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    Costume Stories, This Week: Ray Donovan and Batman (1989)

    5 Jul ’14 /

    Two weeks of catch up for you. Phillip Boutte Jr. This is something special. Tyranny of Style interview costume illustrator Phillip Boutte Jr. featuring some of his fabulous digital renderings from X-Men: Days of Future Past. Wonder Woman Apparently ‘exclusive’ costume details for the Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice movie, which is due April 2016. Wonder Woman will look ‘badass’. The Best Movie Sunglasses of ALL TIME So says Vogue. Penny Dreadful Brilliant look at the show’s costume design with insight from Gabriella Pescucci. Love the French impressionists inspiration. Clueless This is kinda cool – clothes retailer Metail have introduced a Cher style style wardrobe selector. We have the…

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    Costume Stories, This Week: Masters of Sex and TED Talk

    5 Oct ’13

    Costume Stories, This Week: Grace of Monaco & Penny Dreadful

    17 May ’14

    Costume Stories: This Week, Downton Abbey & Breaking Bad

    28 Sep ’13
  • Clothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi,  Guys in Films,  Premium

    The New Batsuit Reveal: Cute But Sinewy

    14 May ’14 /

    The top half of Ben Affleck’s new Batsuit has been revealed, as created by costume designer Michael Wilkinson for the barely in production Batman vs. Superman. At first this black and white Bats looks kind of pettable, thanks to those smaller, kittenish bat ears. However getting in closer the suit is far more visceral than Lindy Hemming’s version for director Christopher Nolan. It actually resembles a (very buff) human body stripped of its skin. Nolan is where most comparisons will be drawn; his Batman is still the benchmark in cinema, and while director Zach Snyder is less obsessed with plausibility the new suit is obviously intended to be functional as…

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    Doctor Who: A Contemporary Costume Evolution

    21 Aug ’14

    Preview Tickets for Tron Legacy! Two Pairs to Give Away!

    22 Nov ’10

    Clash of The Titans Teaser Trailer Hits and Hits Hard

    11 Nov ’09
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    Costume Stories, This Week: True Detective and The Flash

    15 Mar ’14 /

    Costume catch up time. Puttin’ on the Glitz Clothes on Film editor Christopher Laverty will be teaming up with the incomparable Amber Jane Butchart for an exciting talk at the British Library. Man of Steel Michael Wilkinson talks about his design process on the film, plus his overall approach to costuming in general at this LACMA event. For Tyranny of Style, Brianne Gillen records the details. Divergent Carlo Poggioli’s costume sketches and character info. Looks good, but will probably save reading this until after watching. Due 21st. Constantine First look at the trenchcoat wearing, Sting-alike lead character for NBC’s new television series. True Detective Costume designer Jenny Eagan talks about…

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    Costume Stories, This Week: Catching Fire and Downton Abbey

    9 Nov ’13

    Costume Round Up: Villains

    6 Apr ’13

    Costume Stories, This Week: GTA V and Halloween

    19 Oct ’13
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    Costume Stories, This Week: Dallas and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D

    8 Mar ’14 /

    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 every word. Mad Men Jessica Paré chats about the show’s costumes and her own ‘French with a rock edge’ style. Dallas Costume designer Rachel Sage talks about her work on the TNT reboot. The Oscars Catherine Martin wins and wins BIG. Kudos. Red carpet fashion Tyranny of Style casts his educated gaze over the winners and losers. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D More Tyranny of Style, this time revisiting Ann Foley’s stylish contribution to Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D…

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    Costume Stories: This Week, Game of Thrones and Liberace

    11 May ’13

    Costume Stories, This Week: Map to the Stars and Dallas

    7 Jun ’14

    Costume Stories: This Week, Gatsby and Capitol Couture

    20 Apr ’13
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    Costume Stories, This Week: The Oscars and House of Cards

    1 Mar ’14 /

    Costume’s big week. Every dress worn by Best Actress Academy Award Winners We featured this lovely infographic by Mediarun on our Facebook page. Roll on Sunday! Funny Face Good article on the classic film by Pamela Hutchinson, including a telling quote summing up just how little Audrey Hepburn really understood about costume design: “His (Givenchy) are the only clothes on which I am myself.” Bobi Garland Bobi Garland is Director of the Research Library and Costume Archive at Western Costume. You are about to find out why she is indispensible to the industry. Costume Designers Guild Awards Ladies and gentlemen, the winners. Toy Story An enthralling theory on the true…

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    Costume Stories, This Week: GTA V and Halloween

    19 Oct ’13

    Costume Stories: This Week, Barry Lyndon & Sleepy Hollow

    14 Sep ’13

    Costume Stories, This Week: Inside Llewyn Davis & Cinderella

    4 Jan ’14
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    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: Game of Thrones and Spider-Man 2

