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  • Clothes from 1980s,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Premium

    Working Girl: The Culture of Power Dressing

    27 Sep ’13 /

    Costume designer Ann Roth’s template for Working Girl (1988, directed by Mike Nichols) is especially astute with regards to the social and geographical make up of its characters. Protagonist Tess McGill (Melanie Griffith) is a homely girl raised and living in Staten Island, New York. Currently working as a secretary in Manhattan (not ‘executive assistant’, reflecting vernacular of the time), as is her best friend Cynthia (Joan Cusack). Tess, however, has gained a degree through night school and harbours ambitions to use it for more constructive tasks than answering the telephone and fetching toilet paper for bawdy stockbrokers. After being set up for a ‘date’ that turned out to be…

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    Mr Nice starring Rhys Ifans: Lots of Nice Photos

    14 Aug ’10

    Film Review: Risky Business

    16 Jul ’09

    Back to the Future Nikes go on Sale: You Can’t Afford Them

    9 Sep ’11
  • Clothes from 1990s,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Interviews,  Premium

    The Grifters: Be Careful What You Wear – Part 2

    20 Jun ’13 /

    Second and final part of our retrospective of The Grifters with insight from Mark Bridges.

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    Fight Club: Remembering Marla, the Dark Tourist

    7 May ’13

    The Wolf of Wall Street Trailer: Expensive Bad Taste

    17 Jun ’13

    Clueless: Crayola Brights & Rich Girl Prep

    11 May ’12
  • Clothes from 1990s,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Interviews,  Premium

    The Grifters: Be Careful What You Wear

    6 Jun ’13 /

    First in our two part retrospective of neo-noir classic The Grifters with exclusive insight from the film’s assistant costume designer Mark Bridges.

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    Reservoir Dogs: Gangster Silhouette

    2 Apr ’12

    Middle Men Trailer: Game On

    17 Jun ’10

    The Secret Sharer: Abbie Cornish & Andrea Riseborough in W.E.

    20 Mar ’12
  • Clothes from 1960s,  Girls in Films,  Premium

    Goldie Hawn in Cactus Flower: Mini Skirts and Mini Suits

    28 May ’13 /

    Goldie Hawn’s unforgettable debut in hot pants and mini skirts in Cactus Flower.

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    Legend: Interview with Costume Designer Caroline Harris

    25 Sep ’15

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

    29 Aug ’13

    Costume Designer Theadora Van Runkle Dies Aged 83

    8 Nov ’11
  • Clothes from 1930s,  Clothes from 1940s,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Premium

    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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    Win Tickets to W.E. at the London Film Festival

    4 Oct ’11

    Dressed to Serve: Costume in The Grand Budapest Hotel

    4 Jul ’14

    New Public Enemies Posters Released

    14 May ’09
  • Clothes from 1920s,  Clothes from 1930s,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Interviews,  Premium

    Lawless: Interview with Costume Designer Margot Wilson

    27 Sep ’12 /

    Costume designer Margot Wilson talks exclusively to Clothes on Film about her impeccable work on Lawless.

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    First Official Gatsby Pics Bring the Money

    14 Dec ’11

    The Great Gatsby Costumes at Brooks Brothers in London

    2 May ’13

    Review: The King’s Speech

    19 Jan ’11
  • Clothes from 1837-1919,  Girls in Films,  Interviews,  Premium

    Costume Designer Anaïs Romand Discusses House of Tolerance

    7 Sep ’12 /

    French costume designer Anaïs Romand discusses her work on House of Tolerance (L'Apollonide: Souvenirs de la maison close).

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    Review: The Woman in Black

    10 Feb ’12

    Louise Bourgoin as Adèle Blanc-Sec: Feathers in Her Hat

    12 Aug ’11

    The First Great Train Robbery: Sean Connery’s Victorian Coat

    5 May ’09
  • Clothes from 1990s,  Girls in Films,  Premium

    Clueless: Crayola Brights & Rich Girl Prep

    11 May ’12 /

    “Fashion victim” or “ensemble-y challenged”. Examining the legacy of Mona May’s costume design for Clueless.

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    The Wolf of Wall Street Trailer: Expensive Bad Taste

    17 Jun ’13

    Get on Up: Sharen Davis Shares Costume Design Sketches

    9 Dec ’14

    Kiss of Death: Nicolas Cage as Little Junior Brown

    8 Oct ’09
  • Clothes from 1980s,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Premium

    Style & Identity in Do the Right Thing

    17 Feb ’12 /

    Ruth E. Carter’s work on Do the Right Thing is a masterclass in how costume can influence the look and feel of a film.

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    Film Review: Risky Business

    16 Jul ’09

    American Gigolo: Armani Gere

    5 May ’12

    Madonna in Desperately Seeking Susan

    11 Mar ’11
  • Clothes from 1940s,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Interviews,  Premium

    Captain America: Q&A with Costume Designer Anna B. Sheppard

    29 Jul ’11 /

    Clothes on Film chats exclusively to Anna B. Sheppard about her work on Captain America: The First Avenger.

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    Dunkirk: Interview with Costume Designer Jeffrey Kurland

    31 Jul ’17

    UK Film Review: Inglourious Basterds

    19 Aug ’09

    Costuming The Dressmaker

    9 Nov ’15
  • Clothes from 1940s,  Film Reviews,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films

    Review: Captain America: The First Avenger

    25 Jul ’11 /

    Some of the finest superhero costume design ever committed to film.

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    Inglourious Basterds: Costume Lowdown by Anna Sheppard

    28 Sep ’09

    Barbra Streisand in The Way We Were: Forties Meets Seventies

    16 May ’11

    Carice van Houten in Black Book: The Red Dress

    21 Sep ’10
  • Clothes from 1960s,  Film Reviews,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films

    Review: Norwegian Wood

    27 May ’11 /

    Beautiful and affecting, even if it does collapse under the weight of its own earnestness at times.

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    Take Me to my Tailor: Michael Caine in The Italian Job

    28 Jan ’14

    The Big Lebowski: Jeff Bridges in a Pendleton Cardigan

    31 Aug ’10

    Two For the Road: Audrey Hepburn in Denim

    9 Aug ’10
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