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    Costume Stories: This Week, Boardwalk Empire & Rush

    21 Sep ’13 /

    BAMF A well written and comprehensive site with a growing list of gents film/TV costume posts in the ‘get the look’ format. Like this a lot. Costume design, JK Rowling’s new Harry Potter movie, and the wizarding fashions of 1920s New York Hello Tailor gets lost in the world of world of Hogwarts costume. And in Part 2… She sets her sights on the flapper effect. Fashion Have no doubt; costume designers have a big impact on fashion. The Great Gatsby Lisa Hix for Collector’s Weekly finds more to say on The Great Gatsby. Her starting point? Boobs. Rush Gilt talk to Julian Day about his period costume work on…

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    Costume Stories: American Hustle and Hollywood Costume

    7 Dec ’13

    Costume Stories, This Week: True Detective and The Flash

    15 Mar ’14

    Costume Stories, This Week: Noah and Hannibal

    5 Apr ’14
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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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    Boardwalk Empire Costume Q&A: John Dunn & Lisa Padovani

    21 Sep ’11

    HBO Sessions Video: Clothes on Film Discuss Mildred Pierce

    21 Nov ’11

    The Great Gatsby Trailer: Roaring Costumes

    24 May ’12
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    The Great Gatsby Costumes at Brooks Brothers in London

    2 May ’13 /

    We visited Brooks Brothers to check out their costume display from The Great Gatsby.

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    HBO Sessions Video: Clothes on Film Discuss Boardwalk Empire

    3 Jan ’12

    Dress like a Peaky Blinder

    13 Sep ’13

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

    7 May ’09
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    Latest Trailer for The Great Gatsby: Fancy Clothes

    4 Apr ’13 /

    The latest and probably last trailer for Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of The Great Gatsby before its début at Cannes.

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    9 May ’09

    Status and Signifiers: Costume in There Will Be Blood

    1 Apr ’14

    Boardwalk Empire: Cometh the Dandiest Man

    28 Sep ’11
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    Martin/Prada Great Gatsby Collaboration: Fashion as Costume?

    22 Jan ’13 /

    The press love Prada’s involvement with The Great Gatsby, but exactly how much does this help the film’s costume design?

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    Boardwalk Empire: Women of the Empire

    9 Feb ’11

    HBO Sessions Video: Clothes on Film Discuss Mildred Pierce

    21 Nov ’11

    The Great Gatsby Costumes at Brooks Brothers in London

    2 May ’13
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    Prada Provided Carey Mulligan’s Gowns for The Great Gatsby

    23 Aug ’12 /

    The best kept secret in costume design is finally out: Prada made Carey Mulligan’s gowns for The Great Gatsby.

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    Of Money and Sex: Fitzgerald, Luhrmann, and Clothing in The Great Gatsby

    19 Apr ’13

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

    11 Apr ’14

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

    26 Jun ’09
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    The Great Gatsby Trailer: Roaring Costumes

    24 May ’12 /

    In a week of exciting trailers, the first for director Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation of The Great Gatsby must surely be the most thrilling of all.

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    Boardwalk Empire Costume Q&A: John Dunn & Lisa Padovani

    21 Sep ’11

    Midnight in Paris: Nostalgia Fashion

    3 Feb ’12

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

    11 Apr ’14
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    First Official Gatsby Pics Bring the Money

    14 Dec ’11 /

    Warner Bros. have released two images from The Great Gatsby. Not much to see, but it is difficult not to be drawn in by the promise of costume luxury.

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    Exclusive Boardwalk Empire Costume Design Clip

    5 Jan ’12

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    9 May ’09

    Boardwalk Empire: Why Men Should Embrace the Dandy Man

    31 Jan ’11
  • Clothes from 1920s,  Film Reviews,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films

    Review: The Artist

    25 Nov ’11 /

    If there is a more joyous film this year, we haven’t seen it.

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    Lawless: Interview with Costume Designer Margot Wilson

    27 Sep ’12

    The Great Gatsby Trailer: Roaring Costumes

    24 May ’12

    Boardwalk Empire: Why Men Should Embrace the Dandy Man

    31 Jan ’11
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    The Artist: Interview with Mark Bridges

    22 Nov ’11 /

    Clothes on Film talk exclusively to costume designer of The Artist, Mark Bridges.

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    Dress like a Peaky Blinder

    13 Sep ’13

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

    11 Apr ’14

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    31 Jan ’11
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    Ready For My Close Up: Anna May Wong

    18 Oct ’11 /

    Anna May Wong fused East and West against an ill-equipped backdrop of Hollywood cinema.

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    Dress like a Peaky Blinder

    13 Sep ’13

    Review: The Artist

    25 Nov ’11

    Prada Provided Carey Mulligan’s Gowns for The Great Gatsby

    23 Aug ’12
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    Boardwalk Empire: Women of the Empire

    9 Feb ’11 /

    Margaret Schroeder is introduced as a world away from the ‘flapper’ set that would come to define the twenties.

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    The Great Gatsby Trailer: Roaring Costumes

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