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  • Clothes from 1930s,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Interviews,  Premium

    Murder on the Orient Express: Interview with Costume Designer Alexandra Byrne

    2 Nov ’17 /

    Clothes on Film were fortunate enough to be invited to a display of costumes from the latest adaptation of Murder on the Orient Express (2017), plus interview its costume designer Alexandra Byrne. An Oscar winner for Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2008), and well known for her period design work, since 2011 Byrne has become connected to the world of Marvel, her most recent project being Doctor Strange in 2016. Here she chats candidly about recreating the (mainly) glamorous side of the early 1930s and the challenges that faced her and her team. Alexandra Byrne on shooting in 70 mm: “Director Ken (Branagh) and I did Hamlet (1996) together which was…

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    King Kong: Naomi Watts’ Pink Slip

    6 Oct ’09

    Monica Bellucci as Malèna: Beauty, Black and Heels

    26 Aug ’11

    Johnny Depp in Public Enemies: Costume as Plot

    12 Apr ’11
  • Clothes from 1980s,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Premium

    Working Girl: The Culture of Power Dressing

    27 Sep ’13 /

    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 in Staten Island, New York. Currently working as a secretary in Manhattan (not ‘executive assistant’, reflecting vernacular of the time), as is her best friend Cynthia (Joan Cusack). Tess, however, has gained a degree through night school and harbours ambitions to use it for more constructive tasks than answering the telephone and fetching toilet paper for bawdy stockbrokers. After being set up for a ‘date’ that turned out to be…

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    American Gigolo: Armani Gere

    5 May ’12

    Style Icon of the Season: Cousin Eddie in Christmas Vacation

    18 Dec ’13

    Body of Lies: Mark Strong in Huntsman

    4 Nov ’09
  • Clothes from 1930s,  Clothes from 1990s,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Premium

    The Secret Sharer: Abbie Cornish & Andrea Riseborough in W.E.

    20 Mar ’12 /

    The glamorous look of the mid-1930s threads its way through dual love stories in W.E.

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    Win Tickets to W.E. at the London Film Festival

    4 Oct ’11

    Swing Time: Ginger Rogers’ Day Dress

    26 May ’09

    Johnny Depp in Public Enemies: Costume as Plot

    12 Apr ’11
  • Clothes from 1940s,  Clothes from 1950s,  Girls in Films,  Premium

    To Catch a Thief: Grace Kelly’s Beach Wear

    5 Apr ’11 /

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

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    Captain America: Q&A with Costume Designer Anna B. Sheppard

    29 Jul ’11

    Captain America: The First Trailer

    24 Mar ’11

    A Colourful Tale: The Costume Canvas of Dick Tracy

    27 Feb ’15
  • Clothes from 1940s,  Clothes from 1950s,  Girls in Films,  Premium

    To Catch a Thief: Grace Kelly in Blue Chiffon

    2 Mar ’11 /

    As worn by Grace Kelly, this floaty, conspicuous dress is an appreciable nod to Dior’s ‘New Look’ of the late 1940s.

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    Atonement: Keira Knightley’s Green Dress

    23 Jun ’09

    To Catch a Thief: Grace Kelly’s Coral Top and Skirt

    21 May ’11

    Captain America: Q&A with Costume Designer Anna B. Sheppard

    29 Jul ’11
  • Girls in Films,  News,  Pre-Victorian

    Milla Jovovich Tweets Herself in Three Musketeers Costume

    5 Jul ’10 /

    Milla Jovovich has released three pics of herself on Twitter wearing costumes from The Three Musketeers.

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    Looper: Costume Designer Sharen Davis Reveals Inspiration

    28 Sep ’12

    Costume Stories: This Week, Anna Nicole and House of Cards

    29 Jun ’13

    Grace Slick Wears Woodstock

    28 Oct ’14