    26 Apr ’14

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

    12 Apr ’14

    Costume Round Up: Suited for Space

    16 Mar ’13
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    Costume Stories, This Week: Oscar and Hart of Dixie

    18 Jan ’14 /

    Her Costume designer Casey Storm on creating a “warm and cosy and soothing” future. David Chronenberg: Evolution For WORN, Haley Mlotek examines the costumes on display at the Chronenberg exhibition, most of which are by the director’s sister, Denise. Unfortunately ‘Evolution’ closes on 19th January. Oscar Nominations Nathalie Atkinson on why the Best Costume Design category has basically become ‘Best Taffeta in a Leading Role’. Nailed it. And HERE she casts an eye over the equally baffling CDGA’s. African Dandies The new Guinness ad draws attention to some colourfully dressed gentlemen we really should be seeing a lot more of by now. Carol Ramsey Costume designer of Horrible Bosses and…

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    Costume Stories: This Week, Clueless and The Newsroom

    22 Jul ’13

    Costume Stories: This Week, The Bling Ring and Anchorman

    8 Jun ’13

    Costume Stories: This Week, Barry Lyndon & Sleepy Hollow

    14 Sep ’13
  • Clothes from 1970s,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films

    American Hustle: Beneath the Glamour

    13 Jan ’14 /

    MILD SPOILERS Costume designer Michael Wilkinson’s main accomplishment with American Hustle has largely been overlooked in favour of praising him as some kind of vintage stylist with an eye for provocative gowns and desirable heels. The truth is he has carefully brought to life a world, not of parties and glamour, but cheap sex and dirty desperation. The costumes in American Hustle do tell a story, particularly through their ever darkening colour palette, yet Wilkinson’s deftest skill is reflecting an era when fashion was as confused as the politics surrounding it. American Hustle is an unapologetic tale of low down dirty double-crossers whose clothes, like them, were a lie. A…

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    Alien Anthology: A Revolution in Sci-Fi Costume Design

    19 Oct ’10

    The Post Trailer Debuts: Ann Roth sets the Tone

    8 Nov ’17

    Live and Let Die: Roger Moore’s Chesterfield Coat

    4 Jul ’09
  • 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: Dallas and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D

    8 Mar ’14

    Costume Stories, This Week: Amy Adams & Sleepy Hollow

    25 Jan ’14

    Costume Stories: This Week, Downton Abbey & Breaking Bad

    28 Sep ’13
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    Top Costumes of the Year 2013

    28 Dec ’13 /

    What a busy twelve months it’s been for costume design. Really though, this art, or craft, or business (Deborah Nadoolman Landis insists it is definitely a business) gets more talked about each year. 2013 was especially exciting however as it seemed every month something even more thrilling arrived to fawn over. In the last few weeks alone we have had The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and Sleepy Hollow, and now American Hustle and The Wolf of Wall Street on the horizon. Dipping back further, it was Stoker that got us excited about subtext, The Great Gatsby that slammed the lid on that twenties revival once and for all, and Behind…

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    Review: Rise of the Planet of the Apes

    15 Aug ’11

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    1 Sep ’11

    Rear Window: Grace Kelly’s Green Suit

    1 Jun ’09
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    Costume Stories, This Week: Her and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D

    21 Dec ’13 /

    That’s it then. Happy holidays everyone! Her This is a good article. Will Joaquin Phoenix wearing high waisted trousers in Her bring about a return of the look on the high street? We really hope so. Low and skinny is as dead as disco. Acutally disco is still awesome, but you get our point. The Butler HUGE analysis and discussion of The Butler from simply wonderful costume designer Ruth E. Carter. Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D We tried to watch this show but it made us feel old. That said the costumes by Ann Foley look spiffy. Read Tyranny of Style’s interview (with illustrations and inspiration board) to discover more. Batman…

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    Costume Stories: American Hustle and Hollywood Costume

    7 Dec ’13

    Costume Round Up: Suited for Space

    16 Mar ’13

    Costume Stories, This Week: Sandy Powell and Bad Grandpa

    16 Nov ’13
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    Costume Stories, This Week: Wolf of Wall Street & Bruce Lee

    14 Dec ’13 /

    Costume stories for the festive season. Shame that none of these have anything to do with Christmas. Bronx Bombers on Broadway Let’s all go to the theatre.Tyranny of Style has published an eye-opening interview with Bronx Bombers costume designer David C. Woolard. Having worked in theatre first hand, CoF got just a little bit nostalgic. The Innocents (1961) GORGEOUS gothic costume sketches. Patia Prouty Banshee and Justified’s costume designer talks about her work on both shows in this superb interview for True To Me Too. Punch-Drunk Love Girls Do Film get all caught up in colour. American Horror Story Lou Eyrich left Glee to costume killer nuns and aliens. She…

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    Costume Stories, This Week: Piero Tosi and Veep

    23 Nov ’13

    Costume Stories: This Week, Elysium and The O.C.

    10 Aug ’13

    Costume Stories: This Week, Clueless and The Newsroom

    22 Jul ’13
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