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Costume designer Ann Roth’s template for Working Girl (1988, directed by Mike Nichols) is especially astute with regards to the social and geographical make up of its characters. Protagonist Tess McGill (Melanie Griffith) is a homely girl raised and living … Continue reading
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Thanks at least in part to the wintry weather, this week’s costume round up is coats on film. Continue reading
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Costume in The Cabin in the Woods is not grand, but it is very clever. All the teenage characters subtly evolve from one horror stereotype to another. Continue reading
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A real legend of the industry, costume designer Theoni V. Aldredge, has died. Continue reading
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Part 2 of our examination into how the Alien films have used costume design to contextualise primal terror. Continue reading
© 2010 Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved.
In the first of a two-part special, we examine how important costumes from the Alien films are in contextualising primal terror. Continue reading