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James Bond is back and he has never scrubbed up better. Tom Ford now exists to make Daniel Craig suits. Continue reading

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George Lazenby’s fashionable Bond is sartorially similar to Daniel Craig in Skyfall. Continue reading

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A new compilation of sartorially revealing James Bond photographs by Terry O’Neill. Continue reading

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Piper Perabo chats to Clothes on Film about costume design for her role in Looper. Continue reading

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Costume Designer Sharen Davis talks us through her retro-vision for Looper. Continue reading

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Costume designer Margot Wilson talks exclusively to Clothes on Film about her impeccable work on Lawless. Continue reading

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Tom Hardy heralds dawning of the knitwear anti-hero. Margot Wilson discusses her use of the cardigan for Lawless. Continue reading

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A breezy retrospective of the most famous fashion editor of all time. Continue reading

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A mishmash of sci-fi conventions and clichés cobbled together as something we have never quite seen before. Continue reading

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French costume designer Anaïs Romand discusses her work on House of Tolerance (L’Apollonide: Souvenirs de la maison close). Continue reading

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The costumes of Rumble Fish express the importance of teenage dress codes before the segregating journey into adulthood. Continue reading

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The best kept secret in costume design is finally out: Prada made Carey Mulligan’s gowns for The Great Gatsby. Continue reading