© 2011 Contributor. All rights reserved. By: ContributorFiled under Clothes from 1920s, Girls in Films, Premium. Tagged Amber Butchart, Anna May Wong, Birth of a Nation, blackface, Breakfast at Tiffanys, Broken Hearts DJ, Chinese, Chinoiserie, Coco Chanel, Dragon lady, DW Griffith, flapper, identity, Louis Vuitton, Marlene Dietrich, Mickey Rooney, nightwear, orient, Paul Smith, Piccadilly, Premium Content, qipao, race, Shanghai Express, Theatre of Fashion, yellowface. Bookmark the permalink. Anna May Wong fused East and West against an ill-equipped backdrop of Hollywood cinema. Continue reading

© 2009 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from 1920s, Clothes from 2000-10, News. Tagged Audrey Tautou, Chanel, Chanel No.5, sailor pants. Bookmark the permalink. In this new advertisement for Chanel No.5, Audrey Tautou slips on a stylish pair of black silk-satin Chanel sailor pants. Continue reading

© 2012 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Girls in Films, Guys in Films, News. Tagged 1960s, BAFTA, BBC, Chinatown, Clothes from 1970s, costume, Costume Designers Guild, Goodfellas, Martin Scorsese, Mary Rose, Richard Bruno, Robert De Niro, Rupert Pupkin, The King of Comedy, The Way We Were, wardrobe supervisor, Westworld. Bookmark the permalink. The man who dressed Goodfellas, costume designer Richard Bruno, has died aged 87. Continue reading

© 2012 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Girls in Films, Guys in Films, News. Tagged 1960s, BAFTA, BBC, Chinatown, Clothes from 1970s, costume, Costume Designers Guild, Goodfellas, Martin Scorsese, Mary Rose, Richard Bruno, Robert De Niro, Rupert Pupkin, The King of Comedy, The Way We Were, wardrobe supervisor, Westworld. Bookmark the permalink. The man who dressed Goodfellas, costume designer Richard Bruno, has died aged 87. Continue reading

© 2010 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi, Guys in Films, News. Tagged Anthony Le, Comic Con, Don Cheadle, fan costume, Geektyrant, Iron Man 2, Kristin M. Burke, Marvel, Mary Zophres, Paramount Pictures, Robert Downey Jr, Wired.com. Bookmark the permalink. Anthony Le’s War Machine fan costume is a sight to behold. Continue reading

© 2011 Contributor. All rights reserved. By: ContributorFiled under Clothes from 1920s, Girls in Films, Premium. Tagged Amber Butchart, Anna May Wong, Birth of a Nation, blackface, Breakfast at Tiffanys, Broken Hearts DJ, Chinese, Chinoiserie, Coco Chanel, Dragon lady, DW Griffith, flapper, identity, Louis Vuitton, Marlene Dietrich, Mickey Rooney, nightwear, orient, Paul Smith, Piccadilly, Premium Content, qipao, race, Shanghai Express, Theatre of Fashion, yellowface. Bookmark the permalink. Anna May Wong fused East and West against an ill-equipped backdrop of Hollywood cinema. Continue reading

© 2009 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from 1920s, Clothes from 2000-10, News. Tagged Audrey Tautou, Chanel, Chanel No.5, sailor pants. Bookmark the permalink. In this new advertisement for Chanel No.5, Audrey Tautou slips on a stylish pair of black silk-satin Chanel sailor pants. Continue reading

© 2010 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Girls in Films, Guys in Films, News. Tagged 1940s, BFI, Birds of Paradise, exotica, experimental, Fashion in Film Festival, festival, Hedy Lamarr, Judy Garland, Lana Turner, London, Marketa Uhlirova, Michael Curtiz, Orientalist, Pink Narcissus, Red Heels, Robert Z. Leonard, spectacle, Ziegfeld Girl. Bookmark the permalink. Subtitled ‘Birds of Paradise’, the 3rd Fashion in Film Festival will take place in three London venues on 1st – 12th December. Continue reading

© 2011 Contributor. All rights reserved. By: ContributorFiled under Clothes from 1920s, Girls in Films, Premium. Tagged Amber Butchart, Anna May Wong, Birth of a Nation, blackface, Breakfast at Tiffanys, Broken Hearts DJ, Chinese, Chinoiserie, Coco Chanel, Dragon lady, DW Griffith, flapper, identity, Louis Vuitton, Marlene Dietrich, Mickey Rooney, nightwear, orient, Paul Smith, Piccadilly, Premium Content, qipao, race, Shanghai Express, Theatre of Fashion, yellowface. Bookmark the permalink. Anna May Wong fused East and West against an ill-equipped backdrop of Hollywood cinema. Continue reading

© 2011 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from 1920s, Girls on TV, Premium. Tagged Agent Nelson Van Alden, Atlantic City, Boardwalk Empire, Clothes from 1920s, crepe de Chine, dress, feminine, flapper, frock, hemline, hobble skirt, Irish immigrant, John A. Dunn, Kelly Macdonald, long skirt, Lucy Danziger, Margaret Schroeder, Michael Shannon, Nucky, Paul Poiret, Paz de la Huerta, Premium Content, puritan, ruched, sailor neckline, tea gown, Temperance League, The Ivory Tower, tunic, wide brim hat, Ziegfeld Follies. Bookmark the permalink. Margaret Schroeder is introduced as a world away from the ‘flapper’ set that would come to define the twenties. Continue reading