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    Game of Thrones Costume Evolution: Sansa in Black

    16 Apr ’15 /

    The highly anticipated season five premiere of Game of Thrones aired across the globe this week, giving us tantalising glimpses of where our favorite characters are now. We saw two brief scenes of Sansa Stark (Sophie Turner), who had a major makeover at the end of Season Four. With this new direction in her character, where will she end up in Season Five? In this little addendum to our previous analysis of her wardrobe, we explore the character clues in Sansa’s striking new look (costume design by Michele Clapton). Sansa has not had it easy so far. During the last few seasons she has been trapped in King’s Landing, tortured…

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    American Hustle: Beneath the Glamour

    13 Jan ’14 /

    MILD SPOILERS Costume designer Michael Wilkinson’s main accomplishment with American Hustle has largely been overlooked in favour of praising him as some kind of vintage stylist with an eye for provocative gowns and desirable heels. The truth is he has carefully brought to life a world, not of parties and glamour, but cheap sex and dirty desperation. The costumes in American Hustle do tell a story, particularly through their ever darkening colour palette, yet Wilkinson’s deftest skill is reflecting an era when fashion was as confused as the politics surrounding it. American Hustle is an unapologetic tale of low down dirty double-crossers whose clothes, like them, were a lie. A…

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    Game of Thrones Costume Analysis: Daenerys Targaryen

    16 Jul ’13 /

    The costume evolution of Daenerys Targaryen in Game of Thrones.

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    Gena Rowlands in Gloria: Gangster’s Ex Wears a Skirt Suit

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    Gena Rowlands' costumes as Gloria evocate character through a fashionable capsule wardrobe.

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    Stockard Channing’s Yellow Dress in The Girl Most Likely To

    23 Nov ’10 /

    The Girl Most Likely To is a film for all those who have been laughed at because of the way they look.

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