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Deena Appel on the Costume Design of Austin Powers: Goldmember
Goldmember (2002, directed by Jay Roach), the final film (so far) in the Austin Powers series again shifts its timeline. However, rather than a negligible, though comparatively significant, jump from late to very late 1960s, here we dive into that most raucous of decades – the 1970s. And then back to 2002 (do keep up). For costume designer Deena Appel (pictured above, bottom left with Jay Roach) it was a wildly ambitious undertaking. Not to mention the film also features a well-known music and movie star, just about to launch into the stratosphere: Beyoncé. Speaking exclusively to Clothes on Film and closing out our epic in-depth look at the Austin…
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Costume Stories: This Week, Elysium and The O.C.
Costume’s read all about it this week. Eyes of Laura Mars Guise analyses the influential costume classic. Just don’t call it ‘fashion’. The O.C. Tyranny of Style’s fantastic, mammoth look back the costumes of The O.C. Remember Seth’s reindeer Christmas jumper? I Love Lucy Lucille Ball’s polka dot dress sold at auction for $168,000, along with Hugh Jackman’s X-Men costume ($22,000) and Tom Cruise’s Rain Man suit ($30,000). Elysium Giorgio Armani talks about his contribution to Elysium, which we’re guessing was at star Jodie Foster’s insistence not costume designer April Ferry. Lovelace Karyn Wagner explains how she created Amanda Seyfried’s rudey look as Linda Boreman aka Lovelace.
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War Horse: Interview with Costume Designer Joanna Johnston
Clothes on Film had an exclusive conversation with costume designer Joanna Johnston about her work on War Horse.
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Michael Kaplan Talks Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol
Costume designer Michael Kaplan took time away from Star Trek 2 to chat exclusively to Clothes on Film about Ghost Protocol.
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Review: Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol
Enjoyably daft fare with enough fast cars and desirable clobber to keep you cooing until the credits.
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Film Review: Knight and Day
Once you cotton onto the fact you’re watching ‘Carry on Bourne’, you might even enjoy it.
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Five Cool Movie Sunglasses for the Weekend
Because the sun is out making us all feel like we're in Cannes, let's have a look at some of the coolest movie sunglasses money can buy.
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Film Review: Risky Business
A capitalist wet dream; one that we have long since woken up from screaming.
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