© 2011 Chris Laverty. All rights reserved. After that surprising snub by the Academy (not even a nomination) and BAFTA, Black Swan costume designer Amy Westcott has finally been rewarded, with a Costume Designers Guild (CDG) Award for Excellence in Contemporary Film. This was a tough category, too. Jeffrey Kurland has hardly been mentioned, apart from by the public, regarding his almost entirely bespoke costumes for Inception. Have the Guild responded to the recent, very public controversy between Westcott and Black Swan contributors Kate and Laura Mulleavy, i.e. Rodarte? Perhaps, yes, and we would not begin to suggest this is a bad thing either. Moreover the effectiveness of the CDG…

© 2009 Chris Laverty. All rights reserved. Trailer two for Shutter Island in pin sharp HD has hit the net. Leonardo DiCaprio and co revisit 1950s fashions under the discerning eye of director Martin Scorsese. Watch the trailer HERE Based on Dennis Lehane’s 2003 novel of the same name and retaining its 1950s timeframe, Shutter Island follows two federal marshals, Teddy Daniels (DiCaprio) and Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo), as they investigate the disappearance of a mental patient from a creepy island facility in Massachusetts. Shutter Island promises to be a serious costume movie. Not just because of the enticing fifties setting, but also because Scorsese is someone who understands the…

© 2009 Chris Laverty. All rights reserved. Trailer two for Shutter Island in pin sharp HD has hit the net. Leonardo DiCaprio and co revisit 1950s fashions under the discerning eye of director Martin Scorsese. Watch the trailer HERE Based on Dennis Lehane’s 2003 novel of the same name and retaining its 1950s timeframe, Shutter Island follows two federal marshals, Teddy Daniels (DiCaprio) and Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo), as they investigate the disappearance of a mental patient from a creepy island facility in Massachusetts. Shutter Island promises to be a serious costume movie. Not just because of the enticing fifties setting, but also because Scorsese is someone who understands the…

© 2010, Clothes on Film 4 May ’10 Filed under News. Tagged Chris Laverty, Clothes on Film, editor, first year, Influential Blog, Wikio. Bookmark the permalink. Post a comment. Leave a Trackback (URL). 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…

© 2011, Chris Laverty 16 Mar ’11 Filed under Clothes from 1960s, Guys on TV. Tagged 6 on 4, collar pin, DB, Don Draper, double breasted suit, double cuff, Edward III, Frederick Scholte, Janie Bryant, John Hamm, John Slattery, Mad Men, Mod, Princes of Wales, Rockers, Roger Sterling, Savile Row, Season 2, Sterling Cooper, suit, tailor, Three Sundays, two tone suit, ventless. Bookmark the permalink. Post a comment. Leave a Trackback (URL). As Mad Men’s unflappable account man Roger Sterling, John Slattery tended to wear a fairly standardised costume of light grey three piece suit and white shirt; right up until the season 2 episode ‘Three Sundays’, when he donned…

© 2009, Clothes on Film 4 Dec ’09 Filed under News. Tagged Antoine Fuqua, Don Cheadle, Ethan Hawke, flat cap, gangsters, Juliet Polcsa, leather, Richard Gere, sportswear, Wesley Snipes. Bookmark the permalink. Post a comment. Leave a Trackback (URL). Check out the trailer HERE A thumping good trailer for Brooklyn’s Finest starring Richard Gere and Don Cheadle has hit town. Write this off as ’just another cop drama’ at your peril. Straightaway there are overtones of influential nineties crime thriller New Jack City (1990) with branded sportswear, expensive loose fit shirts, 1920s-30’s style hats and heavy bling. Plus note how leather is used to signify the dark side of human…

© 2009, Clothes on Film 4 Dec ’09 Filed under News. Tagged Antoine Fuqua, Don Cheadle, Ethan Hawke, flat cap, gangsters, Juliet Polcsa, leather, Richard Gere, sportswear, Wesley Snipes. Bookmark the permalink. Post a comment. Leave a Trackback (URL). Check out the trailer HERE A thumping good trailer for Brooklyn’s Finest starring Richard Gere and Don Cheadle has hit town. Write this off as ’just another cop drama’ at your peril. Straightaway there are overtones of influential nineties crime thriller New Jack City (1990) with branded sportswear, expensive loose fit shirts, 1920s-30’s style hats and heavy bling. Plus note how leather is used to signify the dark side of human…

© 2009, Clothes on Film 4 Dec ’09 Filed under News. Tagged Antoine Fuqua, Don Cheadle, Ethan Hawke, flat cap, gangsters, Juliet Polcsa, leather, Richard Gere, sportswear, Wesley Snipes. Bookmark the permalink. Post a comment. Leave a Trackback (URL). Check out the trailer HERE A thumping good trailer for Brooklyn’s Finest starring Richard Gere and Don Cheadle has hit town. Write this off as ’just another cop drama’ at your peril. Straightaway there are overtones of influential nineties crime thriller New Jack City (1990) with branded sportswear, expensive loose fit shirts, 1920s-30’s style hats and heavy bling. Plus note how leather is used to signify the dark side of human…

© 2010, Clothes on Film 19 Feb ’10 Filed under Clothes from 2000-10, Clothes from now, Girls in Films, Guys in Films, News. Tagged Carey Mulligan, Ellen Mirojnick, leather jacket, Michael Douglas, Oliver Stone, Shia LeBeouf, suits, sunglasses, Wall Street 2. Bookmark the permalink. Post a comment. Leave a Trackback (URL). Shia LaBeouf runs about in a short leather jacket while Michael Douglas dons the coolest pair of retro shades for, well, this year at least. Welcome to the full international trailer for Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. Show me the money trailer HERE This flushes out the previous teaser in greater detail. Now we get a proper idea of…

© 2011, Chris Laverty 16 Mar ’11 Filed under Clothes from 1960s, Guys on TV. Tagged 6 on 4, collar pin, DB, Don Draper, double breasted suit, double cuff, Edward III, Frederick Scholte, Janie Bryant, John Hamm, John Slattery, Mad Men, Mod, Princes of Wales, Rockers, Roger Sterling, Savile Row, Season 2, Sterling Cooper, suit, tailor, Three Sundays, two tone suit, ventless. Bookmark the permalink. Post a comment. Leave a Trackback (URL). As Mad Men’s unflappable account man Roger Sterling, John Slattery tended to wear a fairly standardised costume of light grey three piece suit and white shirt; right up until the season 2 episode ‘Three Sundays’, when he donned…