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Infinity War Costume Design: The Unfamiliar Familiar
SPOILERS For anyone with an eye to costume, The Avengers: Infinity War (2018) seemingly takes few evolutionary leaps. This makes perfect sense when we consider the timeline following particularly significant events of Captain America: Civil War (2016) and Black Panther (2017). Infinity War costume designer Judianna Makovsky (previously on board for The Winter Soldier, 2014; Civil War and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2, 2016) has crafted a combination of instantly familiar looks for a jam-packed canon of characters where nobody wants to be missed, but nobody should stick out above anyone else either. It’s a real balancing act, which is something we are should sure Thanos himself would appreciate. Judianna…
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Costume Stories, This Week: The Winter Soldier and Mad Men
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: Sandy Powell and Bad Grandpa
What have you missed costume wise this week? Well…. Sandy Powell In conversation with Kinvara Balfour at the Regent Street Apple Store, 18th November. Scandal Lyn Paolo has no intention of becoming a fashion designer. Sleepy Hollow We’re a bit behind with this now but looking forward to a marathon catch up. Here series costume designer Kristin M. Burke answers fan questions posed on Twitter. Bad Grandpa Kristin Burke chats to costume designer Lindsey Kear about working without a script. The Great Gatsby Catherine Martin was initially worried the film would look like “a flapper themed 21st birthday party”. Thor: The Dark World Spoilers abound, but if you’ve seen the…
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The Catwalk of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
When you are costuming the biggest franchise release of the year and creating a capsule range to run alongside it for a major online retailer, it is clear a normal approach to the task is not going to work. Ex-stylist and one time assistant for Michael Kaplan, Trish Summerville, one of the fastest rising names in the industry, has purposely sought out what many costume designers shy away from: co-collaborations with new and established fashion designers and, in several cases, pulling clothes directly from the runway. Summerville is smart and savvy with a feel for contemporary trends, though by not designing and making key items for The Hunger Games: Catching…
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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Teaser Trailer Hits
The very first trailer for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and it’s more uniform than glamour.
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Costume Round Up: Flights of Fantasy
To celebrate the release of Oz the Great and Powerful, here is a round up of the best fantasy costume posts at Clothes on Film.
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All the Catching Fire Fashion Portraits in One Place
A fun glimpse at the bizarre fashions to expect in Catching Fire thanks to costume designer Trish Summerville.
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CDG Award Nominations Are In: Hmm…
The Costume Designers Guild Award nominations right some wrongs and ignore quite a few others.
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BAFTA Nominations: Guess the Line-Up
BAFTA Costume design nominations announced. Worthy, but no surprises.
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FilmCraft: Costume Design – A New Book by Deborah Nadoolman Landis
Not the only book you should buy about costume design, but probably the best.
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Review: The Hunger Games
Judianna Makovsky’s costume design provides an intentional method of understanding The Hunger Games’ politics.
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National Treasure 2: Diane Kruger’s Costume Quest
Judianna Makovsky demonstrates that contemporary fashion with a plot is far more fun than a flick through Vogue.
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