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  • Clothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi,  Premium

    Disney’s Cinderella Trailer: The Costumes of Sandy Powell

    21 Nov ’14 /

    The first full-length trailer for Disney’s new live-action adaptation of Cinderella was this week and featured tantalising glimpses of what promises to be a visually gorgeous film. The costumes, designed by three time Academy Award winner Sandy Powell, appear to be absolutely stunning. With a clever mix of the eighteenth century, the 1830s, and a little 1950s couture thrown in for good measure (Powell has been quoted as saying she was aiming for the look of “a nineteenth-century period film made in the 1940s or ’50s”), Powell has created another jewel to add to her already over-bling crown. Here is a quick rundown of some of the looks we’ve been…

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    New Trailer for Tenet, aka The Best Film Ever Made

    23 May ’20

    Tron: Culture and Legacy

    12 Oct ’10

    Costume Designer Michael Kaplan Confirmed for Star Wars VII

    19 May ’13
  • Clothes from 2000-10,  Clothes from now,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Premium

    About Time to Dress Upper Middle Class

    9 May ’14 /

    SPOILERS Despite all the hoo-ha over films such as Blue Jasmine and Stoker contemporary is still pretty much overlooked as a form of costume design. If it’s invisible, well, nobody notices it, and if it’s designer it becomes all about ‘the fashion’ (OMG TOTES WANT THOSE SHOES). We are currently in an age when costume design means period and sci-fi. It comes to the extent that if a costumer wants to tell a story through contemporary attire, he/she needs either a director with a key grasp of semiotics, or one that doesn’t care less about semiotics and offers a degree of autonomy. Watching About Time we presume that Richard Curtis…

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    The Bourne Supremacy: Karl Urban’s Tunic Shirt

    18 Jul ’09

    Inception: Costume Style Analysis VLOG

    19 Aug ’20

    Eastern Promises: Viggo Mortensen’s Double Breasted Suit

    3 Jun ’09
  • Clothes from 1980s,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Premium

    Reading Costume Design in No Country for Old Men

    5 Apr ’13 /

    The colours and codes of the costume design in No Country for Old Men.

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    Smooth Talk: “Tomorrow Night I’ll Wear the Halter”

    23 Nov ’13

    Style & Identity in Do the Right Thing

    17 Feb ’12

    Gena Rowlands in Gloria: Gangster’s Ex Wears a Skirt Suit

    9 Mar ’12
  • Clothes from 1970s,  Clothes from 1980s,  Premium

    Argo: Interview with Costume Designer Jacqueline West

    16 Feb ’13 /

    Costume designer Jacqueline West talks exclusively to Clothes on Film about her period recreation work on Ben Affleck’s Oscar favourite Argo.

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    Michael Caine in Pulp

    22 Jun ’10

    Kramer vs. Kramer: Meryl Streep in a Burberry Trench Coat

    21 Mar ’13

    Stockard Channing’s Yellow Dress in The Girl Most Likely To

    23 Nov ’10
  • News

    Curzon on Demand: Films and Costumes on the Go

    9 Apr ’12 /

    With so many movie streaming options now available, we thought we’d draw your attention to one of the best: Curzon on Demand.

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    Bill Nighy Explains How to Look the Business

    4 Jul ’10

    New Public Enemies Posters Released

    14 May ’09

    Costume Designer Theoni V. Aldredge Passes Away

    22 Jan ’11
  • Girls in Films,  Girls on TV,  Guys in Films,  Guys on TV,  News

    Costume Design Award Winners Round Up: Oscar, BAFTA & CDG

    28 Feb ’12 /

    The votes have been counted, the prizes dished out...

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    Status and Signifiers: Costume in There Will Be Blood

    1 Apr ’14

    Top Hat: Ginger Rogers’ Ostrich Feather Dress

    11 Aug ’10

    Journeying Into the Costumes of Into the Woods

    9 Mar ’15
  • News

    Orange BAFTA Film Awards: The Costume Nominees

    7 Feb ’12 /

    Who might win for costume design at the Orange BAFTA Film Awards?

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    Guns Akimbo Trailer Hits: Daniel Radcliffe is Deadly Cousin Eddie

    16 Jan ’20

    Harold Ramis Talks Ghostbusters 3: Return of the Jumpsuit

    10 Jul ’09

    Gucci to Block Scott Movie if it doesn’t Measure Up

    2 Nov ’09
  • Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  News

    Costume Design Nominations: Awards Round Up

    24 Jan ’12 /

    Here's our round-up of the big three costume design award nominations.

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    Snowpiercer: Q&A with Costume Designer Catherine George

    1 Aug ’14

    Review: Oz the Great and Powerful

    4 Mar ’13

    Brian de Palma’s Passion: Costume as Contemporary Hitchcock

    16 Oct ’14
  • Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  News

    Hollywood Costume Exhibition Coming to V&A

    20 Jan ’12 /

    Hollywood costume comes to London’s Victoria & Albert Museum in the most exciting exhibition of its type ever announced.

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    Dual Analysis: Beetle Juice – Chris’ Thoughts

    27 Oct ’09

    Bright Star Trailer Online: 19th Century Costumes Afoot

    9 Oct ’09

    Angelina Jolie set for Gucci the Movie

    21 Oct ’09
  • Clothes from 1920s,  Clothes from 1930s,  Film Reviews,  Interviews

    Review: Hugo – With Exclusive Insight From Sandy Powell

    23 Dec ’11 /

    Hugo is Scorsese’s monument to wonder and excitement. Here Sandy Powell exclusively explains her costume choices to Clothes on Film.

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    Boardwalk Empire Costume Q&A: John Dunn & Lisa Padovani

    21 Sep ’11

    Status and Signifiers: Costume in There Will Be Blood

    1 Apr ’14

    Clothes on Film talks Boardwalk Empire Costumes on HBO

    12 Sep ’11
  • Clothes from 1960s,  News

    Costume Designer Theadora Van Runkle Dies Aged 83

    8 Nov ’11 /

    Well known and respected Hollywood costume designer, Theadora Van Runkle, has died.

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    Two For the Road: Audrey Hepburn in Denim

    9 Aug ’10

    Dual Analysis: Rosemary’s Baby – Chris’ Thoughts

    1 Jan ’10

    Quadrophenia: Mod Girl Wearing Stockings

    20 May ’09
  • Clothes from 1837-1919,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Interviews,  News

    Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Costume Trailer Arrives

    14 Jul ’11 /

    First look at Jenny Beavan’s late Victorian-with-a-twist costumes in action.

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    Review: Les Misérables

    20 Dec ’12

    Anna Karenina: Jacqueline Durran Talks Jewellery & Costume

    11 Jan ’13

    Peaky Blinders: Q&A with Costume Designer Stephanie Collie

    15 Oct ’13
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