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  • Clothes from 2000-10,  Clothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi,  Guys in Films,  Interviews

    Inception: Costume Style Analysis VLOG

    19 Aug ’20 /

    A new VLOG looking back over the still stunning costume design on of Inception.

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    82nd Oscar Results: Sandy Powell Shoots and Scores

    8 Mar ’10

    Wall Street 2 On-Set Photos Online

    11 Sep ’09

    Costume Designers Guild Award for Doctor Parnassus

    27 Feb ’10
  • Clothes from 2000-10,  Clothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Interviews

    Inception Revisited with Costume Designer Jeffrey Kurland

    17 Jul ’20 /

    We revisit sci-fi classic Inception a decade after its release with MVP, costume designer Jeffrey Kurland.

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    About Time to Dress Upper Middle Class

    9 May ’14

    Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps – Ellen Mirojnick Costume Q&A

    13 Sep ’10

    Bond 23 Not Gonna Happen. Not Yet Anyway

    20 Apr ’10
  • Clothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi,  Clothes from now,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films

    New Trailer for Tenet, aka The Best Film Ever Made

    23 May ’20 /

    A new trailer for Christopher Nolan’s Tenet has dropped and it’s undoubtedly going to be the best film EVER.

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    Brigbsy Bear: Interview with Costume Designer Sarah Mae Burton

    14 Aug ’17

    Eiko Ishioka: Trapped in Her Own imagination

    15 Jul ’13

    Snowpiercer: Q&A with Costume Designer Catherine George

    1 Aug ’14
  • Guys in Films,  News

    First Trailer for Tom Hardy’s Capone: Inspirational Lockdown Robe Attire

    16 Apr ’20 /

    Finally we have a trailer for Tom Hardy’s Capone and it looks jim-jam tastic.

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    Costume Design Award Winners Round Up: Oscar, BAFTA & CDG

    28 Feb ’12

    The Intern: Jacqueline Oknaian Costume Interview

    2 Oct ’15

    The Suits of Lee Marvin in Point Blank (1967)

    2 Sep ’19
  • Clothes from 1970s,  Guys in Films

    Richard Burton is The Dandy Villain

    3 Apr ’20 /

    How Richard Burton’s character in Villain (1971) dresses to impress and intimidate.

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    The Conjuring 2: Costume Q&A with Kristin Burke

    19 Jul ’16

    The Passenger: Always at Odds

    2 Nov ’17

    The Royal Tenenbaums: Gwyneth Paltrow’s Tennis Dress

    1 Feb ’10
  • 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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    Trailer for Spike Lee’s Oldboy: Nothing New?

    10 Jul ’13

    Skyfall Teaser Trailer Hits: Provocative

    21 May ’12

    Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps – Full Trailer Online

    19 Feb ’10
  • Bond on film,  Clothes from now,  Clothes on Film Video,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Interviews

    Oscars 2020: Red Carpet Livestream

    8 Feb ’20 /

    Join Clothes on Film editor Christopher Laverty for a special Oscars Red Carpet Livestream. You better believe he’s wearing a custom made crown.

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    Live and Let Die: Yaphet Kotto’s Brown Suede Trench Coat

    26 Feb ’10

    Sean Connery in Dr. No: The Template For 007

    10 Dec ’10

    Roger Moore’s Plaid Jacket in The Man with the Golden Gun

    5 Oct ’11
  • Clothes from 1837-1919,  Guys in Films

    The Lighthouse: All Hail a High Waist Trouser

    4 Feb ’20 /

    The higher the waist, the closer to god.

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

    9 Jul ’12

    The Woman in Black Trailer: Creepy Frock

    19 Aug ’11

    Lucinda Wright on Costume in The Suspicions of Mr Whicher

    2 Jul ’13
  • Clothes from 1837-1919,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films

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

    31 Jan ’20 /

    The importance of costume colour for the colourblind casting of The Personal History of David Copperfield.

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    Penny Dreadful: Dressing the Monsters of Victorian London

    20 May ’14

    Dress like a Peaky Blinder

    13 Sep ’13

    Django Unchained: Tarantino’s First Costume Oscar?

    23 Oct ’12
  • Clothes from 1960s,  Clothes from 1970s,  Clothes from now,  Guys in Films,  Interviews

    From Tailors with Love Podcast: Discussing the Tom Ford Look

    24 Jan ’20 /

    We chat about why James Bond wearing a Tom Ford suit is almost a waste of time for the From Tailors with Love podcast.

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    Win an Official The Big Lebowski Pendleton Cardigan

    11 Oct ’11

    Costuming Hitchcock: An Extract from Hitchcock’s Heroines by Caroline Young

    6 Jun ’18

    The Royal Tenenbaums: Gwyneth Paltrow’s Tennis Dress

    1 Feb ’10
  • Clothes from now,  Girls in Films,  News

    The Rhythm Section Trailer: An Assassin’s Lookbook

    22 Jan ’20 /

    The final trailer for The Rhythm Section features more costume changes than a Lady Gaga concert.

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    Brigsby Bear: Interview with Suit Creators Stoopid Buddy Stoodios

    28 Jul ’17

    World War Z and the Art of Breaking Down

    27 Jun ’13

    The Selfish Giant: Costume Design for Social Realist Drama

    25 Jul ’14
  • Clothes from 1970s,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Interviews

    Troop Zero: It’s Birdie Time

    20 Jan ’20 /

    We chat to costume designer Caroline Eselin-Schaefer about her work on terrific new Amazon comedy, Troop Zero.

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    Blaxploitation Dress Codes in 1970s Cinema

    20 Sep ’13

    Ellen Mirojnick Describes Costumes for Behind the Candelabra

    7 Jun ’13

    Ken Takakura Wearing Levi in The Yakuza (1974)

    27 Apr ’18
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