Tag Archives: suit

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Skyfall Teaser Trailer Hits: Provocative

21 May ’12 Filed under Clothes from 1960s, Clothes from now, Girls in Films, Guys in Films, News. 2 Comments.

The first trailer for Skyfall hits with several suits, an overcoat, sportswear and a beanie.

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American Gigolo: Armani Gere

5 May ’12 Filed under Clothes from 1980s, Guys in Films. 6 Comments.

American Gigolo is not about its protagonist, it is about what he wears. American Gigolo is about Armani.

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Behind the Scenes: Angels the Costumiers

18 Apr ’12 Filed under Girls in Films, Girls on TV, Guys in Films, Guys on TV, Interviews. 2 Comments.

Clothes on Film were granted a private tour of world-renowned Angels the costumiers.

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Costume & Identity in Hitchcock’s Vertigo

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.

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Review: The Hunger Games

25 Mar ’12 Filed under Clothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi, Girls in Films, Guys in Films. 8 Comments.

Judianna Makovsky’s costume design provides an intentional method of understanding The Hunger Games’ politics.

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The Conversation: Gene Hackman’s Raincoat

13 Mar ’12 Filed under Clothes from 1970s, Girls in Films, Guys in Films, Interviews. 3 Comments.

With exclusive insight from costume designer Aggie Guerard Rodgers, we investigate the story behind Harry Caul’s distinctive plastic raincoat.

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Style & Identity in Do the Right Thing

17 Feb ’12 Filed under Clothes from 1980s, Girls in Films, Guys in Films. 2 Comments.

Ruth E. Carter’s work on Do the Right Thing is a masterclass in how costume can influence the look and feel of a film.

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Orange BAFTA Film Awards: The Costume Nominees

7 Feb ’12 Filed under News. 1 Comment.

Who might win for costume design at the Orange BAFTA Film Awards?

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Crazy, Stupid, Love: Suits and 407s

27 Jan ’12 Filed under Clothes from now, Girls in Films, Guys in Films. 1 Comment.

Crazy, Stupid Love is every inch the ‘fashion film’, both in terms of narrative and costume designer Dayna Pink’s elegant menswear styling.

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Michael Kaplan Talks Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol

20 Dec ’11 Filed under Clothes from now, Girls in Films, Guys in Films, Interviews. 24 Comments.

Costume designer Michael Kaplan took time away from Star Trek 2 to chat exclusively to Clothes on Film about Ghost Protocol.

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Review: Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol

16 Dec ’11 Filed under Clothes from now, Film Reviews, Girls in Films, Guys in Films. 10 Comments.

Enjoyably daft fare with enough fast cars and desirable clobber to keep you cooing until the credits.

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Noomi Rapace in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

8 Dec ’11 Filed under Clothes from 2000-10, Clothes from now, Girls in Films, Girls on TV, Guys in Films, Guys on TV. 2 Comments.

Playing computer hacker, Lisbeth Salander, Noomi Rapace embodies the character in such a way that picturing anyone else in the role is nearly impossible.