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    The Little Drummer Girl: A Colourful Pretence

    14 Dec ’18 /

    SPOILERS THROUGHOUT Having recently finished a six week, six episode run on the BBC, John le Carré adapted spy drama The Little Drummer Girl was divisive in terms of audience reaction. Some found the plot impossible to follow, others revelled in the cloak and dagger shenanigans of twenty-something Charmain ‘Charlie’ Ross (Florence Pugh), a low level actress drawn into a high stakes mission of infiltrating a Palestinian revolutionary group in 1979. The show’s costume design by Sheena Napier and Stephen Noble inspired equal division. While most enjoyed the eye-popping period ensembles and how they exemplified character, just as many were left confounded by their conspicuous presence. One thing that cannot…

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

    Michael Wilkinson Discusses Costume Design in Man of Steel

    21 Jun ’13 /

    Man of Steel costume designer reveals fascinating insight about the film.

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

    Man of Steel? Underwear of Steel More Like

    17 Jun ’13 /

    Superman’s new costume is underwear with a cape.

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  • Clothes from 1920s,  Girls on TV,  Premium

    Boardwalk Empire: Women of the Empire

    9 Feb ’11 /

    Margaret Schroeder is introduced as a world away from the ‘flapper’ set that would come to define the twenties.

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  • Clothes from 1970s,  Film Reviews,  Girls in Films

    Review: The Runaways

    26 Jun ’10 /

    Despite its routine ending, The Runaways is a music biopic to be reckoned with.

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