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  • Clothes from 1960s,  Clothes from now,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  News

    Skyfall Teaser Trailer Hits: Provocative

    21 May ’12 /

    The first trailer for Skyfall hits with several suits, an overcoat, sportswear and a beanie.

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    Dual Analysis: Rosemary’s Baby – KB’s Thoughts

    8 Jan ’10

    X-Men: Days of Future Past Pics – 1973 Xavier, Hank & Logan

    10 May ’13

    2001 and Hardy Amies: When Fashion and Film Collide

    21 Dec ’12
  • Clothes from 1950s,  Girls in Films

    Costume & Identity in Hitchcock’s Vertigo

    10 Apr ’12 /

    Edith Head’s costume design for Vertigo demonstrates the power of clothes in forming identities on-screen.

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    Rebel Without a Cause: James Dean in Denim

    1 Jul ’10

    Colleen Goes Contemporary: First Official Pic from The Tourist

    14 Jun ’10

    Edith Head Sketches for Grace Kelly Costumes to be Auctioned

    11 Nov ’10
  • Clothes from 1930s,  Clothes from 1990s,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Premium

    The Secret Sharer: Abbie Cornish & Andrea Riseborough in W.E.

    20 Mar ’12 /

    The glamorous look of the mid-1930s threads its way through dual love stories in W.E.

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    Kate Winslet in Mildred Pierce: Sex and the Housedress

    1 Jul ’11

    King Kong: Naomi Watts’ White Evening Dress

    23 Oct ’09

    Swing Time: Ginger Rogers’ Day Dress

    26 May ’09
  • Clothes from now,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Premium

    Crazy, Stupid, Love: Suits and 407s

    27 Jan ’12 /

    Crazy, Stupid Love is every inch the ‘fashion film’, both in terms of narrative and costume designer Dayna Pink’s elegant menswear styling.

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    Luke Cage: Swiss Cheese Hoodie

    14 Nov ’16

    Anuvahood: Urban Wear Swagger

    11 Jul ’11

    Anna Karenina Coming to Banana Republic: Costume Fashion?

    30 Jun ’12
  • Clothes from 1970s,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  News

    Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: Dressed Trailer

    1 Jul ’11 /

    Looking so sexy that the finished film can be nothing but a huge disappointment, this teaser for Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy ticks all the right 70’s boxes.

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    The Conjuring 2: Costume Q&A with Kristin Burke

    19 Jul ’16

    Michael Caine in Pulp

    22 Jun ’10

    The Royal Tenenbaums: Gwyneth Paltrow’s Tennis Dress

    1 Feb ’10
  • Clothes from 1960s,  Guys in Films,  Premium

    Goldfinger: Sean Connery in a Towelling Playsuit

    29 Mar ’11 /

    The blue towelling playsuit in Goldfinger is typically remembered as Bond’s one sartorial disaster. Yet it might be worthy of reconsideration.

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    The Look of Love: Dressing the No-Body Body

    14 Aug ’13

    Brighton Rock and Mod: Trailer Hits

    24 Nov ’10

    Grace Slick Wears Woodstock

    28 Oct ’14