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  • Clothes from now,  Girls in Films

    Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of Just About Everyone)

    10 Feb ’20 /

    Contributor Birdie McAra explores the fantabulously non-male gazey world of Birds of Prey.

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    Costume Design in House of Cards: Colour is Power

    10 Jun ’13

    Body of Lies: Mark Strong in Huntsman

    4 Nov ’09

    A Star is Born: The Cotton Rebel

    12 Oct ’18
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    Ocean’s 8: Fashioning Costume

    10 Jul ’18 /

    MINOR SPOILERS Movies that feature contemporary fashion, particularly high-end and particularly for women, are a tricky sell costume wise. While men’s semi-formal to formal attire is generally shaped around the fundamental guise of the lounge suit, women’s clothing has a lot more avenues and possibilities. In addition to colour and pattern there is shape and form, which can vary dramatically for the fashionable wearer. What can vary dramatically can also date dramatically and this can be major stumbling block for costume designers. Films centred around the world of fashion, or those that include a lot of fashionable garments such as The Devil Wears Prada (2006), Clueless (1995) and Funny Face…

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    Four Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps Goodie Bags To Give Away

    24 Sep ’10

    Brigbsy Bear: Interview with Costume Designer Sarah Mae Burton

    14 Aug ’17

    Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps – Full Trailer Online

    19 Feb ’10
  • Clothes from 1960s,  Film Reviews,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films

    Review: Moonrise Kingdom

    29 May ’12 /

    Wes Anderson’s most sartorially significant film yet.

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    Saving Mr. Banks: Costume Design Featurette

    12 Dec ’13

    Mad Men: John Slattery in a Double Breasted Suit (S2)

    16 Mar ’11

    Favourite Fashions From Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

    4 Oct ’10
  • Clothes from 1970s,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Premium

    Boogie Nights Costume: Dirty Time

    11 Nov ’11 /

    Mark Bridges exclusively explains his costume choices for retro epic Boogie Nights.

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    Deena Appel on the Costume Design of Austin Powers: Goldmember

    9 Oct ’18

    Meryl Streep in Costume for The Iron Lady Trailer

    7 Jul ’11

    The Royal Tenenbaums: Gwyneth Paltrow’s Tennis Dress

    1 Feb ’10
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    Diana Rigg in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service: To Die For

    24 Jun ’11 /

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

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    Get on Up: Sharen Davis Shares Costume Design Sketches

    9 Dec ’14

    A Cat of a Certain Breed: Breakfast at Tiffany’s

    11 Aug ’12

    Katie Holmes in The Kennedys: Armani’s Copy of a Copy

    5 Aug ’11
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    Barbra Streisand in The Way We Were: Forties Meets Seventies

    16 May ’11 /

    Throughout The Way We Were, Barbra Streisand wears a mix of period authenticity and contemporary fashion.

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    Film Review: Shutter Island

    13 Apr ’10

    His Girl Friday: Rosalind Russell’s Chevron Striped Coat

    18 Jun ’09

    Cinema Paradiso: Invisible Costume

    9 Feb ’15
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    Favourite Fashions From Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

    4 Oct ’10 /

    Less a costume movie and more a fashion one, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls is typical of its naughty director Russ Meyer in all the best ways.

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    George Lazenby in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

    12 Oct ’12

    Sean Connery in Dr. No: The Template For 007

    10 Dec ’10

    Norwegian Wood: Hipsters Unmaxed

    8 Jul ’11
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    Michael Caine in Pulp

    22 Jun ’10 /

    Michael Caine is the epitome of badly folded cool.

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    The Conjuring 2: Costume Q&A with Kristin Burke

    19 Jul ’16

    Catherine Deneuve in Potiche: Still Belle

    10 Oct ’11

    Review: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

    5 Sep ’11
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    Rosemary’s Baby: Mia Farrow’s Red Trouser Suit

    18 May ’09 /

    Rosemary's Baby is the perfect mid-sixties set fashion movie.

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    The Look of Love: Dressing the No-Body Body

    14 Aug ’13

    X-Men: First Class Trailer

    11 Feb ’11

    X-Men: Days of Future Past Pics – 1973 Xavier, Hank & Logan

    10 May ’13