Tag Archives: masculinity

Doris Day in Pillow Talk: Couture Allure

18 May ’12 Filed under Clothes from 1950s, Girls in Films, Guys in Films. 8 Comments.

Doris Day’s last hurrah for 1950s fashion wearing some of the most exquisite costumes ever seen on screen.

Reservoir Dogs: Gangster Silhouette

2 Apr ’12 Filed under Clothes from 1990s, Guys in Films, Interviews. 2 Comments.

Betsy Heimann chats exclusively about one of the most iconic costumes of the 1990s.

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Style & Identity in Do the Right Thing

17 Feb ’12 Filed under Clothes from 1980s, Girls in Films, Guys in Films. 2 Comments.

Ruth E. Carter’s work on Do the Right Thing is a masterclass in how costume can influence the look and feel of a film.

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Crazy, Stupid, Love: Suits and 407s

27 Jan ’12 Filed under Clothes from now, Girls in Films, Guys in Films. 1 Comment.

Crazy, Stupid Love is every inch the ‘fashion film’, both in terms of narrative and costume designer Dayna Pink’s elegant menswear styling.

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Noomi Rapace in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

8 Dec ’11 Filed under Clothes from 2000-10, Clothes from now, Girls in Films, Girls on TV, Guys in Films, Guys on TV. 2 Comments.

Playing computer hacker, Lisbeth Salander, Noomi Rapace embodies the character in such a way that picturing anyone else in the role is nearly impossible.

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Mildred Pierce: Uniform Appeal

1 Dec ’11 Filed under Clothes from 1930s, Girls on TV, Guys on TV. No comments.

The displaced sex appeal of uniforms in Mildred Pierce.

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La Dolce Vita: Masculinity and Tailoring

17 Nov ’11 Filed under Clothes from 1950s, Girls in Films, Guys in Films. 3 Comments.

Groundbreaking film La Dolce Vita offers a conflicting portrayal of masculinity.

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Catherine Deneuve in Potiche: Still Belle

10 Oct ’11 Filed under Clothes from 1970s, Girls in Films. No comments.

Potiche confirms that Catherine Deneuve will always be Belle de Jour, only now with added sense of humour.

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Monica Bellucci as Malèna: Beauty, Black and Heels

26 Aug ’11 Filed under Clothes from 1930s, Clothes from 1940s, Girls in Films. 2 Comments.

In Malèna, Monica Bellucci plays an impossible vision of beauty; a woman so striking she is immediately sexualised by all who lay eyes on her.

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Kate Winslet in Mildred Pierce: Sex and the Housedress

1 Jul ’11 Filed under Clothes from 1930s, Girls on TV. No comments.

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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Johnny Depp in Public Enemies: Costume as Plot

12 Apr ’11 Filed under Clothes from 1930s, Girls in Films, Guys in Films. 3 Comments.

Public Enemies demonstrates how costume can actually drive a story narrative.

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Basic Instinct: Sharon Stone, Devil in a White Dress

22 Feb ’11 Filed under Clothes from 1990s, Girls in Films, Guys in Films, Interviews. 1 Comment.

There more going on with this outfit than an absence of underwear.