Tag Archives: silk

Doris Day in Pillow Talk: Couture Allure

18 May ’12 Filed under Clothes from 1950s, Girls in Films, Guys in Films. 8 Comments.

Doris Day’s last hurrah for 1950s fashion wearing some of the most exquisite costumes ever seen on screen.

10 Apr ’12 Filed under Clothes from 1950s, Girls in Films. 6 Comments.

Edith Head’s costume design for Vertigo demonstrates the power of clothes in forming identities on-screen.

9 Mar ’12 Filed under Clothes from 1980s, Girls in Films. 1 Comment.

Gena Rowlands' costumes as Gloria evocate character through a fashionable capsule wardrobe.

24 Feb ’12 Filed under Clothes from 2000-10, Girls in Films, Interviews. 3 Comments.

With exclusive insight from costume designer Catherine Marie Thomas, we analyse Sandra Bullock’s low volume, big impact wardrobe in The Proposal.

Clothes on Film talk exclusively to costume designer of The Artist, Mark Bridges.

28 Sep ’11 Filed under Clothes from 1920s, Guys on TV. No comments.

There is a man on Boardwalk Empire with even more sartorial presence than Nucky Thompson; That man is Chalky White.

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

1 Jul ’11 Filed under Clothes from 1930s, Girls on TV. No comments.

A prevalent theme in the first episode of Mildred Pierce starring is how domestic costume can be read as a signal for sexual availability.

24 Jun ’11 Filed under Clothes from 1960s, Girls in Films. 2 Comments.

As TracyDi Vicenzo in OHMSS, Diana Rigg wore a daring 1960s wedding ensemble.

This coral pink ensemble encompasses and challenges the absolute femininity of Grace Kelly.

Old fashioned and sentimental, Water for Elephants still has much to offer with its very readable costume design.

This is the most fun and elaborate outfit Grace Kelly wears in To Catch a Thief.