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  • Clothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films

    The Martian: The Perfect 10 Spacesuit

    6 Oct ’15 /

    For a big budget movie about a lone astronaut who gets stranded on Mars, the spacesuits in The Martian are surprisingly sober in terms of design. There is an attempt here to make everything seem as plausible as possible, costume design especially. Director Ridley Scott’s regular costumer Janty Yates has created possibly the sexiest spacesuits ever seen on screen, and what’s more they are functional. To paraphrase a line in the film, she had to “science the shit out of them”. Yates collaborated with NASA looking specifically at their Z1 and Z2 prototypes to create an EVA (‘Extravehicular Activity’ – any time the crew must go outside) suit and surface…

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    Review: The Dark Knight Rises

    21 Jul ’12

    Review: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1

    26 Nov ’10

    Alien Anthology: A Revolution in Sci-Fi Costume Design

    19 Oct ’10
  • Costume Stories and Links

    Costume Stories, This Week: Inside Llewyn Davis & Mockingjay

    1 Feb ’14 /

    This week you may have missed… Ingenious Costume Design Good list from Rebecca Clough at Den of Geek of ingenious movie costume design. And while we’re about it, congratulations to another of their regular writers, Ryan Lambie, for his FDA Richard Attenborough Blogger of the Year Award. Inside Llewyn Davis Kristin M. Burke has a chat with the Coen brothers’ regular costume designer Mary Zophres. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 Trish Summerville out, Kurt & Bart in for the third Hunger Games movie. Odd after Summerville being such a successful choice, but we get the feeling this is most intentional. Cash hungry producers have realised Katniss’ costume designers are…

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    Costume Stories, This Week: American Hustle and Versace

    12 Oct ’13

    Costume Stories: This Week, The Bling Ring and Anchorman

    8 Jun ’13

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

    12 Apr ’14
  • Costume Stories and Links

    Costume Stories, This Week: Frozen and Ane Crabtree

    11 Jan ’14 /

    Happy New Ye- oh we’ve done that already. Carry on. ‘How Hollywood is ruining a Billion Dollar Industry’ Amber Jane Butchart found this amazing article from 1938 and it is essential, and occasionally shocking, reading. Inside Llewyn Davis Video: Legendary costume designer Mary Zophres shares a few words about ‘uptown and downtown’ style. Ane Crabtree Contributor Kristin Koga talks to the costume designer about her career so far and their shared ethnicity. Cannot recommend this interview enough. Giorgio Armani GA chats to ES about his famous movie suits. Funnily enough he neglects to mention that Marilyn Vance-Straker had to re-tailor all his costumes for The Untouchables because they didn’t fit…

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    Costume Round Up: Villains

    6 Apr ’13

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

    22 Mar ’14

    Costume Stories: This Week, Much Ado and Superman

    15 Jun ’13
  • Costume Stories and Links

    Costume Stories, This Week: Inside Llewyn Davis & Cinderella

    4 Jan ’14 /

    Happy New Year everyone! Life Without Zoe, The Canyons Two well researched and well written posts by Superqueen. This site is always worth a scoot around. 12 Years a Slave Costume Designer Patricia Norris is 82 years young. Cancel your retirement. The Most Iconic Costumes of all Time Marilyn’s dress in The Seven Year Itch? No, frankly. Ellen Mirojnick The Costume Cafe podcast with a lady we adore here at Clothes on Film. Inside Llewyn Davis Frocktalk reviews the extraordinary ‘sweaterville’ work of Mary Zophres for the Coens’ latest. Michael Wilkinson For Guise magazine, Joe Kucharski chats to Michael Wilkinson about digital illustration in costume design. Big Screen Style Moments…

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    Costume Stories: This Week, Arrested Development & Star Wars

    25 May ’13

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

    12 Apr ’14

    Costume Stories, This Week: Thor: The Dark World and Reign

    26 Oct ’13
  • Clothes from 1990s,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Interviews,  Premium

    The Grifters: Be Careful What You Wear – Part 2

    20 Jun ’13 /

    Second and final part of our retrospective of The Grifters with insight from Mark Bridges.

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    Basic Instinct: Sharon Stone, Devil in a White Dress

    22 Feb ’11

    Dual Analysis: The Big Lebowski – Chris’ Thoughts

    1 Jun ’10

    Film Review: Misery

    8 Sep ’09
  • Costume Stories and Links

    Costume Stories: This Week, Much Ado and Superman

    15 Jun ’13 /

    Costume links of the week.

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    Costume Stories: This Week, Burton & Taylor and Scandal

    27 Jul ’13

    Costume Stories, This Week: Amy Adams & Sleepy Hollow

    25 Jan ’14

    Costume Stories, This Week: Piero Tosi and Veep

    23 Nov ’13
  • Clothes from 1990s,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Interviews,  Premium

    The Grifters: Be Careful What You Wear

    6 Jun ’13 /

    First in our two part retrospective of neo-noir classic The Grifters with exclusive insight from the film’s assistant costume designer Mark Bridges.

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    Tailoring The Wolf of Wall Street

    7 Feb ’14

    Deena Appel on the Costume Design of Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

    25 Sep ’18

    The Secret Sharer: Abbie Cornish & Andrea Riseborough in W.E.

    20 Mar ’12
  • Clothes from 1980s,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Premium

    Reading Costume Design in No Country for Old Men

    5 Apr ’13 /

    The colours and codes of the costume design in No Country for Old Men.

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    Scarface: Dress and Excess

    5 Sep ’11

    Body of Lies: Mark Strong in Huntsman

    4 Nov ’09

    The Fashionable Style of Kathleen Turner in Romancing the Stone

    1 Jan ’20
  • Clothes from 1930s,  Clothes from 1940s,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Premium

    Gangster Squad: Gangster Gloss

    28 Jan ’13 /

    The glossy costume world of gangster squad is faithful to history, but not a slave to it.

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    Costume Designer Ann Roth: “I Don’t Dress Movie Stars”

    29 Mar ’11

    Film Review: Chinatown

    19 Oct ’09

    Trailer for Amelia Touches Down: Radical Fashions 1920s-30s

    26 Jun ’09
  • Clothes from 1960s,  Clothes from 1990s,  Competitions,  Guys in Films

    Win an Official The Big Lebowski Pendleton Cardigan

    11 Oct ’11 /

    Win an official Cowichan style cardigan as worn by Jeff Bridges in The Big Lebowski.

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    Black Caesar: Blaxploitation Gangster

    1 Nov ’13

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

    30 Jun ’09

    Skyfall Teaser Trailer Hits: Provocative

    21 May ’12
  • News

    Movie Costumes on Display in Los Angeles

    19 Feb ’11 /

    For those of you lucky enough to live in LA, literally racks of costumes have just on display at The FIDM Museum.

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    Winter Fashion Trends: Possibly Coming to a Screen Near You

    11 Sep ’09

    Les Aventures Extraordinaires d’Adele Blanc-Sec: Full Trailer

    23 Mar ’10

    The Box Website Goes Live: Creepy Seventies

    10 Oct ’09
  • Clothes from 1837-1919,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  News

    True Grit: Exclusive Costume Featurette

    4 Feb ’11 /

    A snapshot look at the costume design work of Mary Zophres for True Grit. Well worth a watch.

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    First Official Image: Sherlock Holmes 2

    15 Jan ’11

    Dress like a Peaky Blinder

    13 Sep ’13

    Bright Star Trailer Online: 19th Century Costumes Afoot

    9 Oct ’09
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