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Ken Takakura Wearing Levi in The Yakuza (1974)

27 Apr ’1827 Apr ’18 Lord Christopher LavertyClothes from 1970s

The Levi jacket worn by Ken Takakura as Ken Tanaka in Japan set thriller The Yakuza (1974, costume design by Dorothy Jeakins) is not Japanese denim. It was not made in Japan but is nonetheless[…]

Free Fire: Interview with Costume Designer Emma Fryer

31 Mar ’1713 Jul ’18 Lord Christopher LavertyClothes from 1970s

MILD SPOILERS Director Ben Wheatley’s latest, Free Fire, is set in Boston, 1978, but was actually shot in Brighton in 2015. Being as the plot revolves around ten characters involved in a one hour plus[…]

Long and Lean: The Silhouette of High Rise

15 Apr ’1629 Apr ’16 Lord Christopher LavertyClothes from 1970s

Or when your costumes look like a building. Odile Dicks-Mireaux’s designs for High Rise (2016) are far more than that. But for a film set in such a heavily stylised world, especially one created by[…]

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 Stories: This Week, The Butler and Evil Dead

17 Aug ’1330 Apr ’18 Lord Christopher LavertyCostume Stories and Links

A few of the week’s costume titbits. The Butler Costume designer Ruth Carter explains her work on The Butler. Honest, with lots of detail – absolutely worth a read. …and Oprah’s ‘fashion evolution’ in the[…]