Mad Men | Clothes on Film

Costume Stories, This Week: Game of Thrones and Spider-Man 2

26 Apr ’14 Lord Christopher LavertyCostume Stories and Links

Two weeks of juicy costume links. Sandy Powell A costumer who needs no introduction. This Sunday at the J. Paul Getty Museum she discusses the use of period photographs in her process. Puttin’ on the[…]

Costume Stories, This Week: The Winter Soldier and Mad Men

12 Apr ’14 Lord Christopher LavertyCostume Stories and Links

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[…]

Costume Stories, This Week: Yves Saint Laurent and Mad Men

22 Mar ’1422 Mar ’14 Lord Christopher LavertyCostume Stories and Links

This week’s costume design news. Mad Men “She buys her clothes two sizes too small, more 50’s than 60’s.” – Janie Bryant knows her Joan. Yves Saint Laurent Costume designer Madeline Fontaine’s predictably difficult job[…]

Costume Stories, This Week: Dallas and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D

8 Mar ’148 Mar ’14 Lord Christopher LavertyCostume Stories and Links

So what’s been happening this week then? Blue Jasmine ‘In costuming the past we lose the present.’ Wonder Woman Michael Wilkinson has basically said nothing about Wonder Woman’s outfit, yet we’re still hanging on his[…]

Saving Mr. Banks: Costume Design Featurette

12 Dec ’1311 Jan ’14 Lord Christopher LavertyClothes from 1960s

A slight but worth watching video about the costume and production design for frothy Walt Disney biography Saving Mr. Banks. If you have not seen the film it won’t spoil anything, and will probably get[…]

Costume Stories, This Week: Edith Head and Ender’s Game

2 Nov ’1311 Jan ’14 Lord Christopher LavertyCostume Stories and Links

Costume news you may have missed. Edith Head Google’s delightful doodle to celebrate the birth of Edith Head on 28th October 1897, showcasing illustrations of her work from A Place in the Sun, White Christmas,[…]