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  • Clothes from 1837-1919,  News,  Premium

    Recreating the Levi’s Spring Bottom Pants Advert from 1905

    4 Jun ’14 /

    Levi’s® Spring Bottom pants are a most fascinating garment. Introduced in 1889 they are essentially jean trousers intended for Victorian (and later Edwardian) gentlemen. This is the first time Levi’s had focused their products on such an audience. Previously their stock in trade was miners and loggers, but this was a very early attempt by the company to branch out. Spring Bottom pants are a classic item of denim history, yet most folk have probably never heard of them. With this in mind we contacted costume designer Jenny Beavan recently and asked if she would consider putting them in the next Sherlock Holmes film. No-one was paying us to do…

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    First Official Image: Sherlock Holmes 2

    15 Jan ’11

    Exclusive Costume Featurette for My Cousin Rachel

    31 May ’17

    Anna Karenina: Jacqueline Durran Talks Jewellery & Costume

    11 Jan ’13
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    Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows: Costume Round Up: Part 2

    9 Jul ’12 /

    Second and final part of Clothes on Film’s sartorial run-through of Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, with exclusive input from costume designer Jenny Beavan.

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    Review: Lincoln

    1 Feb ’13

    Kind Hearts and Coronets: Decadent Dennis Price

    29 Sep ’10

    Review: Jane Eyre at Haddon Hall

    9 Sep ’11
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    Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows: Costume Round Up: Part 1

    22 Jun ’12 /

    First of Clothes on Film’s two part sartorial run-through of Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, with exclusive input from costume designer Jenny Beavan.

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    Les Aventures Extraordinaires d’Adele Blanc-Sec: Full Trailer

    23 Mar ’10

    The Phantom of the Opera: Colour, Character and Costume

    5 Dec ’12

    Exclusive Costume Featurette for My Cousin Rachel

    31 May ’17
  • Clothes from 1837-1919,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Interviews,  News

    Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Costume Trailer Arrives

    14 Jul ’11 /

    First look at Jenny Beavan’s late Victorian-with-a-twist costumes in action.

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    Bright Star Trailer Online: 19th Century Costumes Afoot

    9 Oct ’09

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

    5 May ’09

    First Trailer for Sherlock Holmes Online – No Deerstalker! No Mac Farlane!

    19 May ’09
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    Sherlock Holmes 2: Q&A With Costume Designer Jenny Beavan

    4 May ’11 /

    Sherlock Holmes 2 costume designer Jenny Beavan chats exclusively to Clothes on Film about what to expect in the finished film.

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    Spielberg’s War Horse: First Trailer Arrives

    29 Jun ’11

    The Wolfman: Some Pics for the Weekend

    12 Dec ’09

    Les Aventures Extraordinaires d’Adele Blanc-Sec: Full Trailer

    23 Mar ’10
  • Clothes from 1837-1919,  Guys in Films,  News

    First Official Image: Sherlock Holmes 2

    15 Jan ’11 /

    Sherlock Holmes 2 rounds out a week of costume reveals with this first official image.

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    5 Dec ’12

    War Horse: Interview with Costume Designer Joanna Johnston

    27 Apr ’12

    The Not so Colourblind Costumes of The Personal History of David Copperfield

    31 Jan ’20
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    First Trailer for Sherlock Holmes Online – No Deerstalker! No Mac Farlane!

    19 May ’09 /

    Guy Ritchie is steering his Holmes away from the traditional, stuffier image of Basil Rathbone or Jeremy Brett.

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    11 Jan ’13

    True Grit: Full Trailer Moseys Along

    5 Oct ’10

    Exclusive Costume Featurette for My Cousin Rachel

    31 May ’17