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    A Colourful Tale: The Costume Canvas of Dick Tracy

    27 Feb ’15 /

    A preview of Clothes on Film editor Christopher Laverty’s article on the vibrant costume design of Dick Tracy for Arts Illustrated magazine. Truly unique, Dick Tracy is as close to a comic strip brought to life as any film before or since. This was director and star Warren Beatty’s goal; not to interpret the comic, but to paint it directly onto a cinematic canvas. He achieved this by embracing the superficial qualities of the painted page, the bright colours, exaggerated structures, madcap caricatures, and placing them front and centre. Dick Tracy is an all knowing pantomime. The original Dick Tracy comic strip first published in the United States in 1931,…

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    Film Review: Shutter Island

    13 Apr ’10

    UK Film Review: Inglourious Basterds

    19 Aug ’09

    Inglourious Basterds: Costume Lowdown by Anna Sheppard

    28 Sep ’09
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    Interview with 47 Ronin Costume Designer Penny Rose

    2 Jun ’14 /

    Where to start with Penny Rose? Pirates of the Caribbean? Evita? King Arthur? Most recently of course 47 Ronin (directed by Carl Rinsch). You do not hire Penny Rose for something small. This is not to say she won’t work on independent and low budget projects, just that her CV is becoming increasingly packed with huge scale period and/or fantasy studio movies – basically the kind of pictures that would make most costume designers weep. Multiples, armour, uniforms, plus Ms. Rose practically always builds from scratch. Not a fan of ‘shopping’ or even slightly interested in fashion, Penny Rose is old-school hands on, no-nonsense and no fear. Nonetheless, there is…

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    Iron Man 3: A Different Kind of Suit

    24 Apr ’13

    Iron Man 2 Fan Costume: Fan-tastic

    21 Jul ’10

    Beauty and the Beast at Central Saint Martins

    17 Mar ’17
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    Win Tickets to W.E. at the London Film Festival

    4 Oct ’11 /

    Win a pair of tickets to see Madonna’s controversial costume fest W.E. at The London Film Festival on 23rd October.

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

    29 Mar ’11

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

    6 Jun ’18

    Dressed to Serve: Costume in The Grand Budapest Hotel

    4 Jul ’14
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    Madonna in Desperately Seeking Susan

    11 Mar ’11 /

    All the recurring themes in Desperately Seeking Susan are linked to one jacket.

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    Argo: Interview with Costume Designer Jacqueline West

    16 Feb ’13

    Costume, Colour and Semiotics of Heathers

    4 Oct ’13

    Ellen Mirojnick Describes Costumes for Behind the Candelabra

    7 Jun ’13