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A Star is Born: The Cotton Rebel

12 Oct ’18 Lord Christopher LavertyClothes from now

MINOR SPOILERS For all the inevitable chrysalis transformation of singer Ally (Lady Gaga) during A Star is Born (2018, directed by Bradley Cooper), the most subtle, yet real sartorial reflection of character belongs to her[…]

The Passenger: Always at Odds

2 Nov ’17 Lord Christopher LavertyClothes from 1970s

Filmmaker Nic Fforde discusses how he come to realise the importance of costume design in his projects. Stories in films are all familiar to us in some way, no matter how remote the setting. The[…]

The Essential Nature of Simple Costume in Locke

1 Sep ’1530 Apr ’18 Lord Christopher LavertyClothes from now

Locke (2013, costume design by Nigel Egerton) is a film unique in its restrictions – it takes place in real time, has only one character and only one setting. Ivan Locke (Tom Hardy) is driving[…]

The Bloody Sartorialist: Christian Bale in American Psycho

16 Jan ’1430 Apr ’18 Lord Christopher LavertyClothes from 1980s

American Psycho (2000, costume designer Isis Mussenden) is a late 1980s set film that highlights the importance placed on external appearance and the disparity that can lie between this and the true nature of a[…]

Realism through Identity: Clothing in The Last of Us

30 Nov ’1311 Jan ’14 Lord Christopher LavertyClothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi

If you have played The Last of Us on Playstation 3 it has likely ruined video gaming for you. The world created is so vivid and believable that every game afterward just feels dated and[…]