© 2009, Clothes on Film 1 Jun ’09 Filed under Clothes from 1950s, Girls in Films. Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, Celadon Green, Charles Creed, Cristóbal Balenciaga, dress, Edith Head, pencil skirt. Bookmark the permalink. Post a comment. Leave a Trackback (URL). While still alluring, as practically anything is on Grace Kelly, this is perhaps her least successful outfit overall from Rear Window (1954, as Lisa Fremont). The jacket seems slightly too long and loose for the slenderness of the skirt; it doesn’t fit Kelly’s figure as comfortably as it might. However even with its faults the suit still reflects a vital side of Lisa’s complex personality: her professional, tailored femininity. Celadon…

© 2009, Clothes on Film 1 Jun ’09 Filed under Clothes from 1950s, Girls in Films. Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, Celadon Green, Charles Creed, Cristóbal Balenciaga, dress, Edith Head, pencil skirt. Bookmark the permalink. Post a comment. Leave a Trackback (URL). While still alluring, as practically anything is on Grace Kelly, this is perhaps her least successful outfit overall from Rear Window (1954, as Lisa Fremont). The jacket seems slightly too long and loose for the slenderness of the skirt; it doesn’t fit Kelly’s figure as comfortably as it might. However even with its faults the suit still reflects a vital side of Lisa’s complex personality: her professional, tailored femininity. Celadon…

© 2009, Clothes on Film 1 Jun ’09 Filed under Clothes from 1950s, Girls in Films. Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, Celadon Green, Charles Creed, Cristóbal Balenciaga, dress, Edith Head, pencil skirt. Bookmark the permalink. Post a comment. Leave a Trackback (URL). While still alluring, as practically anything is on Grace Kelly, this is perhaps her least successful outfit overall from Rear Window (1954, as Lisa Fremont). The jacket seems slightly too long and loose for the slenderness of the skirt; it doesn’t fit Kelly’s figure as comfortably as it might. However even with its faults the suit still reflects a vital side of Lisa’s complex personality: her professional, tailored femininity. Celadon…

© 2009, Clothes on Film 1 Jun ’09 Filed under Clothes from 1950s, Girls in Films. Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, Celadon Green, Charles Creed, Cristóbal Balenciaga, dress, Edith Head, pencil skirt. Bookmark the permalink. Post a comment. Leave a Trackback (URL). While still alluring, as practically anything is on Grace Kelly, this is perhaps her least successful outfit overall from Rear Window (1954, as Lisa Fremont). The jacket seems slightly too long and loose for the slenderness of the skirt; it doesn’t fit Kelly’s figure as comfortably as it might. However even with its faults the suit still reflects a vital side of Lisa’s complex personality: her professional, tailored femininity. Celadon…

© 2010, Clothes on Film A few days back, Warner Bros. released the first official image and synopsis from The Hangover Part II – Todd Philips’ follow up to his own mega success comedy. You have no doubt read/seen both by now, but we do have a little something to add… Clothes on Film recently had a quick chat with costume designer Louise Mingenbach as she was shooting The Hangover: Part II in Thailand. According to Louise, a safari suit with sandals and socks were exactly what she considered Zach Galifianakis’ character, well intentioned man-child Alan, would deem appropriate for a trip to southeast Asia (note, too ,what appears to…

© 2010 Chris Laverty. All rights reserved. 3 Apr ’10 Filed under News. Tagged Angelina Jolie, coat, Ghost Town, monochrome, Philip Noyce, Sarah Edwards, sixties, spy. Bookmark the permalink. Post a comment. Leave a Trackback (URL). Hit the trailer HERE Trailer No.2 for Angelina Jolie’s punch, leap and run espionage thriller Salt has arrived. She is staggeringly beautiful, as always, yet her character is definitely of the look but don’t touch variety. Costume design by Sarah Edwards. You’ll want that coat. Angelina Jolie plays Evelyn Salt, a CIA agent wrongly accused of being a KGB spy (are we back in the eighties?!) and forced to go on the run, while…

© 2010 Chris Laverty. All rights reserved. 3 Apr ’10 Filed under News. Tagged Angelina Jolie, coat, Ghost Town, monochrome, Philip Noyce, Sarah Edwards, sixties, spy. Bookmark the permalink. Post a comment. Leave a Trackback (URL). Hit the trailer HERE Trailer No.2 for Angelina Jolie’s punch, leap and run espionage thriller Salt has arrived. She is staggeringly beautiful, as always, yet her character is definitely of the look but don’t touch variety. Costume design by Sarah Edwards. You’ll want that coat. Angelina Jolie plays Evelyn Salt, a CIA agent wrongly accused of being a KGB spy (are we back in the eighties?!) and forced to go on the run, while…

© 2011, FilmDistrict 13 Sep ’11 Filed under Clothes from now, Film Reviews, Guys in Films. Tagged American Gigolo, Bryan Cranston, Carey Mulligan, Drive, Driver, driving gloves, Erin Benach, gloves, jacket, Jean-Pierre Melville, Jeans, Kinnemaniac, Le Samourai, leather, Nicolas Winding Refn, Richard Gere, Ryan Gosling, satin, scorpion jacket, Simon Kinnear, Steve McQueen, synthetic. Bookmark the permalink. Post a comment. Leave a Trackback (URL). Starring: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston Directed By: Nicolas Winding Refn On the surface, Drive is effortlessly stylish, old-school filmmaking that luxuriates in its retro fashion. Yet, as Simon Kinnear reveals, underneath the hood, lurks a troubling character study. It has become something of a cliché…

© 2009, Clothes on Film 9 May ’09 Filed under Clothes from 1920s, Clothes from 2000-10, News. Tagged Audrey Tautou, Chanel, Chanel No.5, sailor pants. Bookmark the permalink. Post a comment. Leave a Trackback (URL). Neatly illustrating the previous post with Kirsten Dunst donning Chanel inspired sailor pants as part of her 1920s pyjama beachwear in The Cats Meow is elegant French actress Audrey Tautou wearing the real deal. In this new advertisement for Coco Chanel’s now 84 year old perfume Chanel No.5 directed by Amélie’s Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Audrey Tautou slips on a stylish pair of black silk-satin sailor pants coupled with black spaghetti straps fitted bodice for just a…

© 2011, Clothes on Film 22 Jul ’11 Filed under Clothes from 1970s, Guys in Films. Tagged 3 pc, 3 piece, belt, cotton, cufflinks, D ring, Dormeuil, double cuff, Doug Hayward, epaulettes, Evangeline Harrison, flares, gabardine, gangster, Geraldine Moffat, Get Carter, Jack Carter, jacket, James Bond, James Cagney, John Hodges, loafers, mac, Mackintosh, Michael Caine, midnight blue, mini-dress, misogynist, mohair, Petra Markham, polyester, PVC, Roger Moore, Rolex, shirt, single breasted, suit, Tielocken, tonik, trench coat, Turnbull & Asser. Bookmark the permalink. Post a comment. Leave a Trackback (URL). Cool, coordinated, just a little loud; this is the timeless appeal of Jack Carter’s 3 piece suit. In portraying cinema’s ultimate anti-hero,…