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  • Clothes from 1960s,  Clothes from 1970s,  Clothes from now,  Guys in Films,  Interviews

    From Tailors with Love Podcast: Discussing the Tom Ford Look

    24 Jan ’20 /

    We chat about why James Bond wearing a Tom Ford suit is almost a waste of time for the From Tailors with Love podcast.

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    Quadrophenia: Mod Girl Wearing Stockings

    20 May ’09

    Get on Up: Sharen Davis Shares Costume Design Sketches

    9 Dec ’14

    The Birds: Tippi Hedren in the Green Suit

    7 Aug ’13
  • Costume Stories and Links

    Costume Stories, This Week: The Winter Soldier and Mad Men

    12 Apr ’14 /

    That’ll do, costume. That’ll do. Captain America: The Winter Soldier Hello Tailor is stealing away your life with her rundowns of this mildly popular comic book movie. Not all are costume based, though all are worth reading. Here is PART 1. PART 2 PART 3 PART 4! Keeping it Cap America, Tyranny of Style has an interview with the film’s costume designer – and original Hunger Games changer – Judianna Makovsky HERE. Mad Men Janie Bryant launches ‘Janie Bryant Couture’. So basically that’s techy tights designed by one of the world’s best known costume designers. Game of Thrones The desi influence. A bit of a stretch, but still an intriguing…

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    Costume Stories: This Week, Downton Abbey & Breaking Bad

    28 Sep ’13

    Costume Round Up: Villains

    6 Apr ’13

    Costume Stories, This Week: The Grandmaster and Fleming

    22 Feb ’14
  • Clothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi,  Clothes from now,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Interviews,  Premium

    Michael Wilkinson Discusses Costume Design in Man of Steel

    21 Jun ’13 /

    Man of Steel costume designer reveals fascinating insight about the film.

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    Oz the Great and Powerful: Costume Interview with Gary Jones

    5 Jul ’13

    Why is Miss Piggy Wearing a Vivienne Westwood Wedding Dress?

    11 Feb ’14

    Woman Inherits the Earth: Femininity in Jurassic World

    19 Jun ’15
  • Clothes from now,  Girls on TV,  Guys on TV,  Premium

    Costume Design in House of Cards: Colour is Power

    10 Jun ’13 /

    Costume colours in House of Cards are symbolic of vulnerability and power.

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    Crazy, Stupid, Love: Suits and 407s

    27 Jan ’12

    Ocean’s 8: Fashioning Costume

    10 Jul ’18

    Michael Wilkinson Discusses Costume Design in Man of Steel

    21 Jun ’13
  • Clothes from now,  Film Reviews,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films

    Review: Skyfall

    16 Oct ’12 /

    James Bond is back and he has never scrubbed up better. Tom Ford now exists to make Daniel Craig suits.

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    Coming to America: Prints & Turbans in Contemporary Fashion

    17 Feb ’11

    Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps – Full Trailer Online

    19 Feb ’10

    New Trailer for Tenet, aka The Best Film Ever Made

    23 May ’20
  • Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Interviews,  News

    Lindy Hemming Talks Designing 007: Fifty Years of Bond Style

    15 Jun ’12 /

    Costume designer Lindy Hemming chats exclusively to Clothes on Film about her contribution to Designing 007: Fifty Years of Bond Style.

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    Beautiful Oppression: Tilda Swinton in I am Love

    5 Jun ’15

    Film Review: Shutter Island

    13 Apr ’10

    Art of Rosemary’s Baby

    7 Mar ’11
  • Clothes from 1960s,  Clothes from now,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  News

    Skyfall Teaser Trailer Hits: Provocative

    21 May ’12 /

    The first trailer for Skyfall hits with several suits, an overcoat, sportswear and a beanie.

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    Deena Appel on the Costume Design of Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

    25 Sep ’18

    Take Me to my Tailor: Michael Caine in The Italian Job

    28 Jan ’14

    Two For the Road: Audrey Hepburn’s outfits – Part 2

    30 Jun ’09
  • Clothes from now,  Guys in Films,  Interviews,  Premium

    Zach Galifianakis in Due Date: Theatre Geek

    25 Dec ’10 /

    Costume designer Louise Mingenbach worked closely with Zach Galifianakis to create Ethan’s camp and blissfully unaware look.

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    Review: The Dark Knight Rises

    21 Jul ’12

    Bridesmaids Q&A: Comedy Costume

    17 Jun ’11

    Bond 23 Not Gonna Happen. Not Yet Anyway

    20 Apr ’10
  • Clothes from 2000-10,  News

    Tom Ford to Direct 2nd Film. No Details Whatsoever

    28 Jun ’10 /

    Fashion designer Tom Ford will make another movie, but nobody yet knows what it is yet.

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    Sandra Bullock in The Proposal: Small Wardrobe, Big Impact

    24 Feb ’12

    Winter’s Bone: Rebecca Hofherr Interview

    12 Jan ’12

    See Toy Story 3 Early! Two Pairs of Tickets to Give Away!!

    8 Jun ’10
  • Clothes from 2000-10,  Clothes from now,  News

    Bond 23 Not Gonna Happen. Not Yet Anyway

    20 Apr ’10 /

    Shocking, but not really considering all the legal wrangling going on recently, Bond 23 has been shelved “indefinitely”.

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    Inception: Costume Style Analysis VLOG

    19 Aug ’20

    The Tourist Trailer Hits: Continental Couture

    16 Sep ’10

    Film Review: Point Break

    27 Aug ’09