A quiet week for costume. Game of Thrones New costume and props exhibition to travel around the world. No dribbling over the embroidery, but you can sit on the Iron Throne. …and check out Daenerys’[…]
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Costume Stories, This Week: Frozen and Ane Crabtree
Happy New Ye- oh we’ve done that already. Carry on. ‘How Hollywood is ruining a Billion Dollar Industry’ Amber Jane Butchart found this amazing article from 1938 and it is essential, and occasionally shocking, reading.[…]
Costume Stories: American Hustle and Hollywood Costume
The last TWO weeks in costume. Sorry, we were a bit busy. Paul Walker Costume designer Kristin M. Burke worked with Paul Walker on Running Scared. Here she shares a few personal memories of the[…]
Working Girl: The Culture of Power Dressing
Costume designer Ann Roth’s template for Working Girl (1988, directed by Mike Nichols) is especially astute with regards to the social and geographical make up of its characters. Protagonist Tess McGill (Melanie Griffith) is a[…]
Costume Stories: This Week, Elysium and The O.C.
Costume’s read all about it this week. Eyes of Laura Mars Guise analyses the influential costume classic. Just don’t call it ‘fashion’. The O.C. Tyranny of Style’s fantastic, mammoth look back the costumes of The[…]
The Grifters: Be Careful What You Wear – Part 2
Second and final part of our retrospective of The Grifters with insight from Mark Bridges.
The Grifters: Be Careful What You Wear
First in our two part retrospective of neo-noir classic The Grifters with exclusive insight from the film’s assistant costume designer Mark Bridges.
Martin/Prada Great Gatsby Collaboration: Fashion as Costume?
The press love Prada’s involvement with The Great Gatsby, but exactly how much does this help the film’s costume design?
American Gigolo: Armani Gere
American Gigolo is not about its protagonist, it is about what he wears. American Gigolo is about Armani.
Scarface: Dress and Excess
The arrival of Scarface on Blu-ray grants ideal opportunity to indulge in Patricia Norris’ exemplary, disco couture costumes.
Hanna: Interview with Costume Designer Lucie Bates
Lucie Bates exclusively discusses her work on Hanna, inducing parodies, subtext and working with Giorgio Armani.
Katie Holmes in The Kennedys: Armani’s Copy of a Copy
Unquestionably the most historically significant outfit Katie Holmes as Jackie Kennedy wears in the show is her rose pink tweed suit.