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  • Clothes from 1837-1919,  Guys in Films

    The Lighthouse: All Hail a High Waist Trouser

    4 Feb ’20 /

    The higher the waist, the closer to god.

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    Recreating the Levi’s Spring Bottom Pants Advert from 1905

    4 Jun ’14

    Exclusive Costume Featurette for My Cousin Rachel

    31 May ’17

    Lucinda Wright on Costume in The Suspicions of Mr Whicher

    2 Jul ’13
  • Costume Stories and Links

    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: Map to the Stars and Dallas

    7 Jun ’14

    Costume Stories, This Week: American Hustle and Versace

    12 Oct ’13

    Costume Stories, This Week: OITNB and Legend

    21 Jun ’14
  • Clothes from 1960s,  Clothes from now,  Guys in Films

    Deo Veritas: Creating the James Bond Cocktail Cuff Shirt

    25 Oct ’13 /

    This is a personal post about designing my custom made James Bond shirt. It is not an advertorial and wasn’t paid for. All photographs are of the final finished shirt(s) and taken by David Wade of Vogue Shot photography. There are now ample custom shirt makers online, but as a pre-existing customer of Deo Veritas what made this company stand out for me was a steadfast, almost stubborn desire to get everything ‘just so’. Seemingly no query or request is too much trouble. Bearing this in mind I tasked Deo Veritas with recreating a shirt I have always sought yet been unable to find off the peg or in my…

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    Review: Breakfast at Tiffany’s

    8 Dec ’09

    Grace Slick Wears Woodstock

    28 Oct ’14

    Jennifer Grey in Dirty Dancing: Baby Grows Up

    17 Jun ’10
  • Clothes from 1837-1919,  Premium

    Peaky Blinders: Q&A with Costume Designer Stephanie Collie

    15 Oct ’13 /

    If you’re not watching BBC 2’s gangster western Peaky Blinders, stop reading now and seek it out on iPlayer – there’s still one episode left so you have time to join the party. Peaky Blinders is the slow burning tale of a volatile, family led criminal gang, headed by calculating brother Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy), and their rise to power in post-World War I Birmingham. It does not sound glamorous and it isn’t, yet is all the more compelling for embracing the filthy side of what many considered to be the cusp of the ‘Roaring Twenties’. Not in Birmingham it wasn’t. Thankfully Peaky Blinders had costume designer Stephanie Collie (Lock,…

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    The Young Victoria: Chris and Maggie Chat About the Film

    26 Jul ’10

    First Official Image: Sherlock Holmes 2

    15 Jan ’11

    Sherlock Holmes: Downey Jr. & Law New Poster Clothes

    20 Jun ’09
  • Clothes from 1837-1919,  Clothes from 1920s,  Guys in Films,  Premium

    Dress like a Peaky Blinder

    13 Sep ’13 /

    Let’s get this straight: Peaky Blinders is not Boardwalk Empire. It’s a post World War I gangster drama, during roughly the same time period (1919 as opposed to the early 20’s), it’s gritty, features loyal yet warring brothers, is as cool as ice chips and doesn’t pull any punches. However Boardwalk Empire is set in the attractive seaside landscape of Atlantic City, USA, while Peaky Blinders is set in Birmingham. The whole palette is different too. Boardwalk is colourful and vibrant, Peaky is dark and dingy. Evidently this extends to the clothes. You wouldn’t have got far walking around Birmingham in an orange silk shirt and camel coat; this was…

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    Review: The Woman in Black

    10 Feb ’12

    The Young Victoria: Costume Designer Interview

    14 Jan ’10

    12 Years a Slave Trailer: Fine Fabrics

    16 Jul ’13
  • Clothes from 1950s,  Clothes from 1960s,  Clothes from 1970s,  Clothes from 1980s,  Clothes from 1990s,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Interviews,  Premium

    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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    Grease: Stockard Channing as Rizzo

    17 Aug ’09

    To Catch a Thief: Grace Kelly in Blue Chiffon

    2 Mar ’11

    So Dior Exhibition at Harrods: Movie Star Dresses

    21 May ’13