Clothes on Film Ed: Chris Laverty Clothes on Film is my baby and I write most of the content on a day to day basis. I’m a UK author with a love of fashion, vintage in particular, and cinema. I was film editor for Mansized.co.uk before it went bust, been a regular hecklerspray.com writer since day one and have also contributed to Empire and Men’s Folio magazine. My favourite drink is a Montgomery, just in case you’re buying. Contact: chris[at]clothesonfilm.com Contributors: Kristin M. Burke Kristin Burke is an award winning costume designer and author. She has designed costumes for many films including Bangkok Dangerous & The Cooler and published two…

Home » What is Clothes on Film? The aim of Clothes on Film is to examine fashion and identity in the movies. With articles on specific outfits, reviews, news and whatever else seems to fit, we will create a mini-library of movie clothes for you to drop by and peruse whenever you like. Try flicking through the archive (left, under the ad), the search box (top right) or click through page by page at the bottom of the screen. Generally we cannot go searching for ‘that blue tie Brad Pitt wears’ in such-and-such simply because a) it’s not really the remit of the site and b) there are not enough…

Home » Press & Advertising Don’t despair. To advertise on Clothes on Film try the Blogads link on the right or contact the editor at chris[at]clothesonfilm.com. Statcounter unique visitor figures currently stand at 40,000 per month (April, 2010). Voted the UK’s Most Influential Cinema Blog by Wikio. Yep, we even beat Mark Kermode at the BBC. Clothes on Film is also a permanent fixture at Rotten Tomatoes and has been quoted on Totalfilm.com. Site editor Chris Laverty was recently interviewed for a fashion on film feature in Men’s Folio magazine: PDF of full article by Wong Kee Soon: For Your Consideration

Ghost Town (2008) is one of the finest romantic comedies ever made. It’s a grown up film about grown up problems (regret, companionship, second chances – they’re all themes); it’s not a sickly sweet teen romance. Even though the situation is fantasy, the characters themselves are totally believable in their world. Moreover the screenplay by David Koepp and John Kamps is written with absolute economy and constructed without an ounce of fat. Not one scene in the movie is wasted, each being packed with character and story revelations – some subtle, some part of the main plot, but all driving the narrative towards a deeply satisfying and moving conclusion. One…

Beach pyjamas, or sailor pants, of the 1920s owe their popularity to Coco Chanel and her appropriation of the wide-legged trousers as a functional addition to the female wardrobe. Chanel hit upon the idea of pants for women while visiting Venice during the early part of the decade; she felt they were the only practical way to properly climb in and out of a Gondola. (more…) Based on the real life theft of £12,000 of gold bullion from a moving railway train in 1855 (though in the movie the amount had swelled to £25,000), The First Great Train Robbery (1979) features a hefty slew of period costumes for its modest…

Home » Journal & Ads Okay, self promotion show off time. Clothes on Film is now the third Most Influential Cinema Blog in the UK according to Wikio. Back slaps and cheap champagne all round. Down two from one, but still… Here is the full Top 30 for May. If you can remember the chart countdown tune to Top of the Pops, hum it now: Now, two days ago I published a sneak preview of the May list provided by Wikio that continued to list Clothes on Film as the No.1 blog. Clearly that was wrong so here I am publishing an amendment. Still I did beat Mr. Kermode and…