Girls in Films
Outfits worn specifically by female actors on film
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Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of Just About Everyone)
Contributor Birdie McAra explores the fantabulously non-male gazey world of Birds of Prey.
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Oscars 2020: Red Carpet Livestream
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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The Not so Colourblind Costumes of The Personal History of David Copperfield
The importance of costume colour for the colourblind casting of The Personal History of David Copperfield.
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The Rhythm Section Trailer: An Assassin’s Lookbook
The final trailer for The Rhythm Section features more costume changes than a Lady Gaga concert.
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Troop Zero: It’s Birdie Time
We chat to costume designer Caroline Eselin-Schaefer about her work on terrific new Amazon comedy, Troop Zero.
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Bombshell: Below the Belt
The leggy lure of Bombshell.
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The Fashionable Style of Kathleen Turner in Romancing the Stone
The costume style evolution of Kathleen Turner in Romancing the Stone (1984).
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The Costuming of Joaquin Phoenix in Joker
A brief glimpse at the costume world Mark Bridges created for Joker.
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A Look a the Style of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
A brief video dip into the costume design of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
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Jane Fonda and the Costumes of Klute (1971)
As a new feature for Clothes on Film, we will uploading regular videos (say every couple of weeks) to YouTube examining the costume design of new and classic movies, plus selected television and trailers. This is mainly because Clothes on Film’s creator and editor Christopher Laverty (waves) has been busy on other projects (ahem, buy the book) and has not had the opportunity to update the site as much as he’d like. Returning to more regular posting, it felt like a change was needed as there are already over 400 articles currently on here. Hence the idea of video. There will be some written articles added, but for the most…
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You’ve Got Red on You: Us and the Jumpsuit Question
SPOILERS THROUGHOUT Clearly Us (2019) director Jordan Peele is as interested in the craft of costume as a tool for storytelling as any means available to him (props, sets, score, bunnies). Peele’s costume designer for his film, Kym Barrett, is highly proficient, a veteran, with such memorable titles as Romeo and Juliet (1996), The Matrix (1999) and The Nice Guys (2016) under her belt. Her contribution is specific and considered – the ‘cut like’ jagged edges in Lupita Nyong’o’s blood soaked attire as Adelaide testament to Barrett’s knowledge of the subtle communication costume can achieve. It is, then, somewhat of a shame that Peele insists on everything in his story…
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Shifting Trends: Claire Foy in First Man
MINOR SPOILERS First Man (2018) is not a movie overly preoccupied with fashion, And why would it be? The focus of the story is astronaut Neil Armstrong (Ryan Gosling) and his journey to become the first person to ever walk on the surface of the moon. Armstrong wears a lot of button down shirts, short sleeve checks, neutral slacks, the odd dark single breasted suit for formal occasions – largely dour attire for a dour man. He also wears a space suit, several of them. However, outside of Emilio Pucci’s involvement in designing the logo for the Apollo 15 flight in 1971, fashion rarely intersects with the requirements of surviving…
