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    Short Film Costume: Ashes, Inside the Captive Mind

    24 Jul ’13 /

    Costume design and meaning in short film.

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    Captain America: The First Trailer

    24 Mar ’11

    Review: Rise of the Planet of the Apes

    15 Aug ’11

    Review: Black Swan

    21 Jan ’11
  • Clothes from 1837-1919,  Film Reviews,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films

    Review: The Woman in Black

    10 Feb ’12 /

    Proving that frock coats and heavy lace dresses really are terrifying.

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    Penny Dreadful: Dressing the Monsters of Victorian London

    20 May ’14

    Lucinda Wright on Costume in The Suspicions of Mr Whicher

    2 Jul ’13

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

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

    Louise Bourgoin as Adèle Blanc-Sec: Feathers in Her Hat

    12 Aug ’11 /

    Adèle Blanc-Sec’s world is akin to a fantasy Belle Époque; 1910s attire dotted among reanimated corpses and a dinosaur.

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    True Grit: Full Trailer Moseys Along

    5 Oct ’10

    Django Unchained: Tarantino’s First Costume Oscar?

    23 Oct ’12

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

    22 Jun ’12
  • Clothes from 1930s,  Girls on TV,  Premium

    Kate Winslet in Mildred Pierce: Sex and the Housedress

    1 Jul ’11 /

    A prevalent theme in the first episode of Mildred Pierce starring is how domestic costume can be read as a signal for sexual availability.

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    Swing Time: Ginger Rogers’ Day Dress

    26 May ’09

    New Public Enemies Posters Released

    14 May ’09

    Murder on the Orient Express: Interview with Costume Designer Alexandra Byrne

    2 Nov ’17
  • Clothes from 1960s,  Girls in Films,  Premium

    Diana Rigg in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service: To Die For

    24 Jun ’11 /

    As TracyDi Vicenzo in OHMSS, Diana Rigg wore a daring 1960s wedding ensemble.

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    Two For the Road: Audrey Hepburn’s outfits – Part 2

    30 Jun ’09

    Sean Connery in Dr. No: The Template For 007

    10 Dec ’10

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

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

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

    3 Jun ’11 /

    Lucinda Wright talks to Clothes on Film about her contribution to The Suspicions of Mr Whicher starring Paddy Considine.

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    Kind Hearts and Coronets: Decadent Dennis Price

    29 Sep ’10

    Recreating the Levi’s Spring Bottom Pants Advert from 1905

    4 Jun ’14

    The Young Victoria: Chris and Maggie Chat About the Film

    26 Jul ’10
  • Clothes from 1920s,  Clothes from 1930s,  Girls in Films,  Premium

    Changeling: Angelina Jolie’s Fur Trimmed Coat

    5 May ’10 /

    Angelina Jolie suits the unstructured dresses and cloche hats in Changeling perfectly.

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    Of Money and Sex: Fitzgerald, Luhrmann, and Clothing in The Great Gatsby

    19 Apr ’13

    Status and Signifiers: Costume in There Will Be Blood

    1 Apr ’14

    Boardwalk Empire Costume Q&A: John Dunn & Lisa Padovani

    21 Sep ’11