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    Costume in The Great Gatsby: Use Your Imagination

    23 May ’13 /

    Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin bring us the twenties reloaded.

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    HBO Sessions Video: Clothes on Film Discuss Mildred Pierce

    21 Nov ’11

    Review: The Artist

    25 Nov ’11

    The Fortune: Costume Guide – Dressing Soft For Murder

    19 Jan ’10
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    Of Money and Sex: Fitzgerald, Luhrmann, and Clothing in The Great Gatsby

    19 Apr ’13 /

    We analyse exactly what Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin need to get right for their costume design in The Great Gatsby.

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    Audrey Tautou Chanel Sailor Pants For Perfume Advertisement

    9 May ’09

    Trailer for Amelia Touches Down: Radical Fashions 1920s-30s

    26 Jun ’09

    The Great Gatsby Trailer: Roaring Costumes

    24 May ’12
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    Doris Day in Pillow Talk: Couture Allure

    18 May ’12 /

    Doris Day’s last hurrah for 1950s fashion wearing some of the most exquisite costumes ever seen on screen.

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    North by Northwest: Cary Grant’s Kilgour Suit

    13 May ’09

    Rear Window: Grace Kelly’s Paris Dress

    5 May ’09

    To Catch a Thief: Grace Kelly’s Beach Wear

    5 Apr ’11
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    Review: Hugo – With Exclusive Insight From Sandy Powell

    23 Dec ’11 /

    Hugo is Scorsese’s monument to wonder and excitement. Here Sandy Powell exclusively explains her costume choices to Clothes on Film.

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    Costume in The Great Gatsby: Use Your Imagination

    23 May ’13

    Exclusive Boardwalk Empire Costume Design Clip

    5 Jan ’12

    Martin/Prada Great Gatsby Collaboration: Fashion as Costume?

    22 Jan ’13
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    Boardwalk Empire Costume Q&A: John Dunn & Lisa Padovani

    21 Sep ’11 /

    On the eve of Boardwalk Empire: Season 2 commencing, we had a chat with the show’s costume designers John Dunn and Lisa Padovani.

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    The Fortune: Costume Guide – Dressing Soft For Murder

    19 Jan ’10

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

    12 Mar ’14

    Puttin’ on the Glitz at The British Library: A Look Back

    11 Apr ’14
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    Kate Winslet in Mildred Pierce: Sex and the Housedress

    1 Jul ’11 /

    A prevalent theme in the first episode of Mildred Pierce starring is how domestic costume can be read as a signal for sexual availability.

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    Swing Time: Ginger Rogers’ Day Dress

    26 May ’09

    Dressed to Serve: Costume in The Grand Budapest Hotel

    4 Jul ’14

    Win Tickets to W.E. at the London Film Festival

    4 Oct ’11
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    Awesome Lack of Taste: Style Lessons from Hot Tub Time Machine

    11 May ’10 /

    Some essential style lessons learnt from Hot Tub Time Machine.

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    Get on Up: Sharen Davis Shares Costume Design Sketches

    9 Dec ’14

    The Gumshoe Chic of Mickey Rourke in Angel Heart (1987)

    29 Nov ’19

    13 Going On 30: Colourful Jennifer Garner

    27 Aug ’10
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    Changeling: Angelina Jolie’s Fur Trimmed Coat

    5 May ’10 /

    Angelina Jolie suits the unstructured dresses and cloche hats in Changeling perfectly.

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    Boardwalk Empire: Cometh the Dandiest Man

    28 Sep ’11

    First Official Gatsby Pics Bring the Money

    14 Dec ’11

    Lawless: Interview with Costume Designer Margot Wilson

    27 Sep ’12