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    The Look of Love: Q&A with Costume Designer Stephanie Collie

    29 Aug ’13 /

    As is often the way with costume designers, Stephanie Collie is something of an unsung hero. We will not reel off her entire back catalogue, but it does include South Riding (2011, TV), Telstar (2008) Peter’s Friends (1992) and perhaps most exciting of all, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998). Now, anyone old enough to remember when Lock, Stock arrived will remember just what an incredible influence its Mod inspired costumes had on the world of fashion. You could not pick up a men’s magazine of the time without seeing some guy in slim trousers and a jersey polo shirt. Stephanie Collie invented this look, thus providing one of…

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    Rear Window: Miss Lonelyheart’s Green Dress

    6 Nov ’09

    Grease: Olivia Newton-John is Squeaky Clean, Jellybean

    2 Apr ’10

    So Dior Exhibition at Harrods: Movie Star Dresses

    21 May ’13
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    The Look of Love: Dressing the No-Body Body

    14 Aug ’13 /

    How changing body shapes can affect the appearance of period costume.

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    Win an Official The Big Lebowski Pendleton Cardigan

    11 Oct ’11

    Goldfinger: Sean Connery in a Towelling Playsuit

    29 Mar ’11

    A Cat of a Certain Breed: Breakfast at Tiffany’s

    11 Aug ’12
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    Star Trek Into Darkness: The Devil is in the Details

    9 May ’13 /

    Spoiler warning: The costume clues and details of Star Trek Into Darkness.

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    Full The Dark Knight Rises Trailer Hits: Merry Christmas

    19 Dec ’11

    Captain America: Costume Leaks All Over the Place

    3 Jun ’10

    Review: Rise of the Planet of the Apes

    15 Aug ’11
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    Mad Men Season 6 Premiere: Approaching the 1970s

    11 Apr ’13 /

    Our thoughts on the costume design in the season 6 premiere of Mad Men.

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    Belle de Jour: Sex and Alienation

    13 Oct ’09

    Rosemary’s Baby: Chris and KB Chat About the Film

    4 Jan ’10

    Sandra Dee in If A Man Answers: A Salmon Run Up Beacon Hill

    9 Nov ’12
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    Boogie Nights Costume: Dirty Time

    11 Nov ’11 /

    Mark Bridges exclusively explains his costume choices for retro epic Boogie Nights.

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    Michael Caine in Pulp

    22 Jun ’10

    Barbra Streisand in The Way We Were: Forties Meets Seventies

    16 May ’11

    Live and Let Die: Roger Moore’s Chesterfield Coat

    4 Jul ’09
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    Michael Caine in Get Carter: Killer Suit

    22 Jul ’11 /

    Michael Caine created Jack Carter, yet his immaculate blue mohair suit was more than a little responsible for creating the myth.

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    Rush Trailer: Olivia Wilde Looks Sensational in 70’s Costume

    26 Apr ’13

    Live and Let Die: Yaphet Kotto’s Brown Suede Trench Coat

    26 Feb ’10

    Scarface: Dress and Excess

    5 Sep ’11
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    Bridesmaids Q&A: Comedy Costume

    17 Jun ’11 /

    With exclusive insight from Leesa Evans, Clothes on Film takes an overview look at the art of comedic costume in Bridesmaids.

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    Review: Melancholia

    21 Oct ’11

    Review: Skyfall

    16 Oct ’12

    Black Swan Images = Costume Heaven

    23 Oct ’10
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    Beyond Biba, Beyond Fashion

    12 Nov ’10 /

    Beyond Biba: A Portrait of Barbara Hulanicki is a contextualised examination of one woman’s extraordinary influence on popular culture.

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    The Look of Love: Q&A with Costume Designer Stephanie Collie

    29 Aug ’13

    Mad Men Season 6 Premiere: Approaching the 1970s

    11 Apr ’13

    Costume Designer Theadora Van Runkle Dies Aged 83

    8 Nov ’11
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    Favourite Fashions From Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

    4 Oct ’10 /

    Less a costume movie and more a fashion one, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls is typical of its naughty director Russ Meyer in all the best ways.

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    Black Caesar: Blaxploitation Gangster

    1 Nov ’13

    Janie Bryant Talks Mad Men Season 4: “Glitzy, not so glitzy”

    1 Jul ’10

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    13 Oct ’09
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    Michael Caine in Pulp

    22 Jun ’10 /

    Michael Caine is the epitome of badly folded cool.

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    From Tailors with Love Podcast: Discussing the Tom Ford Look

    24 Jan ’20

    Meryl Streep in Costume for The Iron Lady Trailer

    7 Jul ’11

    Roger Moore’s Plaid Jacket in The Man with the Golden Gun

    5 Oct ’11
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    Dual Analysis: Rosemary’s Baby – Chris’ Thoughts

    1 Jan ’10 /

    Anthea Sylbert was prolific following Rosemary's Baby. Roman Polanski's atmospheric horror was essentially her big break - and one of her toughest challenges too.

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    Shifting Trends: Claire Foy in First Man

    25 Oct ’18

    Saving Mr. Banks: Costume Design Featurette

    12 Dec ’13

    Get on Up: Sharen Davis Shares Costume Design Sketches

    9 Dec ’14
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    Quadrophenia: Cream & Brown Print Shift Dress

    22 Jul ’09 /

    A bobbed hair 'modette' girl wears a cute brown and cream mini-dress during the house party sequence.

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    Win an Official The Big Lebowski Pendleton Cardigan

    11 Oct ’11

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    How to Steal a Million, or £60k for an Audrey Givenchy

    9 Dec ’09