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  • Clothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi,  Clothes from now,  Guys in Films

    The Pure Nerd-Joy of Mysterio’s Costume in Spider-Man: Far From Home

    22 Jul ’19 /

    The latest MCU smash-hit, Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), features one of the strangest villains in the wallcrawler’s rogues’ gallery. When it comes to movies based on comic books, the outfit a character like Mysterio wears is not supposed to work on-screen. On the printed pages of comics, the outfits can be impractical and outlandish, and nothing is more of those things than the villain’s fishbowl helmet, lavender cape fastened with giant eyes, and green, scaly tights. Still, costume designer for the film, Anna B. Sheppard, met the challenge of making a fantastic look for Jake Gyllenhaal’s villain. Instead of running away from the crazy roots of the character, she…

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    28 Jul ’17

    Gore Verbinski Leaves Steampunk World of BioShock…

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  • Costume Stories and Links

    Costume Stories: This Week, Elysium and The O.C.

    10 Aug ’13 /

    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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    Costume Stories: This Week, Catching Fire and Gatsby Again

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  • Clothes from 1960s,  Clothes from 1970s,  Clothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi,  Guys in Films

    X-Men: Days of Future Past Pics – 1973 Xavier, Hank & Logan

    10 May ’13 /

    Director Bryan Singer has tweeted photographs of Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Jackman and James McAvoy in 1973 costume on set of X-Men: Days of Future Past.

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  • Clothes from 1960s,  News

    X-Men: First Class Trailer

    11 Feb ’11 /

    The period is swinging, but the trailer is classy.

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

    30 Jun ’09

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    Michael Caine in The Italian Job: Part 2

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  • Clothes from 1960s,  Clothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi,  Girls in Films,  Guys in Films,  News,  Premium

    X-Men: First Class Costumes

    20 Jan ’11 /

    Some official images have surfaced for X-Men: First Class. The sixties costumes vibe is not excessive, however.

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