Clothes on Film | Screen style & identity – Part 19

Les Misérables is drenched in costume symbolism, specifically revolutionary red, white and blue. Subtle was never its intention. Continue reading

Costume in The Cabin in the Woods is not grand, but it is very clever. All the teenage characters subtly evolve from one horror stereotype to another. Continue reading

The Phantom of the opera demonstrates that the colour, size and shape of a character’s costumes can communicate on a subliminal level. Continue reading

Deborah Nadoolman Landis discusses her Hollywood Costume exhibition at the V&A. Continue reading

Ben Affleck’s pseudo-cowboy costume in Argo harks back to the golden age of the sports jacket. Continue reading

Julien’s Hollywood Icons and Idols sale draws high bids for famous costumes, but not the big numbers seen last year at the Debbie Reynolds auction. Continue reading

The evolving costumes worn by Sandra Dee in classic sixties gender comedy A Man Answers. Continue reading

Forgive the self-promotion as we draw your attention to Clothes on Film’s inclusion in book ‘Hollywood Costume’ edited by Deborah Nadoolman Landis. Continue reading

A rundown of why Hollywood Costume at the V&A is the best event you will see all year. Continue reading

Could Django Unchained be the first Quentin Tarantino movie to win a Costume Design Oscar? Continue reading

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

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