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    Costume Design in House of Cards: Colour is Power

    10 Jun ’13 /

    Costume colours in House of Cards are symbolic of vulnerability and power.

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    Review: Black Swan

    21 Jan ’11

    13 Going On 30: Colourful Jennifer Garner

    27 Aug ’10

    Alan Partridge Movie Trailer Hits: He’s Wearing a Varsity

    15 Mar ’13
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    Costume Round Up: Any Colour so long as it’s Black

    30 Mar ’13 /

    In honour of the The Wolverine and his black on black Yakuza uniform, a round up of posts featuring memorable black costumes at Clothes on Film.

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    Costume Stories, This Week: Noah and Hannibal

    5 Apr ’14

    Costume Stories: This Week, Clueless and The Newsroom

    22 Jul ’13

    Costume Stories, This Week: Game of Thrones and FIDM

    8 Feb ’14
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    A Cat of a Certain Breed: Breakfast at Tiffany’s

    11 Aug ’12 /

    Armour and indecisiveness: Audrey Hepburn is more than a little black dress in Breakfast at Tiffany’s.

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    Two For the Road: Audrey Hepburn’s outfits – Part 1

    8 Jun ’09

    Norwegian Wood: Hipsters Unmaxed

    8 Jul ’11

    Shifting Trends: Claire Foy in First Man

    25 Oct ’18
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    La Femme Nikita: Anne Parillaud’s Little Black Dress

    21 Dec ’10 /

    La Femme Nikita re-defines the little black dress on film.

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    The Wolf of Wall Street Trailer: Expensive Bad Taste

    17 Jun ’13

    Win an Official The Big Lebowski Pendleton Cardigan

    11 Oct ’11

    Fight Club: Remembering Marla, the Dark Tourist

    7 May ’13
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    13 Going On 30: Colourful Jennifer Garner

    27 Aug ’10 /

    The costumes are somewhat…ahem....‘colourful’.

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    Ghostbusters: Sigourney Weaver’s Cape Coat

    15 Sep ’09

    Argo: Interview with Costume Designer Jacqueline West

    16 Feb ’13

    Mr Nice starring Rhys Ifans: Lots of Nice Photos

    14 Aug ’10