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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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    Review: Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol

    16 Dec ’11

    Crazy, Stupid, Love: Suits and 407s

    27 Jan ’12

    T2 Trainspotting: Nostalgia Trip

    6 Feb ’17
  • 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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    Anna Karenina Coming to Banana Republic: Costume Fashion?

    30 Jun ’12

    Recreating the Levi’s Spring Bottom Pants Advert from 1905

    4 Jun ’14

    Exclusive Costume Featurette for My Cousin Rachel

    31 May ’17
  • 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 Not so Colourblind Costumes of The Personal History of David Copperfield

    31 Jan ’20

    Review: Lincoln

    1 Feb ’13

    Anna Karenina: Jacqueline Durran Talks Jewellery & Costume

    11 Jan ’13
  • 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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    Gangster Squad: Gangster Gloss

    28 Jan ’13

    Inglourious Basterds: Costume Lowdown by Anna Sheppard

    28 Sep ’09

    Murder on the Orient Express: Interview with Costume Designer Alexandra Byrne

    2 Nov ’17
  • 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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    Legend: Interview with Costume Designer Caroline Harris

    25 Sep ’15

    X-Men: First Class Costumes

    20 Jan ’11

    From Tailors with Love Podcast: Discussing the Tom Ford Look

    24 Jan ’20
  • 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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    Homecoming: Betsy Heimann on Costuming Godless

    15 Dec ’17

    Anna Karenina Coming to Banana Republic: Costume Fashion?

    30 Jun ’12

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

    4 Feb ’14
  • Clothes from 1920s,  Clothes from 1930s,  Girls in Films,  Premium

    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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    HBO Sessions Video: Clothes on Film Discuss Boardwalk Empire

    3 Jan ’12

    The Great Gatsby: A Conversation with Catherine Martin

    20 May ’13

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

    19 Apr ’13