their…

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    The Wes Anderson Collection: The Grand Budapest Hotel

    27 Mar ’15

    The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: Costume Q&A with Lucinda Wright

    3 Jun ’11

    Contemporary Costume: Where Have the Aloha Shirts Gone?

    20 Jun ’14
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    Top Costumes of the Year 2013

    28 Dec ’13 /

    What a busy twelve months it’s been for costume design. Really though, this art, or craft, or business (Deborah Nadoolman Landis insists it is definitely a business) gets more talked about each year. 2013 was especially exciting however as it seemed every month something even more thrilling arrived to fawn over. In the last few weeks alone we have had The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and Sleepy Hollow, and now American Hustle and The Wolf of Wall Street on the horizon. Dipping back further, it was Stoker that got us excited about subtext, The Great Gatsby that slammed the lid on that twenties revival once and for all, and Behind…

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    The Help: Exclusive Interview with Director Tate Taylor

    26 Oct ’11

    The Look of Love: Q&A with Costume Designer Stephanie Collie

    29 Aug ’13

    Film Review: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

    14 May ’10
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    Behind the Candelabra: Wearing Liberace On Stage and Off

    31 May ’13 /

    Costume designer Ellen Mirojnick brings Liberace back to life on stage and off.

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    Catherine Deneuve in Potiche: Still Belle

    10 Oct ’11

    Jane Fonda and the Costumes of Klute (1971)

    19 Aug ’19

    Black Caesar: Blaxploitation Gangster

    1 Nov ’13
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    Costume Designer Joanna Johnston Talks Lincoln & Jack

    8 Feb ’13 /

    Joanna Johnston chats about her work on Lincoln and what we can we can expect from her latest project Jack the Giant Slayer.

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    The Not so Colourblind Costumes of The Personal History of David Copperfield

    31 Jan ’20

    Dark Shadows Trailer: Campy, Period Blending Costume Fun

    16 Mar ’12

    Exclusive Costume Featurette for My Cousin Rachel

    31 May ’17
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    Review: Lincoln

    1 Feb ’13 /

    The biggest compliment that can be paid to Joanna Johnston’s costumes in Lincoln is that you will hardly notice them.

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    The Wolfman: Some Pics for the Weekend

    12 Dec ’09

    True Grit: Full Trailer Moseys Along

    5 Oct ’10

    Dual Analysis: The Young Victoria – Chris’ Thoughts

    28 Jul ’10
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    CDG Award Nominations Are In: Hmm…

    17 Jan ’13 /

    The Costume Designers Guild Award nominations right some wrongs and ignore quite a few others.

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    Hollywood Costume Exhibition Coming to V&A

    20 Jan ’12

    Grace Kelly Exhibition Opens at the V&A

    17 Apr ’10

    World War Z and the Art of Breaking Down

    27 Jun ’13
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    Oscar Nominations: At Least One Surprise

    10 Jan ’13 /

    Oscar announces their Costume Design nominees and at least make up for one BAFTA shortfall.

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    Review: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1

    26 Nov ’10

    Grace Slick Wears Woodstock

    28 Oct ’14

    First Trailer for Sherlock Holmes Online – No Deerstalker! No Mac Farlane!

    19 May ’09
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    BAFTA Nominations: Guess the Line-Up

    9 Jan ’13 /

    BAFTA Costume design nominations announced. Worthy, but no surprises.

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    Noomi Rapace in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

    8 Dec ’11

    Brian de Palma’s Passion: Costume as Contemporary Hitchcock

    16 Oct ’14

    Internal Affairs: A Black and White World

    6 Dec ’14
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    FilmCraft: Costume Design – A New Book by Deborah Nadoolman Landis

    25 Jun ’12 /

    Not the only book you should buy about costume design, but probably the best.

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    Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows: Costume Round Up: Part 2

    9 Jul ’12

    Review: The Runaways

    26 Jun ’10

    International Trailer for Brave = Delightful

    17 Nov ’11
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    War Horse: Interview with Costume Designer Joanna Johnston

    27 Apr ’12 /

    Clothes on Film had an exclusive conversation with costume designer Joanna Johnston about her work on War Horse.

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    Dark Shadows Trailer: Campy, Period Blending Costume Fun

    16 Mar ’12

    Costume Designer Joanna Johnston Talks Lincoln & Jack

    8 Feb ’13

    Review: Les Misérables

    20 Dec ’12
  • Clothes from 1837-1919,  Premium

    War Horse: Exclusive Interview with Kathleen Kennedy

    19 Jan ’12 /

    Kathleen Kennedy chats exclusively to Clothes on Film about her experiences and understanding of costume design.

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    Kind Hearts and Coronets: Decadent Dennis Price

    29 Sep ’10

    Review: Oz the Great and Powerful

    4 Mar ’13

    The Not so Colourblind Costumes of The Personal History of David Copperfield

    31 Jan ’20
  • Clothes from 1837-1919,  Film Reviews,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films

    Review: War Horse

    16 Jan ’12 /

    Costume designer Joanna Johnston has recreated WW1 with staunch accuracy.

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    Sharen Davis Costume Interview: Django Unchained

    1 Jan ’13

    The First Great Train Robbery: Sean Connery’s Victorian Coat

    5 May ’09

    The Wolfman: Some Pics for the Weekend

    12 Dec ’09
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