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  • Clothes from 1990s,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Interviews,  Premium

    The Grifters: Be Careful What You Wear

    6 Jun ’13 /

    First in our two part retrospective of neo-noir classic The Grifters with exclusive insight from the film’s assistant costume designer Mark Bridges.

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    Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman: Elegant Opera Dress

    25 Jun ’10

    Film Review: Misery

    8 Sep ’09

    The Big Lebowski: Jeff Bridges in a Pendleton Cardigan

    31 Aug ’10
  • Clothes from 1970s,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Premium

    Kramer vs. Kramer: Meryl Streep in a Burberry Trench Coat

    21 Mar ’13 /

    Meryl Streep’s timeless Burberry trench coat is one of the most recognisable contemporary costumes of 1970s.

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    Win a Grease Sing-a-Long Goodie Bag!

    16 Sep ’10

    Review: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

    5 Sep ’11

    Catherine Deneuve in Potiche: Still Belle

    10 Oct ’11
  • Clothes from 1930s,  Clothes from 1940s,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Premium

    Gangster Squad: Gangster Gloss

    28 Jan ’13 /

    The glossy costume world of gangster squad is faithful to history, but not a slave to it.

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    Dressed to Serve: Costume in The Grand Budapest Hotel

    4 Jul ’14

    Inglourious Basterds: Costume Lowdown by Anna Sheppard

    28 Sep ’09

    Review: Water for Elephants

    10 May ’11
  • Clothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi,  Girls in Films,  Interviews,  Premium

    Piper Perabo Discusses Looper Costume Design

    1 Oct ’12 /

    Piper Perabo chats to Clothes on Film about costume design for her role in Looper.

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    Alice in Wonderland: Four Images to Enchant Thee

    5 Feb ’10

    Star Wars Corsets: Force Needed to Get into Them

    8 Jun ’10

    Review: The Dark Knight Rises

    21 Jul ’12
  • Clothes from 2000-10,  Girls in Films,  Interviews,  Premium

    Sandra Bullock in The Proposal: Small Wardrobe, Big Impact

    24 Feb ’12 /

    With exclusive insight from costume designer Catherine Marie Thomas, we analyse Sandra Bullock’s low volume, big impact wardrobe in The Proposal.

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    See Toy Story 3 Early! Two Pairs of Tickets to Give Away!!

    8 Jun ’10

    Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps – Full Trailer Online

    19 Feb ’10

    Black Swan International Trailer is Beautiful

    8 Dec ’10
  • Clothes from 1930s,  Clothes from 1940s,  Girls in Films,  Premium

    Monica Bellucci as Malèna: Beauty, Black and Heels

    26 Aug ’11 /

    In Malèna, Monica Bellucci plays an impossible vision of beauty; a woman so striking she is immediately sexualised by all who lay eyes on her.

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    Tom Hardy in Lawless: The Knitwear Anti-Hero

    21 Sep ’12

    Film Review: 42nd Street

    5 May ’09

    Murder on the Orient Express: Interview with Costume Designer Alexandra Byrne

    2 Nov ’17
  • Clothes from 1940s,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Interviews,  Premium

    Captain America: Q&A with Costume Designer Anna B. Sheppard

    29 Jul ’11 /

    Clothes on Film chats exclusively to Anna B. Sheppard about her work on Captain America: The First Avenger.

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    Barbra Streisand in The Way We Were: Forties Meets Seventies

    16 May ’11

    A Colourful Tale: The Costume Canvas of Dick Tracy

    27 Feb ’15

    To Catch a Thief: Grace Kelly’s Coral Top and Skirt

    21 May ’11
  • Clothes from 1940s,  Film Reviews,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films

    Review: Captain America: The First Avenger

    25 Jul ’11 /

    Some of the finest superhero costume design ever committed to film.

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

    6 Jun ’18

    Dunkirk: Interview with Costume Designer Jeffrey Kurland

    31 Jul ’17

    The Star Wattage of Mildred Pierce (1945)

    6 Mar ’17
  • Clothes from 1940s,  Clothes from 1950s,  Girls in Films,  Premium

    To Catch a Thief: Grace Kelly’s Coral Top and Skirt

    21 May ’11 /

    This coral pink ensemble encompasses and challenges the absolute femininity of Grace Kelly.

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    Review: Captain America: The First Avenger

    25 Jul ’11

    Captain America: Q&A with Costume Designer Anna B. Sheppard

    29 Jul ’11

    Cinema Paradiso: Invisible Costume

    9 Feb ’15
  • Clothes from 1940s,  Clothes from 1970s,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Premium

    Barbra Streisand in The Way We Were: Forties Meets Seventies

    16 May ’11 /

    Throughout The Way We Were, Barbra Streisand wears a mix of period authenticity and contemporary fashion.

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    Florence Foster Jenkins: Exclusive Costume Sketches

    4 May ’16

    His Girl Friday: Rosalind Russell’s Chevron Striped Coat

    18 Jun ’09

    Costuming The Dressmaker

    9 Nov ’15
  • Clothes from 1940s,  Clothes from now,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  News

    Captain America: The First Trailer

    24 Mar ’11 /

    The first trailer for Captain America: The First Avenger has bish bash boshed onto the internet.

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

    6 Jun ’18

    Carice van Houten in Black Book: The Red Dress

    21 Sep ’10

    The Star Wattage of Mildred Pierce (1945)

    6 Mar ’17
  • Clothes from 1940s,  Guys in Films,  Premium

    Robert Cummings in Saboteur: Costume Judgement

    4 Jan ’11 /

    To be a saboteur you must surely dress like one.

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    Costuming The Dressmaker

    9 Nov ’15

    Pollock: Ed Harris in Paint Splattered Denim

    15 Feb ’11

    Inglourious Basterds: Costume Lowdown by Anna Sheppard

    28 Sep ’09
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