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The Look of Love: Q&A with Costume Designer Stephanie Collie
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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The Look of Love: Dressing the No-Body Body
How changing body shapes can affect the appearance of period costume.
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The Wolf of Wall Street Trailer: Expensive Bad Taste
The Wolf of Wall Street trailer brings wide pinstripe suits and revolting ties.
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Costume Design in House of Cards: Colour is Power
Costume colours in House of Cards are symbolic of vulnerability and power.
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The Great Gatsby Trailer: Roaring Costumes
In a week of exciting trailers, the first for director Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation of The Great Gatsby must surely be the most thrilling of all.
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Reservoir Dogs: Gangster Silhouette
Betsy Heimann chats exclusively about one of the most iconic costumes of the 1990s.
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The Woman in Black Trailer: Creepy Frock
A trailer for The Woman in Black arrives bringing that spooky sense of dread that only Victorian costume can provide.
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Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Costume Trailer Arrives
First look at Jenny Beavan’s late Victorian-with-a-twist costumes in action.
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First Official Image: Sherlock Holmes 2
Sherlock Holmes 2 rounds out a week of costume reveals with this first official image.
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