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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: This Week, Elysium and The O.C.

    10 Aug ’13

    Costume Stories: This Week, Mad Men and Revenge

    18 May ’13

    Costume Stories: This Week, Arrested Development & Star Wars

    25 May ’13
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    Mad Men Season 6 Premiere: Approaching the 1970s

    11 Apr ’13 /

    Our thoughts on the costume design in the season 6 premiere of Mad Men.

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    Review: Norwegian Wood

    27 May ’11

    Michael Caine in The Italian Job: Part 2

    20 Feb ’14

    George Lazenby in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

    12 Oct ’12
  • Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  News

    CDG Award Nominations Are In: Hmm…

    17 Jan ’13 /

    The Costume Designers Guild Award nominations right some wrongs and ignore quite a few others.

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    Water for Elephants: Latest Trailer and Stills

    18 Mar ’11

    Review: Norwegian Wood

    27 May ’11

    Behind the Scenes: Angels the Costumiers

    18 Apr ’12
  • Clothes from 1920s,  Girls on TV,  Guys on TV,  Interviews

    Exclusive Boardwalk Empire Costume Design Clip

    5 Jan ’12 /

    A brief but worthwhile and exclusive clip about the costume design of Boardwalk Empire.

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    Prada Provided Carey Mulligan’s Gowns for The Great Gatsby

    23 Aug ’12

    Review: Hugo – With Exclusive Insight From Sandy Powell

    23 Dec ’11

    Boardwalk Empire: Why Men Should Embrace the Dandy Man

    31 Jan ’11
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    HBO Sessions Video: Clothes on Film Discuss Boardwalk Empire

    3 Jan ’12 /

    For HBO Sessions part 2, Clothes on Film editor Chris Laverty was invited to discuss the costume design of Boardwalk Empire.

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    Boardwalk Empire: Why Men Should Embrace the Dandy Man

    31 Jan ’11

    Review: The Artist

    25 Nov ’11

    The Great Gatsby Trailer: Roaring Costumes

    24 May ’12
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    Clothes on Film’s 2011 Costume Design Round Up

    28 Dec ’11 /

    By no means intended as an exhaustive list, Clothes on Film ponder an overview of 2011 in costume.

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    The Passenger: Always at Odds

    2 Nov ’17

    Stockard Channing’s Yellow Dress in The Girl Most Likely To

    23 Nov ’10

    Running Scared: Costume Designer Kristin Burke – Part 2

    23 Feb ’10
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    Boardwalk Empire Costume Q&A: John Dunn & Lisa Padovani

    21 Sep ’11 /

    On the eve of Boardwalk Empire: Season 2 commencing, we had a chat with the show’s costume designers John Dunn and Lisa Padovani.

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    Boardwalk Empire Trailer Hits. Can. Not. Wait.

    14 Jun ’10

    The Great Gatsby Trailer: Roaring Costumes

    24 May ’12

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

    19 Apr ’13
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    Clothes on Film talks Boardwalk Empire Costumes on HBO

    12 Sep ’11 /

    On Tuesday 13th September, Clothes on Film makes its television debut chatting about the amazing costume design of Boardwalk Empire.

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    Boardwalk Empire: Why Men Should Embrace the Dandy Man

    31 Jan ’11

    Costume in The Great Gatsby: Use Your Imagination

    23 May ’13

    First Official Gatsby Pics Bring the Money

    14 Dec ’11
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    CDG Awards: Black Swan Takes the Prize

    23 Feb ’11 /

    Costume designer Amy Westcott has finally been rewarded for her work on Black Swan with a CDG Award.

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    Art of Rosemary’s Baby

    7 Mar ’11

    Recreating the Levi’s Spring Bottom Pants Advert from 1905

    4 Jun ’14

    Costume Design Award Winners Round Up: Oscar, BAFTA & CDG

    28 Feb ’12
  • News

    Costume Designers Guild Nominations: 2011

    21 Jan ’11 /

    The Costume Designers Guild (CDG) has served up their nominations for this year.

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    Sherlock Holmes: Downey Jr. & Law New Poster Clothes

    20 Jun ’09

    Hot Scot! Holly Fulton Designs for Sex and the City 2

    7 Nov ’09

    Movie Costumes on Display in Los Angeles

    19 Feb ’11
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    Mad Men: Maggie Siff’s Tweed Suit (S1)

    5 Jul ’10 /

    Rachel's Chanel suit was a personal request from Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner.

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    Win an Official The Big Lebowski Pendleton Cardigan

    11 Oct ’11

    Mad Men: January Jones in a Pucci Style Maxi Dress (S3)

    30 Nov ’10

    Mad Men: John Slattery in a Double Breasted Suit (S2)

    16 Mar ’11
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    Janie Bryant Talks Mad Men Season 4: “Glitzy, not so glitzy”

    1 Jul ’10 /

    A hint at what costume designer Janie Bryant has in store for Mad Men season four.

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    Blaxploitation Dress Codes in 1970s Cinema

    20 Sep ’13

    Costume Designer Theadora Van Runkle Dies Aged 83

    8 Nov ’11

    Jennifer Grey in Dirty Dancing: Baby Grows Up

    17 Jun ’10
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