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  • Costume Stories and Links

    Costume Stories, This Week: Game of Thrones and Spider-Man 2

    26 Apr ’14 /

    Two weeks of juicy costume links. Sandy Powell A costumer who needs no introduction. This Sunday at the J. Paul Getty Museum she discusses the use of period photographs in her process. Puttin’ on the Glitz Tyranny of Style contributor Sophia Shillito recaps the British Library’s night of jazz, costume, gangsters, fashion and cocktails. Costume Test Photographs Costume tests for famous movies! Vera Miles as Madeleine! Vikings Joan Bergin talks Vikings season 2 addressing why the show hasn’t received any costume noms. It’s not very good, which may be factor, though that has nothing to do with the costumes. Saddle Shoes Lots and lots of saddle shoes, from Twin Peaks…

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    Costume Stories: This Week, The Bling Ring and Anchorman

    8 Jun ’13

    Costume Stories, This Week: Catching Fire and Downton Abbey

    9 Nov ’13

    Costume Stories, This Week: OITNB and Legend

    21 Jun ’14
  • Costume Stories and Links

    Costume Stories: This Week, The Vikings and Gatsby Again

    4 May ’13 /

    This week’s interesting costume design stories and links.

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    Costume Round Up: Villains

    6 Apr ’13

    Costume Stories: This Week, The Bling Ring and Anchorman

    8 Jun ’13

    Costume Stories, This Week: The Winter Soldier and Mad Men

    12 Apr ’14
  • Clothes from 1960s,  Clothes from now,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films

    Norwegian Wood: Hipsters Unmaxed

    8 Jul ’11 /

    Does Japanese period costume reflect on contemporary fashion? We appraise the hipster style of Norwegian Wood.

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    Review: Norwegian Wood

    27 May ’11

    Mad Men: Maggie Siff’s Tweed Suit (S1)

    5 Jul ’10

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

    6 Jun ’18
  • Clothes from 1930s,  Girls on TV,  Guys on TV,  Interviews,  News

    Costume Designer Ann Roth: “I Don’t Dress Movie Stars”

    29 Mar ’11 /

    Harper’s Bazaar is running an insightful interview with Mildred Pierce costume designer Ann Roth.

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    Review: Hugo – With Exclusive Insight From Sandy Powell

    23 Dec ’11

    Swing Time: Ginger Rogers’ Day Dress

    26 May ’09

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

    20 Mar ’12
  • Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Interviews

    Video: The Tudors – Exclusive Interview with Joan Bergin

    24 Mar ’11 /

    Video: Clothes on Film chat exclusively to costume designer Joan Bergin about her extraordinary work on The Tudors.

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    All the Catching Fire Fashion Portraits in One Place

    9 Mar ’13

    World War Z and the Art of Breaking Down

    27 Jun ’13

    Rosemary’s Baby: Mia Farrow’s Red Trouser Suit

    18 May ’09