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The Last Jedi: Interview with Costume Designer Michael Kaplan
MINOR SPOILERS There are already lots of good interviews with Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) costume designer Michael Kaplan on the internet (we recommend this one in particular), so for Clothes on Film we kept it brief and fresh. We caught up with Kaplan, who is also responsible for Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), Star Trek (2009), Fight Club (1999) and Blade Runner (1982), for a little chat about what’s new for episode 8 of the ever evolving space saga. Clothes on Film: Let’s kick off by asking you about the best new costume in the film, the Elite Praetorian Guard… Michael Kaplan: They are my favourite costumes…
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Star Wars: Interview with Michael Kaplan
Surely we all know Michael Kaplan by now? Flashdance (1983), Fight Club (1999), Burlesque (2010), Star Trek (2009), and the biggest of the big, Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Versatile is not a generous enough word for his talent; he is literally one of the best in the business, as his CDG (Costume Designers Guild) nomination for Star Wars goes some way to proving. I spoke to Mr Kaplan just after Christmas about his work for The Force Awakens, but due to unforeseen circumstances (basically Clothes on Film HQ flooding), this interview is only being posted now. Still much to enjoy though, and plenty of costume titbits to sift through.…
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Style Icon of the Season: Cousin Eddie in Christmas Vacation
He is the whitest of the white trash, the kind of man who dumps raw sewage in a storm drain and kidnaps your boss as a Christmas present. And the only man to ever combine a leather belt with a bathrobe. Randy Quaid has played lovable moocher ‘Cousin Eddie’ in four separate National Lampoon films, but his most famous performance still resides at yuletide. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989, directed by Jeremiah C. Chechik) has weathered years of apathy to become something of a seasonal favourite. Watching Chevy Chase’s bipolar family man Clark Griswold lose his rag every December is now a festive tradition . Yet Clark is not really…
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Costume Designer Michael Kaplan Confirmed for Star Wars VII
Star Trek’s Michael Kaplan confirmed as costume designer for Star Wars Episode VII.
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Fight Club: Remembering Marla, the Dark Tourist
Costume designer Michael Kaplan reminisces with Clothes on Film about creating dark tourist Marla Singer in Fight Club.
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Hollywood Costume Exhibition Coming to V&A
Hollywood costume comes to London’s Victoria & Albert Museum in the most exciting exhibition of its type ever announced.
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Michael Kaplan Talks Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol
Costume designer Michael Kaplan took time away from Star Trek 2 to chat exclusively to Clothes on Film about Ghost Protocol.
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Review: Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol
Enjoyably daft fare with enough fast cars and desirable clobber to keep you cooing until the credits.
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New Burlesque Trailer? Corset Is
A brand new international trailer for Burlesque has pranced onto the internet.
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20th Century Fox at The London Film Museum: Costumes Galore
The London Film Museum has been running an exhibition featuring costumes from 20th Century Fox movies to celebrate the studio’s 75th anniversary.
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