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[…]
Tag: Victorian
Recreating the Levi’s Spring Bottom Pants Advert from 1905
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[…]
Penny Dreadful: Dressing the Monsters of Victorian London
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[…]
Oz the Great and Powerful: Costume Interview with Gary Jones
We chat to costume designer Gary Jones about his work on Oz the Great and Powerful.
Lucinda Wright on Costume in The Suspicions of Mr Whicher
Lucinda Wright talks costume in The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: The Murder in Angel Lane.
Oz the Great and Powerful: Close Up Look at the Costumes
A first-hand close-up look at costumes from Oz the Great and Powerful.
Review: Oz the Great and Powerful
Oz is here and as far as fantasy costume is concerned, you are in for some surprises.
Argo Buy a Sports Jacket: The Thinking Man’s Hero Attire
Ben Affleck’s pseudo-cowboy costume in Argo harks back to the golden age of the sports jacket.
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows: Costume Round Up: Part 2
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.
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows: Costume Round Up: Part 1
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.
Behind the Scenes: Angels the Costumiers
Clothes on Film were granted a private tour of world-renowned Angels the costumiers.
Review: The Woman in Black
Proving that frock coats and heavy lace dresses really are terrifying.