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    Brian de Palma’s Passion: Costume as Contemporary Hitchcock

    16 Oct ’14 /

    Director Brian De Palma has made movies heavily influenced by Alfred Hitchcock before, but Passion (2012) is the first one whose characters look like they stepped out of one of Hitchcock’s classic films. Karen Muller-Serreau’s bold and colourful costumes communicate the characters’ hidden desires and make watching Passion a sensory experience. This melodrama centres on two ad executives, Isabelle (Noomi Rapace) and her boss Christine (Rachel McAdams), who have a deadline to come up with an ad campaign for a new smartphone. In her sleep, Isabelle thinks of a great idea. The two other principal characters are Isabelle’s assistant Dani (Karoline Herfurth) and Christine’s boyfriend Dirk (Paul Anderson) who get…

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    Sons of Anarchy: Costume Identity and the Outlaw

    15 Sep ’14

    Much Ado About Nothing: Colour Blind Costuming

    11 Jul ’13

    The Intern: Jacqueline Oknaian Costume Interview

    2 Oct ’15
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    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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    Inception: Costume Style Analysis VLOG

    19 Aug ’20

    A Nightmare on Elm Street 2010: Costume Designer Talks Iconic Sweater

    22 Oct ’10

    Middle Men Trailer: Game On

    17 Jun ’10
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    Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows: Costume Round Up: Part 2

    9 Jul ’12 /

    Second and final part of Clothes on Film’s sartorial run-through of Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, with exclusive input from costume designer Jenny Beavan.

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    Sleepy Hollow: Q&A with Costume Designer Kristin M. Burke

    4 Feb ’14

    Review: Les Misérables

    20 Dec ’12

    12 Years a Slave: Rags and Tatters

    20 Jan ’14
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    Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows: Costume Round Up: Part 1

    22 Jun ’12 /

    First of Clothes on Film’s two part sartorial run-through of Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, with exclusive input from costume designer Jenny Beavan.

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    Bright Star Trailer Online: 19th Century Costumes Afoot

    9 Oct ’09

    Lucinda Wright on Costume in The Suspicions of Mr Whicher

    2 Jul ’13

    Review: Django Unchained

    28 Dec ’12
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    Midnight in Paris: Nostalgia Fashion

    3 Feb ’12 /

    Sonia Grande’s costume design for Midnight in Paris offers everything we expect of 1920s Paris and the contemporary nouveau riche.

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    The Artist: Interview with Mark Bridges

    22 Nov ’11

    Dress like a Peaky Blinder

    13 Sep ’13

    Boardwalk Empire: Cometh the Dandiest Man

    28 Sep ’11
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    Sherlock Holmes Costume Guide Part 2: Tweed Suits and Ulsters

    20 May ’10 /

    Final part of our analysis of Sherlock Holmes complete with insight from costume designer Jenny Beavan.

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    First Official Image: Sherlock Holmes 2

    15 Jan ’11

    Review: The Woman in Black

    10 Feb ’12

    Review: Jane Eyre at Haddon Hall

    9 Sep ’11
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    Sherlock Holmes Costume Guide Part 1: Frock Coats & Bustles

    17 May ’10 /

    With insight from costume designer Jenny Beavan, we commence our sartorial analysis of Sherlock Holmes.

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    True Grit: Exclusive Costume Featurette

    4 Feb ’11

    Penny Dreadful: Dressing the Monsters of Victorian London

    20 May ’14

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