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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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    Bombshell: Below the Belt

    17 Jan ’20

    Illuminate More Than Hide: Costume Design in A Separation

    1 Jun ’12

    Coming to America: Prints & Turbans in Contemporary Fashion

    17 Feb ’11
  • Clothes from 1837-1919,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Interviews,  Premium

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

    9 Jul ’12 /

    Second and final part of Clothes on Film’s sartorial run-through of Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, with exclusive input from costume designer Jenny Beavan.

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    Review: Jane Eyre at Haddon Hall

    9 Sep ’11

    Review: Lincoln

    1 Feb ’13

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

    3 Jun ’11
  • Clothes from 1837-1919,  Clothes from now,  Girls in Films,  News

    Anna Karenina Coming to Banana Republic: Costume Fashion?

    30 Jun ’12 /

    Banana Republic have teamed up with Anna Karenina costume designer Jacqueline Durran to create an exclusive collection inspired by the upcoming movie.

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    Dark Shadows Trailer: Campy, Period Blending Costume Fun

    16 Mar ’12

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

    9 Jul ’12

    Dress like a Peaky Blinder

    13 Sep ’13
  • Clothes from 1837-1919,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Interviews,  Premium

    Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows: Costume Round Up: Part 1

    22 Jun ’12 /

    First of Clothes on Film’s two part sartorial run-through of Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, with exclusive input from costume designer Jenny Beavan.

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    First Official Image: Sherlock Holmes 2

    15 Jan ’11

    Peaky Blinders: Q&A with Costume Designer Stephanie Collie

    15 Oct ’13

    Costume Designer Anaïs Romand Discusses House of Tolerance

    7 Sep ’12
  • Clothes from 1837-1919,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Interviews,  News

    Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Costume Trailer Arrives

    14 Jul ’11 /

    First look at Jenny Beavan’s late Victorian-with-a-twist costumes in action.

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    True Grit: Exclusive Costume Featurette

    4 Feb ’11

    The Wolfman: Some Pics for the Weekend

    12 Dec ’09

    War Horse: Interview with Costume Designer Joanna Johnston

    27 Apr ’12
  • Clothes from 1837-1919,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Interviews,  Premium

    Sherlock Holmes 2: Q&A With Costume Designer Jenny Beavan

    4 May ’11 /

    Sherlock Holmes 2 costume designer Jenny Beavan chats exclusively to Clothes on Film about what to expect in the finished film.

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    Sherlock Holmes Costume Guide Part 2: Tweed Suits and Ulsters

    20 May ’10

    Lucinda Wright on Costume in The Suspicions of Mr Whicher

    2 Jul ’13

    Recreating the Levi’s Spring Bottom Pants Advert from 1905

    4 Jun ’14
  • Clothes from 1837-1919,  Guys in Films,  News

    First Official Image: Sherlock Holmes 2

    15 Jan ’11 /

    Sherlock Holmes 2 rounds out a week of costume reveals with this first official image.

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    The Lone Ranger: Never take off the Mask

    30 Jul ’13

    The Lighthouse: All Hail a High Waist Trouser

    4 Feb ’20

    Kind Hearts and Coronets: Decadent Dennis Price

    29 Sep ’10
  • Clothes from 1837-1919,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Premium

    Sherlock Holmes Costume Guide Part 2: Tweed Suits and Ulsters

    20 May ’10 /

    Final part of our analysis of Sherlock Holmes complete with insight from costume designer Jenny Beavan.

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    Status and Signifiers: Costume in There Will Be Blood

    1 Apr ’14

    Review: Oz the Great and Powerful

    4 Mar ’13

    Sherlock Holmes 2: Q&A With Costume Designer Jenny Beavan

    4 May ’11
  • Clothes from 1837-1919,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Premium

    Sherlock Holmes Costume Guide Part 1: Frock Coats & Bustles

    17 May ’10 /

    With insight from costume designer Jenny Beavan, we commence our sartorial analysis of Sherlock Holmes.

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

    31 Jan ’20

    Anna Karenina: Jacqueline Durran Talks Jewellery & Costume

    11 Jan ’13

    Costume Designer Anaïs Romand Discusses House of Tolerance

    7 Sep ’12
  • Film Reviews

    Review: Sleuth

    26 Jun ’09 /

    Idly plotted and then tempered by a blunt ending. All of a sudden the viewer is left pondering ‘eh?’ as Pinter apparently run out of room on his pad.

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    Review: Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol

    16 Dec ’11

    Review: Tron Legacy

    5 Dec ’10

    Review: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

    19 May ’11
  • Clothes from 1837-1919,  News

    Sherlock Holmes: Downey Jr. & Law New Poster Clothes

    20 Jun ’09 /

    The costume style adopted by the movie - which is proving unusual to say the least.

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    The Alienist: Costume Featurette Provides Glimpse into Gilded Style

    26 Apr ’18

    Kind Hearts and Coronets: Decadent Dennis Price

    29 Sep ’10

    Sharen Davis Costume Interview: Django Unchained

    1 Jan ’13
  • Clothes from 1837-1919,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  News

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

    19 May ’09 /

    Guy Ritchie is steering his Holmes away from the traditional, stuffier image of Basil Rathbone or Jeremy Brett.

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    Recreating the Levi’s Spring Bottom Pants Advert from 1905

    4 Jun ’14

    Sherlock Holmes: Downey Jr. & Law New Poster Clothes

    20 Jun ’09

    The Wolfman: Some Pics for the Weekend

    12 Dec ’09