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

    6 Jun ’18 /

    Author Caroline Young has just released a fascinating new book entitled Hitchcock’s Heroines (published by Insight Editions). It celebrates and studies the women in Hitchcock movies; their influence, semblance and iconography. What’s more, Young also examines the role costume design plays with these women, both the characters and the actresses who played them, and how they can be interpreted as far more than just ‘icy blondes’. Here we have an extract of the book exclusively for Clothes on Film: Kim Novak’s grey suit the colour of San Francisco fog in Vertigo, Grace Kelly as the too-perfect woman in Rear Window, and Janet Leigh’s black and white sets of underwear to…

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    Puttin’ on the Glitz: An Upcoming Fashion and Film Event

    12 Mar ’14

    Lawless: Interview with Costume Designer Margot Wilson

    27 Sep ’12

    King Kong: Naomi Watts’ Pink Slip

    6 Oct ’09
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    The Birds: Tippi Hedren in the Green Suit

    7 Aug ’13 /

    Why does Tippi Hedren wear a green suit in The Birds, and what does it mean?

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    Dual Analysis: Rosemary’s Baby – Chris’ Thoughts

    1 Jan ’10

    Deena Appel on the Costume Design of Austin Powers: Goldmember

    9 Oct ’18

    A Cat of a Certain Breed: Breakfast at Tiffany’s

    11 Aug ’12
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    Costume & Identity in Hitchcock’s Vertigo

    10 Apr ’12 /

    Edith Head’s costume design for Vertigo demonstrates the power of clothes in forming identities on-screen.

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    Anna Karenina: Jacqueline Durran Talks Jewellery & Costume

    11 Jan ’13

    Grease: Annette Cardona as Cha-Cha

    10 Nov ’09

    Doris Day in Pillow Talk: Couture Allure

    18 May ’12
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    Hollywood Costume Exhibition Coming to V&A

    20 Jan ’12 /

    Hollywood costume comes to London’s Victoria & Albert Museum in the most exciting exhibition of its type ever announced.

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    Angelina Jolie set for Gucci the Movie

    21 Oct ’09

    Louise Bourgoin as Adèle Blanc-Sec: Feathers in Her Hat

    12 Aug ’11

    Prada Provided Carey Mulligan’s Gowns for The Great Gatsby

    23 Aug ’12
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    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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    Captain America: The First Trailer

    24 Mar ’11

    The Maltese Falcon: The Shirts That Dreams Are Made Of

    23 Sep ’19

    UK Film Review: Inglourious Basterds

    19 Aug ’09
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    To Catch a Thief: Grace Kelly’s Beach Wear

    5 Apr ’11 /

    This is the most fun and elaborate outfit Grace Kelly wears in To Catch a Thief.

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    Atonement: Keira Knightley’s Green Dress

    23 Jun ’09

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

    21 May ’11

    Robert Cummings in Saboteur: Costume Judgement

    4 Jan ’11
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    Robert Cummings in Saboteur: Costume Judgement

    4 Jan ’11 /

    To be a saboteur you must surely dress like one.

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    Monica Bellucci as Malèna: Beauty, Black and Heels

    26 Aug ’11

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

    29 Jul ’11

    A Colourful Tale: The Costume Canvas of Dick Tracy

    27 Feb ’15
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    The Tourist: Colleen Atwood Talks Exclusively About Costumes

    9 Dec ’10 /

    We asked Colleen Atwood a few questions about The Tourist’s lavish costume look.

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    Four Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps Goodie Bags To Give Away

    24 Sep ’10

    About Time to Dress Upper Middle Class

    9 May ’14

    Alpha Papa: Dress like a Partridge

    21 Aug ’13
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    Edith Head Sketches for Grace Kelly Costumes to be Auctioned

    11 Nov ’10 /

    Christie’s are auctioning several Edith Head sketches for costume designs worn by Grace Kelly.

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    New Shutter Island Trailer Debuts: Serious Fifties Costumes

    3 Oct ’09

    Doris Day in Pillow Talk: Couture Allure

    18 May ’12

    Grease: Olivia Newton-John is Squeaky Clean, Jellybean

    2 Apr ’10
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    Rear Window: Grace Kelly’s Green Suit

    1 Jun ’09 /

    While still alluring, as practically anything is on Grace Kelly, this is perhaps her least successful outfit overall from Rear Window (1954, as Lisa Fremont). The jacket seems slightly too long and loose for the slenderness of the skirt; it doesn’t fit Kelly’s figure as comfortably as it might. However even with its faults the suit still reflects a vital side of Lisa’s complex personality: her professional, tailored femininity.

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    Rear Window: Grace Kelly in Jeans

    8 Jul ’09

    Katie Holmes in The Kennedys: Armani’s Copy of a Copy

    5 Aug ’11

    The Iron Lady: Costume as Distinction, Gender and Protection

    4 May ’13