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  • Clothes from 1837-1919,  Girls on TV,  Guys on TV,  Interviews,  Premium

    The Alienist: Costume Featurette Provides Glimpse into Gilded Style

    26 Apr ’18 /

    Netflix have released a short featurette about costume design for The Alienist, giving an overall glimpse at the work of Michael Kaplan and his team in putting together the era of 1896, New York. What is enticing about The Alienist, apart from the fact that it’s brilliant whodunit telly, is that it is set outside of England, which is so often the preserve of dramas such as these. This is NY style at a point in history when those with money were about to get a whole lot more. Expensive, in other words, and if you had deep enough pockets your taste in fashion would echo this. Check out the…

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    Status and Signifiers: Costume in There Will Be Blood

    1 Apr ’14

    Django Unchained: Tarantino’s First Costume Oscar?

    23 Oct ’12

    War Horse: Interview with Costume Designer Joanna Johnston

    27 Apr ’12
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    Recreating the Levi’s Spring Bottom Pants Advert from 1905

    4 Jun ’14 /

    Levi’s® Spring Bottom pants are a most fascinating garment. Introduced in 1889 they are essentially jean trousers intended for Victorian (and later Edwardian) gentlemen. This is the first time Levi’s had focused their products on such an audience. Previously their stock in trade was miners and loggers, but this was a very early attempt by the company to branch out. Spring Bottom pants are a classic item of denim history, yet most folk have probably never heard of them. With this in mind we contacted costume designer Jenny Beavan recently and asked if she would consider putting them in the next Sherlock Holmes film. No-one was paying us to do…

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    The Young Victoria: Costume Designer Interview

    14 Jan ’10

    First Official Image: Sherlock Holmes 2

    15 Jan ’11

    The Not so Colourblind Costumes of The Personal History of David Copperfield

    31 Jan ’20
  • Clothes from 1837-1919,  Girls on TV,  Guys on TV,  Premium

    Penny Dreadful: Dressing the Monsters of Victorian London

    20 May ’14 /

    NO SPOILERS Real and mythological, figurative and literal; monsters of all kinds abound in Sky Atlantic’s new period horror series Penny Dreadful. We might expect a skulking figure in a top hat and frock coat to be scary, though who would have thought a bustle and redingote could be so terrifying? Well, step forward Eva Green as enigmatic Vanessa Ives. Not hero nor villain, but a dead eyed clairvoyant who definitely shouldn’t be invited to dinner parties. Penny Dreadful is set in 1891, although is more a literary parallel universe than true reflection of the era. Some of the characters featured are written for the show (Vanessa), some existed in…

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    The Woman in Black Trailer: Creepy Frock

    19 Aug ’11

    Dress like a Peaky Blinder

    13 Sep ’13

    Recreating the Levi’s Spring Bottom Pants Advert from 1905

    4 Jun ’14
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    Oz the Great and Powerful: Costume Interview with Gary Jones

    5 Jul ’13 /

    We chat to costume designer Gary Jones about his work on Oz the Great and Powerful.

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    Kind Hearts and Coronets: Decadent Dennis Price

    29 Sep ’10

    Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows: Costume Round Up: Part 1

    22 Jun ’12

    Sharen Davis Costume Interview: Django Unchained

    1 Jan ’13
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    Lucinda Wright on Costume in The Suspicions of Mr Whicher

    2 Jul ’13 /

    Lucinda Wright talks costume in The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: The Murder in Angel Lane.

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    Sherlock Holmes Costume Guide Part 2: Tweed Suits and Ulsters

    20 May ’10

    War Horse: Exclusive Interview with Kathleen Kennedy

    19 Jan ’12

    The Alienist: Costume Featurette Provides Glimpse into Gilded Style

    26 Apr ’18
  • Clothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Premium

    Oz the Great and Powerful: Close Up Look at the Costumes

    11 Mar ’13 /

    A first-hand close-up look at costumes from Oz the Great and Powerful.

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    Video: Clothes on Film Talk Game of Thrones Costume

    5 Mar ’12

    Some Pics From Toy Story 3: Safari Ken

    25 May ’10

    Full Alice in Wonderland Trailer Hits: Potty But Pretty

    16 Dec ’09
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    Review: Oz the Great and Powerful

    4 Mar ’13 /

    Oz is here and as far as fantasy costume is concerned, you are in for some surprises.

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    The Wolfman: Some Pics for the Weekend

    12 Dec ’09

    Review: The Woman in Black

    10 Feb ’12

    The Lighthouse: All Hail a High Waist Trouser

    4 Feb ’20
  • Clothes from 1970s,  Clothes from 1980s,  Guys in Films,  Interviews,  Premium

    Argo Buy a Sports Jacket: The Thinking Man’s Hero Attire

    16 Nov ’12 /

    Ben Affleck’s pseudo-cowboy costume in Argo harks back to the golden age of the sports jacket.

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    Review: The Runaways

    26 Jun ’10

    Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: Dressed Trailer

    1 Jul ’11

    Meryl Streep in Costume for The Iron Lady Trailer

    7 Jul ’11
  • Clothes from 1837-1919,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Interviews,  Premium

    Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows: Costume Round Up: Part 2

    9 Jul ’12 /

    Second and final part of Clothes on Film’s sartorial run-through of Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, with exclusive input from costume designer Jenny Beavan.

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    Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Costume Trailer Arrives

    14 Jul ’11

    Review: Les Misérables

    20 Dec ’12

    Sherlock Holmes Costume Guide Part 2: Tweed Suits and Ulsters

    20 May ’10
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    Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows: Costume Round Up: Part 1

    22 Jun ’12 /

    First of Clothes on Film’s two part sartorial run-through of Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, with exclusive input from costume designer Jenny Beavan.

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    The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: Costume Q&A with Lucinda Wright

    3 Jun ’11

    True Grit: Exclusive Costume Featurette

    4 Feb ’11

    Dress like a Peaky Blinder

    13 Sep ’13
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    Behind the Scenes: Angels the Costumiers

    18 Apr ’12 /

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

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    Film Review: Chinatown

    19 Oct ’09

    Review: Norwegian Wood

    27 May ’11

    Review: Captain America: The First Avenger

    25 Jul ’11
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    Review: The Woman in Black

    10 Feb ’12 /

    Proving that frock coats and heavy lace dresses really are terrifying.

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    Homecoming: Betsy Heimann on Costuming Godless

    15 Dec ’17

    True Grit: Full Trailer Moseys Along

    5 Oct ’10

    War Horse: Exclusive Interview with Kathleen Kennedy

    19 Jan ’12
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