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  • Clothes from 1940s,  Clothes from 1950s,  Interviews,  Premium

    Costuming The Dressmaker

    9 Nov ’15 /

    Twenty-five years ago, costume designer Margot Wilson was a student living in Paris when she picked up a roll of red, moire silk fabric during a shopping trip to Milan. She didn’t know why, or what for; she wasn’t even a costume designer then, just a talented young fashion grad from East Sydney Tech on a six-month scholarship to France. When it was time to go home, she took the beautiful roll of fabric back down under with her. Fast forward three decades and a couple of dozen films later (including Lantana, Bran Nue Dae and Lawless), and Wilson has finally found a screen role for her magnificent weave –…

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    Florence Foster Jenkins: Exclusive Costume Sketches

    4 May ’16

    Inglourious Basterds: Costume Lowdown by Anna Sheppard

    28 Sep ’09

    Film Review: Shutter Island

    13 Apr ’10
  • Clothes from 1960s,  Clothes from 2000-10,  Girls in Films,  Premium

    Beautiful Oppression: Tilda Swinton in I am Love

    5 Jun ’15 /

    From stills of this film alone you could easily be forgiven in thinking that I am Love (Io sono l’amore, 2009) was set during the 1960s. The designer clothes draped worn by lead members of the Recchi family, as selected by costumer Antonella Cannarozzi, are generally minimalist, in plain colours with little embellishment. I am Love is actually set in Europe around 2000, but its central characters are trapped as the well-heeled repressed of the sixties. Just as sexual, artistic and cultural expression was blossoming, the old guard struggled to make sense of this new world so regressed even more vehemently into their old one. The Recchi’s seem to live…

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    Dual Analysis: Rosemary’s Baby – Chris’ Thoughts

    1 Jan ’10

    Get on Up: Sharen Davis Shares Costume Design Sketches

    9 Dec ’14

    Art of Rosemary’s Baby

    7 Mar ’11
  • Clothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi,  Premium

    Disney’s Cinderella Trailer: The Costumes of Sandy Powell

    21 Nov ’14 /

    The first full-length trailer for Disney’s new live-action adaptation of Cinderella was this week and featured tantalising glimpses of what promises to be a visually gorgeous film. The costumes, designed by three time Academy Award winner Sandy Powell, appear to be absolutely stunning. With a clever mix of the eighteenth century, the 1830s, and a little 1950s couture thrown in for good measure (Powell has been quoted as saying she was aiming for the look of “a nineteenth-century period film made in the 1940s or ’50s”), Powell has created another jewel to add to her already over-bling crown. Here is a quick rundown of some of the looks we’ve been…

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    Review: Inception

    13 Jul ’10

    Moon: The Double Meaning of Sam Rockwell’s Costume Design

    25 May ’12

    Journeying Into the Costumes of Into the Woods

    9 Mar ’15
  • Clothes from 1837-1919,  Clothes from 1950s,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Interviews,  Premium

    Anna Karenina: Jacqueline Durran Talks Jewellery & Costume

    11 Jan ’13 /

    Costume designer Jacqueline Durran discusses her unusual approach for Anna Karenina – 1870s Russia via 1950s couture.

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    The Wolfman: Some Pics for the Weekend

    12 Dec ’09

    The First Great Train Robbery: Sean Connery’s Victorian Coat

    5 May ’09

    Sherlock Holmes Costume Guide Part 1: Frock Coats & Bustles

    17 May ’10
  • Clothes from now,  Film Reviews,  Guys in Films

    Review: Cosmopolis

    29 Jun ’12 /

    Cosmopolis satisfies as everything avant-garde cinema should be; an immaculate journey into weird.

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    The Bourne Supremacy: Karl Urban’s Tunic Shirt

    18 Jul ’09

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    1 Jun ’12

    The Essential Nature of Simple Costume in Locke

    1 Sep ’15
  • Clothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi,  Clothes from now,  Film Reviews,  Girls in Films

    Review: Melancholia

    21 Oct ’11 /

    The most exquisite fashion promo ever made.

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    Harold Ramis Talks Ghostbusters 3: Return of the Jumpsuit

    10 Jul ’09

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    9 Sep ’11

    Film Review: Kick-Ass

    13 Mar ’10
  • Clothes from 1990s,  Girls in Films,  Premium

    La Femme Nikita: Anne Parillaud’s Little Black Dress

    21 Dec ’10 /

    La Femme Nikita re-defines the little black dress on film.

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    Dual Analysis: The Big Lebowski – KB’s Thoughts

    7 Jun ’10

    Clueless: Crayola Brights & Rich Girl Prep

    11 May ’12

    The Look of Love: Q&A with Costume Designer Stephanie Collie

    29 Aug ’13
  • Clothes from 2000-10,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  News

    The Tourist Trailer Hits: Continental Couture

    16 Sep ’10 /

    The first trailer for The Tourist has debuted. Regardless of your sexual orientation, there is something for you here.

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    Todd Phillips Talks The Hangover 2: No Vegas, Baby

    14 Dec ’09

    Beautiful Oppression: Tilda Swinton in I am Love

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    Contemporary Costume: Where Have the Aloha Shirts Gone?

    20 Jun ’14
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    Whip It: Roller Derby Vogue

    2 Mar ’10 /

    In as much as this is Drew Barrymore's movie, it is also Catherine Marie Thomas' runway to showcase a wide range of creativity.

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    20 Apr ’10

    UK Film Review: The Hangover

    6 Jun ’09

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    9 May ’14
  • Clothes from 1950s,  Girls in Films,  Premium

    Rear Window: Grace Kelly’s Paris Dress

    5 May ’09 /

    This might be the most famous and copied outfit Grace Kelly ever wore.

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    Rear Window: Grace Kelly’s Green Suit

    1 Jun ’09

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

    21 May ’11

    Anna Karenina: Jacqueline Durran Talks Jewellery & Costume

    11 Jan ’13