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  • Clothes from 1970s,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Interviews

    Free Fire: Interview with Costume Designer Emma Fryer

    31 Mar ’17 /

    MILD SPOILERS Director Ben Wheatley’s latest, Free Fire, is set in Boston, 1978, but was actually shot in Brighton in 2015. Being as the plot revolves around ten characters involved in a one hour plus shoot-out inside a disused factory, from a sartorial point of view things get rather grubby. The film’s BAFTA nominated costume designer Emma Fryer has already worked with Wheatley on The ABCs of Death (2012) and A Field in England (2013) so is used to the way his stories tend to go bananas in the final reel. Free Fire unfolds practically in real time, which amps up the tension but allows for no mistake with costume.…

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    Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: Dressed Trailer

    1 Jul ’11

    Review: The Runaways

    26 Jun ’10

    X-Men: Days of Future Past Pics – 1973 Xavier, Hank & Logan

    10 May ’13
  • Clothes from 1980s,  Clothes from 1990s,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Premium

    Tailoring The Wolf of Wall Street

    7 Feb ’14 /

    There is a problem with the costumes in The Wolf of Wall Street, and it has nothing to do with the film itself but the coverage they have received. Namely, that this coverage is incorrect. Articles such as this one for Vogue France, or this for The Hollywood Reporter, or a ‘suit guide’ by Esquire, concentrate almost solely on Giorgio Armani’s contribution to the project with barely a mention of costume designer Sandy Powell. And this is the Sandy Powell by the way: 10 Oscar nominations and so well respected she has an OBE for services to the industry. It was Powell who costumed The Wolf of Wall Street, not…

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    The Fashionable Style of Kathleen Turner in Romancing the Stone

    1 Jan ’20

    Internal Affairs: A Black and White World

    6 Dec ’14

    The Costuming of Joaquin Phoenix in Joker

    14 Oct ’19
  • Clothes from 1990s,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films

    The Wolf of Wall Street Trailer: Expensive Bad Taste

    17 Jun ’13 /

    The Wolf of Wall Street trailer brings wide pinstripe suits and revolting ties.

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    Internal Affairs: A Black and White World

    6 Dec ’14

    Film Review: Misery

    8 Sep ’09

    Dual Analysis: The Big Lebowski – KB’s Thoughts

    7 Jun ’10
  • Clothes from 1920s,  Clothes from now,  Girls in Films,  News,  Premium

    Martin/Prada Great Gatsby Collaboration: Fashion as Costume?

    22 Jan ’13 /

    The press love Prada’s involvement with The Great Gatsby, but exactly how much does this help the film’s costume design?

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    Boardwalk Empire: Why Men Should Embrace the Dandy Man

    31 Jan ’11

    Tom Hardy in Lawless: The Knitwear Anti-Hero

    21 Sep ’12

    Midnight in Paris: Nostalgia Fashion

    3 Feb ’12
  • News

    Costume Designer Theoni V. Aldredge Passes Away

    22 Jan ’11 /

    A real legend of the industry, costume designer Theoni V. Aldredge, has died.

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    Middle Men Trailer: Game On

    17 Jun ’10

    Charlie Sheen Back in Braces for Wall Street 2

    9 Sep ’09

    Full Alice in Wonderland Trailer Hits: Potty But Pretty

    16 Dec ’09
  • Clothes from 1990s,  Guys in Films,  Premium

    Kiss of Death: Nicolas Cage as Little Junior Brown

    8 Oct ’09 /

    Little Junior Brown represents the ugly face of nineties designer villainy.

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    Film Review: Misery

    8 Sep ’09

    Dual Analysis: The Big Lebowski – KB’s Thoughts

    7 Jun ’10

    Clueless: Calvin Klein White Dress Makes Comeback

    8 Jul ’10
  • Clothes from 2000-10,  Clothes from now,  Guys in Films,  Premium

    Eastern Promises: Viggo Mortensen’s Double Breasted Suit

    3 Jun ’09 /

    Viggo's mob infiltrator is surely the best dressed Russki knuckle duster in all of London?

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    A Nightmare on Elm Street 2010: Costume Designer Talks Iconic Sweater

    22 Oct ’10

    New Burlesque Trailer? Corset Is

    21 Oct ’10

    Scott Pilgrim vs The World Trailer Arrives on Fire

    25 Mar ’10