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Disney’s Cinderella Trailer: The Costumes of Sandy Powell
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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About Time to Dress Upper Middle Class
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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Reading Costume Design in No Country for Old Men
The colours and codes of the costume design in No Country for Old Men.
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Argo: Interview with Costume Designer Jacqueline West
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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Curzon on Demand: Films and Costumes on the Go
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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Costume Design Award Winners Round Up: Oscar, BAFTA & CDG
The votes have been counted, the prizes dished out...
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Orange BAFTA Film Awards: The Costume Nominees
Who might win for costume design at the Orange BAFTA Film Awards?
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Costume Design Nominations: Awards Round Up
Here's our round-up of the big three costume design award nominations.
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Hollywood Costume Exhibition Coming to V&A
Hollywood costume comes to London’s Victoria & Albert Museum in the most exciting exhibition of its type ever announced.
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Review: Hugo – With Exclusive Insight From Sandy Powell
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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Costume Designer Theadora Van Runkle Dies Aged 83
Well known and respected Hollywood costume designer, Theadora Van Runkle, has died.
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Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Costume Trailer Arrives
First look at Jenny Beavan’s late Victorian-with-a-twist costumes in action.
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