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From Bum to Italian Stallion: Sylvester Stallone as Rocky
In the very opening scene of Rocky (1976, costume designer Robert Cambel), we see the title character in the ring, bare chested, hands encased in boxing gloves, the picture of sporting violence and masculinity. But this is no more than a surface assumption. Not two minutes later, we see Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) shrug on his faded brown towelling dressing gown, with “The Italian Stallion” embroidered on the back, and things start to shift. This is not a macho film concerned with the fight alone, but an exploration of masculinity in all its guises – the assumptions, the pretence and the reality. Clothes play an important part in this, both…
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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.
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Bonnie and Clyde: Hats as Identity
Bonnie and Clyde is a great example of how the simple addition of a hat can say a lot about a character.
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Rocky: Talia Shire as Adrian, From Geek to Chic
She may start out in fisherman's knitwear but by the end of Rocky, Talia Shire could not look more feminine.