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  • Clothes from 1940s,  Clothes from 1950s,  Clothes from 1960s,  Clothes from 1970s,  Clothes from 1980s,  Clothes from 1990s,  Guys in Films,  Interviews,  Premium

    Get on Up: Sharen Davis Shares Costume Design Sketches

    9 Dec ’14 /

    As Get on Up, director Tate Taylor’s look at the life of singing legend James Brown, hits UK screens we have some fantastic sketches to share of the film’s costuming. Costume designer for Get on Up is the one and only Sharen Davis, who previously worked with Taylor on The Help, although you may know her better for Devil in a Blue Dress, Dreamgirls, Ray and Django Unchained. Davis is absurdly talented and every single project she undertakes should be greeted with cheers by any costume fan. Get on Up with its collective of lowly, stage and civvie ensembles worn by Chadwick Boseman as adult James Joseph Brown (60+changes) is…

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    25 Jul ’11

    Pollock: Ed Harris in Paint Splattered Denim

    15 Feb ’11

    Robert Cummings in Saboteur: Costume Judgement

    4 Jan ’11
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    Costume Stories, This Week: Indiana Jones and Godzilla

    24 May ’14 /

    Catch up with the costume gossip you’ve missed. Godzilla “Contemporary in design with a multitude of uniforms”, says costume designer Sharen Davis. We remember chatting to Ms. Davis about her work on Godzilla during an interview for Django Unchained – she was so stoked to be working with director Gareth Edwards. X-Men: Days of Future Past Q&A with ace Louise Mingenbach which we haven’t read because we haven’t seen the movie yet. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom For the film’s 30th birthday an enticing look back at Anthony Powell’s costume design by Tim Pelan for Cinetropolis. Game of Thrones More secrets in the costumes, unless you want to…

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    Costume Stories, This Week: Edith Head and Ender’s Game

    2 Nov ’13

    Costume Stories, This Week: The Winter Soldier and Mad Men

    12 Apr ’14

    Costume Stories: This Week, Burton & Taylor and Scandal

    27 Jul ’13
  • Girls in Films,  Girls on TV,  Guys in Films,  Guys on TV,  Premium

    Top Costumes of the Year 2013

    28 Dec ’13 /

    What a busy twelve months it’s been for costume design. Really though, this art, or craft, or business (Deborah Nadoolman Landis insists it is definitely a business) gets more talked about each year. 2013 was especially exciting however as it seemed every month something even more thrilling arrived to fawn over. In the last few weeks alone we have had The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and Sleepy Hollow, and now American Hustle and The Wolf of Wall Street on the horizon. Dipping back further, it was Stoker that got us excited about subtext, The Great Gatsby that slammed the lid on that twenties revival once and for all, and Behind…

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    Crazy, Stupid, Love: Suits and 407s

    27 Jan ’12

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    20 Dec ’12

    Kate Hudson in Le Divorce: Love is in the Bag

    10 Jun ’11
  • Costume Stories and Links

    Costume Stories: This Week, Much Ado and Superman

    15 Jun ’13 /

    Costume links of the week.

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    Costume Stories: This Week, Arrested Development & Star Wars

    25 May ’13

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    3 Aug ’13

    Costume Stories: This Week, Diana & TIFF

    7 Sep ’13
  • Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  News

    CDG Award Nominations Are In: Hmm…

    17 Jan ’13 /

    The Costume Designers Guild Award nominations right some wrongs and ignore quite a few others.

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    True Grit: Exclusive Costume Featurette

    4 Feb ’11

    Alice in Wonderland: Four Images to Enchant Thee

    5 Feb ’10

    The Wolverine International Trailer: Yakuza Style

    27 Mar ’13
  • Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  News

    Oscar Nominations: At Least One Surprise

    10 Jan ’13 /

    Oscar announces their Costume Design nominees and at least make up for one BAFTA shortfall.

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    Hollywood Costume Exhibition Coming to V&A

    20 Jan ’12

    Dual Analysis: The Young Victoria – Chris’ Thoughts

    28 Jul ’10

    Beyond Biba, Beyond Fashion

    12 Nov ’10
  • Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  News

    BAFTA Nominations: Guess the Line-Up

    9 Jan ’13 /

    BAFTA Costume design nominations announced. Worthy, but no surprises.

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    His Girl Friday: Rosalind Russell’s Chevron Striped Coat

    18 Jun ’09

    Quadrophenia: Mod Girl Wearing Stockings

    20 May ’09

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    27 Feb ’12
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    Sharen Davis Costume Interview: Django Unchained

    1 Jan ’13 /

    Django Unchained costume designer Sharen Davis exclusively explains her work on the film.

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    28 Jul ’10

    The Young Victoria: Costume Designer Interview

    14 Jan ’10

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    5 May ’09
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    Django Unchained: Tarantino’s First Costume Oscar?

    23 Oct ’12 /

    Could Django Unchained be the first Quentin Tarantino movie to win a Costume Design Oscar?

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    27 Apr ’12

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    4 Feb ’14

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    19 Aug ’11
  • Clothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi,  Girls in Films,  Interviews,  Premium

    Piper Perabo Discusses Looper Costume Design

    1 Oct ’12 /

    Piper Perabo chats to Clothes on Film about costume design for her role in Looper.

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    14 Jan ’11

    Star Trek Into Darkness: The Devil is in the Details

    9 May ’13

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    12 Jun ’13
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    Looper: Costume Designer Sharen Davis Reveals Inspiration

    28 Sep ’12 /

    Costume Designer Sharen Davis talks us through her retro-vision for Looper.

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    17 Sep ’10

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    23 Sep ’10

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    14 Nov ’16
  • Clothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi,  Film Reviews,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films

    Review: Looper

    14 Sep ’12 /

    A mishmash of sci-fi conventions and clichés cobbled together as something we have never quite seen before.

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    17 Jun ’13

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    28 Sep ’12

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    16 Mar ’13
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