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    Costume Round Up: Villains

    6 Apr ’13 /

    A round up of villain themed costume posts at Clothes on Film.

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    Costume Stories, This Week: The Oscars and House of Cards

    1 Mar ’14

    Costume Stories, This Week: Piero Tosi and Veep

    23 Nov ’13

    Costume Stories, This Week: RoboCop and The Walking Dead

    15 Feb ’14
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    Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows: Costume Round Up: Part 2

    9 Jul ’12 /

    Second and final part of Clothes on Film’s sartorial run-through of Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, with exclusive input from costume designer Jenny Beavan.

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    Sherlock Holmes 2: Q&A With Costume Designer Jenny Beavan

    4 May ’11

    Kind Hearts and Coronets: Decadent Dennis Price

    29 Sep ’10

    Exclusive Costume Featurette for My Cousin Rachel

    31 May ’17
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    Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows: Costume Round Up: Part 1

    22 Jun ’12 /

    First of Clothes on Film’s two part sartorial run-through of Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, with exclusive input from costume designer Jenny Beavan.

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    Kind Hearts and Coronets: Decadent Dennis Price

    29 Sep ’10

    Dress like a Peaky Blinder

    13 Sep ’13

    The Wolfman: Some Pics for the Weekend

    12 Dec ’09
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    Boardwalk Empire: Cometh the Dandiest Man

    28 Sep ’11 /

    There is a man on Boardwalk Empire with even more sartorial presence than Nucky Thompson; That man is Chalky White.

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    The Cats Meow: Kirsten Dunst’s Chanel Style Beach Pyjamas

    7 May ’09

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

    12 Mar ’14

    Changeling: Angelina Jolie’s Fur Trimmed Coat

    5 May ’10
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    Review: Jane Eyre at Haddon Hall

    9 Sep ’11 /

    Watching Jane Eyre on location makes for an enriching experience.

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    The Not so Colourblind Costumes of The Personal History of David Copperfield

    31 Jan ’20

    Lucinda Wright on Costume in The Suspicions of Mr Whicher

    2 Jul ’13

    The Lighthouse: All Hail a High Waist Trouser

    4 Feb ’20
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    Louise Bourgoin as Adèle Blanc-Sec: Feathers in Her Hat

    12 Aug ’11 /

    Adèle Blanc-Sec’s world is akin to a fantasy Belle Époque; 1910s attire dotted among reanimated corpses and a dinosaur.

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    First Trailer for Sherlock Holmes Online – No Deerstalker! No Mac Farlane!

    19 May ’09

    The Lone Ranger: Never take off the Mask

    30 Jul ’13

    The Wolfman: Some Pics for the Weekend

    12 Dec ’09
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    Sean Connery in Dr. No: The Template For 007

    10 Dec ’10 /

    Matt Spaiser, creator of The Suits of James Bond blog, analyses the style of 007 in the film that started it all - Dr. No.

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    Oscars 2020: Red Carpet Livestream

    8 Feb ’20

    Live and Let Die: Yaphet Kotto’s Brown Suede Trench Coat

    26 Feb ’10

    Roger Moore’s Plaid Jacket in The Man with the Golden Gun

    5 Oct ’11
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    Kind Hearts and Coronets: Decadent Dennis Price

    29 Sep ’10 /

    The range of Edwardian coats cut for Dennis Price are recreated with remarkable historical accuracy.

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    Penny Dreadful: Dressing the Monsters of Victorian London

    20 May ’14

    Sherlock Holmes Costume Guide Part 2: Tweed Suits and Ulsters

    20 May ’10

    The Phantom of the Opera: Colour, Character and Costume

    5 Dec ’12
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    Les Aventures Extraordinaires d’Adele Blanc-Sec: Full Trailer

    23 Mar ’10 /

    Full trailer for Luc Besson’s Les Aventures Extraordinaires d'Adele Blanc-Sec is now online. It's the early 20th Century and ladies wore massive hats.

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

    5 May ’09

    Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows: Costume Round Up: Part 2

    9 Jul ’12

    Sharen Davis Costume Interview: Django Unchained

    1 Jan ’13