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    Short Film Costume: Ashes, Inside the Captive Mind

    24 Jul ’13 /

    Costume design and meaning in short film.

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    National Treasure 2: Diane Kruger’s Costume Quest

    26 Apr ’11

    Crazy, Stupid, Love: Suits and 407s

    27 Jan ’12

    Costume Design in House of Cards: Colour is Power

    10 Jun ’13
  • Clothes from 1837-1919,  Film Reviews,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films

    Review: The Woman in Black

    10 Feb ’12 /

    Proving that frock coats and heavy lace dresses really are terrifying.

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    Review: Les Misérables

    20 Dec ’12

    The Wolfman: Some Pics for the Weekend

    12 Dec ’09

    Louise Bourgoin as Adèle Blanc-Sec: Feathers in Her Hat

    12 Aug ’11
  • Clothes from 1837-1919,  Girls in Films,  Premium

    Louise Bourgoin as Adèle Blanc-Sec: Feathers in Her Hat

    12 Aug ’11 /

    Adèle Blanc-Sec’s world is akin to a fantasy Belle Époque; 1910s attire dotted among reanimated corpses and a dinosaur.

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    The Phantom of the Opera: Colour, Character and Costume

    5 Dec ’12

    The Wolfman: Some Pics for the Weekend

    12 Dec ’09

    Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows: Costume Round Up: Part 1

    22 Jun ’12
  • Clothes from 1930s,  Girls on TV,  Premium

    Kate Winslet in Mildred Pierce: Sex and the Housedress

    1 Jul ’11 /

    A prevalent theme in the first episode of Mildred Pierce starring is how domestic costume can be read as a signal for sexual availability.

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    Win Tickets to W.E. at the London Film Festival

    4 Oct ’11

    Status and Signifiers: Costume in There Will Be Blood

    1 Apr ’14

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

    20 Mar ’12
  • Clothes from 1960s,  Girls in Films,  Premium

    Diana Rigg in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service: To Die For

    24 Jun ’11 /

    As TracyDi Vicenzo in OHMSS, Diana Rigg wore a daring 1960s wedding ensemble.

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    Deena Appel on Creating the Costume World of The Spy Who Shagged Me

    2 Oct ’18

    Sandra Dee in If A Man Answers: A Salmon Run Up Beacon Hill

    9 Nov ’12

    Grace Slick Wears Woodstock

    28 Oct ’14
  • Clothes from 1837-1919,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Interviews,  Premium

    The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: Costume Q&A with Lucinda Wright

    3 Jun ’11 /

    Lucinda Wright talks to Clothes on Film about her contribution to The Suspicions of Mr Whicher starring Paddy Considine.

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    The Lone Ranger: Never take off the Mask

    30 Jul ’13

    Louise Bourgoin as Adèle Blanc-Sec: Feathers in Her Hat

    12 Aug ’11

    Sharen Davis Costume Interview: Django Unchained

    1 Jan ’13
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    Changeling: Angelina Jolie’s Fur Trimmed Coat

    5 May ’10 /

    Angelina Jolie suits the unstructured dresses and cloche hats in Changeling perfectly.

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    Latest Trailer for The Great Gatsby: Fancy Clothes

    4 Apr ’13

    Martin/Prada Great Gatsby Collaboration: Fashion as Costume?

    22 Jan ’13

    Dress like a Peaky Blinder

    13 Sep ’13