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  • Clothes from 1970s,  Clothes from 1980s,  Premium

    Style Icon of the Season: Cousin Eddie in Christmas Vacation

    18 Dec ’13 /

    He is the whitest of the white trash, the kind of man who dumps raw sewage in a storm drain and kidnaps your boss as a Christmas present. And the only man to ever combine a leather belt with a bathrobe. Randy Quaid has played lovable moocher ‘Cousin Eddie’ in four separate National Lampoon films, but his most famous performance still resides at yuletide. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989, directed by Jeremiah C. Chechik) has weathered years of apathy to become something of a seasonal favourite. Watching Chevy Chase’s bipolar family man Clark Griswold lose his rag every December is now a festive tradition . Yet Clark is not really…

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

    21 Mar ’13

    Review: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

    5 Sep ’11

    Black Caesar: Blaxploitation Gangster

    1 Nov ’13
  • Clothes from 1990s,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  Interviews,  Premium

    Basic Instinct: Sharon Stone, Devil in a White Dress

    22 Feb ’11 /

    There more going on with this outfit than an absence of underwear.

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    Dual Analysis: The Big Lebowski – KB’s Thoughts

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    The Place Beyond the Pines: Don’t Try This Look at Home

    15 Apr ’13

    T2 Trainspotting: Nostalgia Trip

    6 Feb ’17
  • Competitions

    T-Shirt Giveaway! Name Coolest Dressed Movie Character!

    3 Dec ’10 /

    We have teamed up with Last Exit to Nowhere to find the coolest dressed character in the movies. FIVE of their amazing t-shirts to give away!

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    7 Jan ’11

    Win Tickets to Pirates of the Caribbean 4 Preview Screening in London

    27 Apr ’11

    Win a Grease Sing-a-Long Goodie Bag!

    16 Sep ’10