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  • Clothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films

    The Martian: The Perfect 10 Spacesuit

    6 Oct ’15 /

    For a big budget movie about a lone astronaut who gets stranded on Mars, the spacesuits in The Martian are surprisingly sober in terms of design. There is an attempt here to make everything seem as plausible as possible, costume design especially. Director Ridley Scott’s regular costumer Janty Yates has created possibly the sexiest spacesuits ever seen on screen, and what’s more they are functional. To paraphrase a line in the film, she had to “science the shit out of them”. Yates collaborated with NASA looking specifically at their Z1 and Z2 prototypes to create an EVA (‘Extravehicular Activity’ – any time the crew must go outside) suit and surface…

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    Review: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1

    26 Nov ’10

    Become The Babadook

    28 Oct ’14

    Inception: Jeffrey Kurland Costume Q&A

    31 Jul ’10
  • Clothes from now,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films

    Designer Style: The Counsellor (or Counselor?) Trailer Hits

    26 Jun ’13 /

    The Counsellor trailer hits with high-shine sartorial gloss.

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    The Royal Tenenbaums: Gwyneth Paltrow’s Tennis Dress

    1 Feb ’10

    Review: Rise of the Planet of the Apes

    15 Aug ’11

    Win a Breaking Bad Mobile Lab T-shirt

    5 Jun ’13
  • Clothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Interviews,  Premium

    Prometheus: Exclusive Interview with Costume Designer Janty Yates

    4 Jun ’12 /

    Clothes on Film have an exclusive chat with Academy Award winning costume designer Janty Yates about her work on Prometheus.

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    Inception: Costume Style Analysis VLOG

    19 Aug ’20

    Beauty and the Beast at Central Saint Martins

    17 Mar ’17

    UK Film Review: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

    14 Jun ’09
  • Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Premium

    How to Read Costume on Film

    19 Apr ’11 /

    Editor Chris Laverty explains how to ‘read’ costume on film. From an article originally published in Moviescope magazine.

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    Award Winners 2013: Anna Karenina Takes All

    25 Feb ’13

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

    29 Jul ’11

    Florence Foster Jenkins: Exclusive Costume Sketches

    4 May ’16
  • Clothes from 1970s,  Clothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Premium

    Alien Anthology: A Revolution in Sci-Fi Costume Design

    19 Oct ’10 /

    In the first of a two-part special, we examine how important costumes from the Alien films are in contextualising primal terror.

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    Michael Caine in Pulp

    22 Jun ’10

    The Conjuring Trailer: Lapels That Flap in the Night

    3 Apr ’13

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

    29 Aug ’13
  • Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  News,  Pre-Victorian

    New Robin Hood Trailer: Fighting Talk

    11 Mar ’10 /

    The latest in a queue of trailers for Ridley Scott's version of Robin Hood has arrived. This one shows some basic plot too.

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    Star Trek Into Darkness: The Devil is in the Details

    9 May ’13

    Inception Revisited with Costume Designer Jeffrey Kurland

    17 Jul ’20

    Winter’s Bone: Rebecca Hofherr Interview

    12 Jan ’12
  • Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  News,  Pre-Victorian

    Robin Hood Trailer Arrives: Fiiiiight!

    16 Dec ’09 /

    The first trailer for Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood has hit the internet. Hit is the right word, as this is more battle royal than Prince of Thieves.

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    Some Pics From Toy Story 3: Safari Ken

    25 May ’10

    Review: Django Unchained

    28 Dec ’12

    Film Review: Risky Business

    16 Jul ’09
  • Clothes from 1980s,  Clothes from now,  Guys in Films,  Premium

    Body of Lies: Mark Strong in Huntsman

    4 Nov ’09 /

    Mark Strong is sole sartorial encouragement in a movie choc full of (intentionally) awful clothes.

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    Dual Analysis: Beetle Juice – KB’s Thoughts

    31 Oct ’09

    Win a Limited Edition Scarface Blu-Ray + Scarf & Money Clip

    1 Sep ’11

    Ellen Mirojnick Describes Costumes for Behind the Candelabra

    7 Jun ’13
  • Clothes from 2000-10,  News

    Gucci to Block Scott Movie if it doesn’t Measure Up

    2 Nov ’09 /

    Hardly surprising, but Gucci are not that fussed at Ridley Scott making a film out of the most tumultuous period in their history after all.

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    National Treasure: Diane Kruger, a Dress for Action

    27 Nov ’09

    Catfish – Not a Review

    19 Nov ’10

    82nd Oscar Results: Sandy Powell Shoots and Scores

    8 Mar ’10
  • Girls in Films,  News

    Angelina Jolie set for Gucci the Movie

    21 Oct ’09 /

    Angelina Jolie is being courted by Ridley Scott to star in ‘Gucci’; a film charting internal power struggles to control the fashion empire.

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    Review: The Dark Knight Rises

    21 Jul ’12

    Review: The American

    15 Oct ’10

    Beautiful Oppression: Tilda Swinton in I am Love

    5 Jun ’15
  • Clothes from now,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Interviews,  Premium

    Hannibal: Exclusive Interview with Janty Yates

    12 Jun ’09 /

    Costume designer Janty Yates has taken time out filming Robin Hood to chat about her contribution to an earlier Scott picture - Hannibal.

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    Black Swan Images = Costume Heaven

    23 Oct ’10

    Stoker: Colour the Narrative

    8 Nov ’13

    Kate Hudson in Le Divorce: Love is in the Bag

    10 Jun ’11