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  • Clothes from 1960s,  Clothes from now,  Guys in Films

    Deo Veritas: Creating the James Bond Cocktail Cuff Shirt

    25 Oct ’13 /

    This is a personal post about designing my custom made James Bond shirt. It is not an advertorial and wasn’t paid for. All photographs are of the final finished shirt(s) and taken by David Wade of Vogue Shot photography. There are now ample custom shirt makers online, but as a pre-existing customer of Deo Veritas what made this company stand out for me was a steadfast, almost stubborn desire to get everything ‘just so’. Seemingly no query or request is too much trouble. Bearing this in mind I tasked Deo Veritas with recreating a shirt I have always sought yet been unable to find off the peg or in my…

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    11 Jan ’11

    Rosemary’s Baby: Mia Farrow’s Red Trouser Suit

    18 May ’09
  • 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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    20 May ’13

    Clothes on Film talks Boardwalk Empire Costumes on HBO

    12 Sep ’11

    The Artist: Interview with Mark Bridges

    22 Nov ’11
  • Clothes from 1920s,  Guys on TV,  Premium

    Boardwalk Empire: Cometh the Dandiest Man

    28 Sep ’11 /

    There is a man on Boardwalk Empire with even more sartorial presence than Nucky Thompson; That man is Chalky White.

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    Trailer for Amelia Touches Down: Radical Fashions 1920s-30s

    26 Jun ’09

    Tom Hardy in Lawless: The Knitwear Anti-Hero

    21 Sep ’12

    Lawless: Interview with Costume Designer Margot Wilson

    27 Sep ’12
  • Clothes from 1920s,  Girls on TV,  Guys on TV,  Interviews,  Premium

    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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    19 Jan ’11

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