costume | Clothes on Film – Part 5

© 2011 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from 1940s, Clothes from 1970s, Girls in Films, Guys in Films, Premium. Tagged 1940s, Barbra Streisand, Cary Grant, chic, Clothes from 1950s, Clothes from 1970s, costume, Dorothy Jeakins, empire line, flared trousers, flares, identity, Katie Morosky, Marxism, Moss Mabry, padded shoulders, pants, paradox, perm, peter pan collar, Premium Content, Rebel Without a Cause, Robert Redford, rollneck sweater, Ryan O’Neal, Sydney Pollack, tea dress, The Way We Were, trouser suit, tunic, What’s Up Doc, World War 2. Bookmark the permalink.

Throughout The Way We Were, Barbra Streisand wears a mix of period authenticity and contemporary fashion. Continue reading

© 2011 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Girls in Films, Guys in Films, News. Tagged Academy Award, Bath, costume, Dressing the Stars, exhibition, Fashion Museum, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jenny Beavan, Meryl Streep, Orlando Bloom, Oscar, Penny Rose, Pirates of the Caribbean, Sandy Powell, Shakespeare in Love, The French Lieutenant’s Woman, The Kings Speech, Tom Rand, Yvonne Hellin-Hobbs. Bookmark the permalink.

An exhibition of British costume design from films such as The King’s Speech and Pirates of the Caribbean opens at the Fashion Museum in July. Continue reading

© 2011 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from 1930s, Film Reviews, Girls in Films, Guys in Films. Tagged backless, Christoph Waltz, Clothes from 1930s, costume, Depression, dress, evening dress, Francis Lawrence, halterneck, high waisted, identity, Inglourious Basterds, jacket, Jacqueline West, Jean Harlow, Marlena, period, Reese Witherspoon, Robert Pattinson, satin, silk, subtext, tweed, Water for Elephants. Bookmark the permalink.

Old fashioned and sentimental, Water for Elephants still has much to offer with its very readable costume design. Continue reading

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Sherlock Holmes 2 costume designer Jenny Beavan chats exclusively to Clothes on Film about what to expect in the finished film. Continue reading

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Win two pairs of tickets to an exclusive screening of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides in London on 9th May. Harr! Continue reading

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Editor Chris Laverty explains how to ‘read’ costume on film. From an article originally published in Moviescope magazine. Continue reading

© 2011 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from 1960s, Girls in Films, News. Tagged Anthea Sylbert, Arty, Cathy Lomax, costume, dress, Film Diary, fragility, Mia Farrow, Roman Polanski, Rosemary’s Baby, shapeless. Bookmark the permalink.

Artist Cathy Lomax has recreated several images from Rosemary’s Baby, analysing the film via costumes worn by its titular central character. Continue reading

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A second trailer for Arthur starring Russell Brand in a top hat has arrived. Can the film possibly be as likeable as this footage implies? Continue reading

© 2011 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from 1980s, Clothes from now, Girls in Films, Premium. Tagged African, Alexander McQueen, Barbie, Blumarine, Clothes from 1970s, Coming to America, costume, Deborah Nadoolman Landis, Dressed Cinema, Eddie Murphy, Giorgio Armani, Haile Selassie, Jean Paul Gaultier, John Landis, Kate and Laura Mulleavey, King Joffer, leopard print, Louis Vuitton, Louise Junker, Mario Testino, pattern, Paula Abdul, Premium Content, Prince Akeem, print, Rodarte, Sarah Burton, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sex and the City 2, turban, Vogue, wedding dress. Bookmark the permalink.

Two trends in women’s fashion for 2011 are prints and turbans, empathised in the film Coming to America. Continue reading

© 2011 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from now, Girls in Films, Guys in Films, Interviews, Premium. Tagged ABT, Academy Award, American Ballet Theater, Amy Westcott, BAFTA, ballet, Black Swan, CDG, colour palette, costume, Darren Aronofsky, feather costume, Lilly, Mila Kunis, Mulleavy sisters, Natalie Portman, New York City Ballet, Nina, Premium Content, rehearsal wear, Rodarte, The Double Life of Veronique, The Piano Teacher, The Wrestler, tone, tutu, Vincent Cassel, white dress. Bookmark the permalink.

Amy Westcott talks exclusively to Clothes on Film about her process on Black Swan, that Oscar snub and the recent controversy surrounding herself and Rodarte. Continue reading

© 2011 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under News. Tagged 83rd Academy Awards, Academy Awards, Amy Westcott, Andrew Garfield, Antonella Cannarozzi, Best Costume Design, Black Swan, CDG, Christopher Nolan, costume, I am Love, Inception, Jacqueline West, Jeffrey Kurland, Mark Bridges, Oscar, period film, The Fighter, The Social Network. Bookmark the permalink.

The 83rd Academy Award nominations were not especially surprising, but for Best Costume Design category there were a couple of major upsets. Continue reading

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A ferocious work from a filmmaker at the height of his game, Black Swan is an incredibly satisfying piece of cinema. Continue reading