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    The Wes Anderson Collection: The Grand Budapest Hotel

    27 Mar ’15 /

    Author Matt Zoller Seitz has published a continuation of his superb book The Wes Anderson Collection (2013), entitled (deep breath) The Wes Anderson Collection: The Grand Budapest Hotel. The former is a detailed look at Anderson’s output so far, influences, meaning and interpretation of his work; the latter covers exclusively Anderson’s latest, The Grand Budapest Hotel. This is far more than a bolted on sequel, however, and one of the reasons we know this is because Clothes on Film editor Christopher Laverty was asked to contribute a chapter. More than that, it has recently joined The New York Times bestseller list. A pretty, candy-coloured slab of hardback, Seitz’s follow up…

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    Review: Captain America: The First Avenger

    25 Jul ’11

    Dual Analysis: Beetle Juice – KB’s Thoughts

    31 Oct ’09

    Legend: Interview with Costume Designer Caroline Harris

    25 Sep ’15
  • Clothes from 1930s,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Premium

    Dressed to Serve: Costume in The Grand Budapest Hotel

    4 Jul ’14 /

    SPOILERS From a costume point of view, and therefore a character point of view, The Grand Budapest Hotel (directed by Wes Anderson) is all about uniforms; those worn by men and women in official capacities and those adopted as a life uniform by those trapped in the past. Eccentric La Belle Époque hangover Madame D (Tilda Swinton) is the latter, Moustafa Zero (Tony Revolori), a newly appointed lobby boy in the pinnacle of majestic 1930s hotels, The Grand Budapest, is the former. While Madame D goes nowhere, perhaps because she has already been everywhere, Zero undertakes a journey and evolution of character, which subsequently means his clothing does too. In…

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    19 Oct ’09

    Review: The King’s Speech

    19 Jan ’11

    New Public Enemies Posters Released

    14 May ’09
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    Clothes on Film’s 2011 Costume Design Round Up

    28 Dec ’11 /

    By no means intended as an exhaustive list, Clothes on Film ponder an overview of 2011 in costume.

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    8 Feb ’20

    Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps – Full Trailer Online

    19 Feb ’10

    The Martian: The Perfect 10 Spacesuit

    6 Oct ’15
  • Clothes from now,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Interviews,  Premium

    Hanna: Interview with Costume Designer Lucie Bates

    29 Aug ’11 /

    Lucie Bates exclusively discusses her work on Hanna, inducing parodies, subtext and working with Giorgio Armani.

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    The Bourne Ultimatum: Paddy Considine Wears a Man Bag

    3 Aug ’10

    Iron Man 3: A Different Kind of Suit

    24 Apr ’13

    From Tailors with Love Podcast: Discussing the Tom Ford Look

    24 Jan ’20
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    Film Review: The Lovely Bones

    20 Feb ’10 /

    Not the emotional and profound experience it should be.

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    The Little Drummer Girl: A Colourful Pretence

    14 Dec ’18

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    17 Mar ’10

    Live and Let Die: Jane Seymour’s Maxi Dresses

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  • News

    The Lovely Bones for Fashionable Royal Gala Premiere

    16 Oct ’09 /

    The Lovely Bones has been chosen for this year's Royal Gala screening at London's Leicester Square.

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