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    Costuming The Dressmaker

    9 Nov ’15 /

    Twenty-five years ago, costume designer Margot Wilson was a student living in Paris when she picked up a roll of red, moire silk fabric during a shopping trip to Milan. She didn’t know why, or what for; she wasn’t even a costume designer then, just a talented young fashion grad from East Sydney Tech on a six-month scholarship to France. When it was time to go home, she took the beautiful roll of fabric back down under with her. Fast forward three decades and a couple of dozen films later (including Lantana, Bran Nue Dae and Lawless), and Wilson has finally found a screen role for her magnificent weave –…

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    Cinema Paradiso: Invisible Costume

    9 Feb ’15

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    28 Jan ’13

    Monica Bellucci as Malèna: Beauty, Black and Heels

    26 Aug ’11
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    Gangster Squad: Gangster Gloss

    28 Jan ’13 /

    The glossy costume world of gangster squad is faithful to history, but not a slave to it.

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    King Kong: Naomi Watts’ Pink Slip

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    Inglourious Basterds: Costume Lowdown by Anna Sheppard

    28 Sep ’09
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    Review: Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel

    21 Sep ’12 /

    A breezy retrospective of the most famous fashion editor of all time.

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    Review: Les Misérables

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    To Catch a Thief: Grace Kelly’s Coral Top and Skirt

    21 May ’11 /

    This coral pink ensemble encompasses and challenges the absolute femininity of Grace Kelly.

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    9 Feb ’15

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    18 Jun ’09

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    21 Sep ’10
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    To Catch a Thief: Grace Kelly in Blue Chiffon

    2 Mar ’11 /

    As worn by Grace Kelly, this floaty, conspicuous dress is an appreciable nod to Dior’s ‘New Look’ of the late 1940s.

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    Atonement: Keira Knightley’s Green Dress

    23 Jun ’09

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    23 Sep ’19

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    4 Jan ’11
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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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    Deena Appel on the Costume Design of Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

    25 Sep ’18

    Skyfall Teaser Trailer Hits: Provocative

    21 May ’12

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    1 Jan ’10
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    Grace Kelly Exhibition Opens at the V&A

    17 Apr ’10 /

    The V&A in London is hosting an exhibition of dresses and accessories once belonging to Grace Kelly.

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