Part two of our essay looking at sartorial identity in Sons of Anarchy, featuring exclusive insight from series costume designer Kelli Jones. Catch up with part 1 HERE. The women of SAMCRO include porn stars[…]
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Sons of Anarchy: Costume Identity and the Outlaw
Sons of Anarchy portrays the fictionalised world of an outlaw motorcycle club; although the plots are dramatic in the extreme, many of the details are firmly based in realism, including the costuming. Series creator Kurt[…]
About Time to Dress Upper Middle Class
SPOILERS Despite all the hoo-ha over films such as Blue Jasmine and Stoker contemporary is still pretty much overlooked as a form of costume design. If it’s invisible, well, nobody notices it, and if it’s[…]
Why is Miss Piggy Wearing a Vivienne Westwood Wedding Dress?
When Clothes on Film visited The Muppets Most Wanted set back in March of 2013, we were given a tour of the bustling ‘wardrobe’ (their words) department, as overseen by costume designer Rahel Afiley. You[…]
Tailoring The Wolf of Wall Street
There is a problem with the costumes in The Wolf of Wall Street, and it has nothing to do with the film itself but the coverage they have received. Namely, that this coverage is incorrect.[…]
The Muppets Most Wanted: Set and Costume Visit
‘Disney’s Muppets Most Wanted takes the entire Muppets gang on a global tour, selling out grand theatres in some of Europe’s most exciting destinations, including Berlin, Madrid, Dublin and London. But mayhem follows the Muppets[…]
Peaky Blinders: Q&A with Costume Designer Stephanie Collie
If you’re not watching BBC 2’s gangster western Peaky Blinders, stop reading now and seek it out on iPlayer – there’s still one episode left so you have time to join the party. Peaky Blinders[…]
Much Ado About Nothing: Colour Blind Costuming
Analysis of Shawna Trpcic’s subtle costume signifiers with input from the designer herself.
Game of Thrones Costume Analysis: Sansa Stark
The costume evolution of Sansa Stark in Game of Thrones.
All the Catching Fire Fashion Portraits in One Place
A fun glimpse at the bizarre fashions to expect in Catching Fire thanks to costume designer Trish Summerville.
The Phantom of the Opera: Colour, Character and Costume
The Phantom of the opera demonstrates that the colour, size and shape of a character’s costumes can communicate on a subliminal level.
Sandra Dee in If A Man Answers: A Salmon Run Up Beacon Hill
The evolving costumes worn by Sandra Dee in classic sixties gender comedy A Man Answers.