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  • Clothes from 1837-1919,  Premium

    Peaky Blinders: Q&A with Costume Designer Stephanie Collie

    15 Oct ’13 /

    If you’re not watching BBC 2’s gangster western Peaky Blinders, stop reading now and seek it out on iPlayer – there’s still one episode left so you have time to join the party. Peaky Blinders is the slow burning tale of a volatile, family led criminal gang, headed by calculating brother Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy), and their rise to power in post-World War I Birmingham. It does not sound glamorous and it isn’t, yet is all the more compelling for embracing the filthy side of what many considered to be the cusp of the ‘Roaring Twenties’. Not in Birmingham it wasn’t. Thankfully Peaky Blinders had costume designer Stephanie Collie (Lock,…

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

    4 May ’11

    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
  • Clothes from 1950s,  Girls in Films

    So Dior Exhibition at Harrods: Movie Star Dresses

    21 May ’13 /

    Some photographs from the recent So Dior exhibition at Harrods.

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    Colleen Goes Contemporary: First Official Pic from The Tourist

    14 Jun ’10

    Costuming Hitchcock: An Extract from Hitchcock’s Heroines by Caroline Young

    6 Jun ’18

    To Catch a Thief: Grace Kelly in Blue Chiffon

    2 Mar ’11
  • Clothes from 1837-1919,  Clothes from now,  Girls in Films,  News

    Anna Karenina Coming to Banana Republic: Costume Fashion?

    30 Jun ’12 /

    Banana Republic have teamed up with Anna Karenina costume designer Jacqueline Durran to create an exclusive collection inspired by the upcoming movie.

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    Sleepy Hollow: Q&A with Costume Designer Kristin M. Burke

    4 Feb ’14

    Costume Designer Joanna Johnston Talks Lincoln & Jack

    8 Feb ’13

    Spielberg’s War Horse: First Trailer Arrives

    29 Jun ’11
  • Clothes from 1920s,  Clothes from now,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Premium

    Midnight in Paris: Nostalgia Fashion

    3 Feb ’12 /

    Sonia Grande’s costume design for Midnight in Paris offers everything we expect of 1920s Paris and the contemporary nouveau riche.

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    Boardwalk Empire: Cometh the Dandiest Man

    28 Sep ’11

    Review: The Artist

    25 Nov ’11

    The Great Gatsby Trailer: Roaring Costumes

    24 May ’12
  • Clothes from now,  News

    Toy Story Ken Models for Esquire

    15 Jul ’10 /

    Esquire have featured a fashion shoot with Ken from Toy Story 3. That’s right; a doll dresses better than you.

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    Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of Just About Everyone)

    10 Feb ’20

    Paranormal Activity 2: Kristin Burke Costume Designer Q&A

    29 Oct ’10

    World War Z and the Art of Breaking Down

    27 Jun ’13
  • Clothes from 1960s,  Girls on TV,  Guys on TV,  Premium

    Mad Men: Christina Hendricks’ Scarf & Bag Combo (S1)

    14 Jul ’09 /

    A straightforward loosely tied scarf around the handbag and Joan is the most stylish woman in the office.

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    Saving Mr. Banks: Costume Design Featurette

    12 Dec ’13

    Deena Appel on the Costume Design of Austin Powers: Goldmember

    9 Oct ’18

    Shifting Trends: Claire Foy in First Man

    25 Oct ’18