Girls in Films | Clothes on Film – Part 7

© 2013 Contributor. All rights reserved. By: ContributorFiled under Clothes from 1950s, Clothes from 1980s, Girls in Films, Premium. Tagged armour, blue suit, Bonnie Radcliffe, Consolata Boyle, cornflower blue, feminine, gender, gloves, kitten heals, Margaret Thatcher, masculine, Meryl Streep, pearls, peter pan collar, Phyllida Lloyd, Premium Content, suit, The Iron Lady. Bookmark the permalink.

A look at late Margaret Thatcher’s colour specific wardrobe as represented in the film The Iron Lady. Continue reading

© 2013 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from 1920s, Girls in Films, Guys in Films. Tagged 1990s, appliqué, asymmetric, Baz Luhrmann, Brooks Brothers, Catherine Martin, Clothes from 1920s, dinner suit, flapper, fringing, leg slit, Prada, The Great Gatsby, tuxedo. Bookmark the permalink.

We visited Brooks Brothers to check out their costume display from The Great Gatsby. Continue reading

© 2013 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi, Clothes from now, Girls in Films, Guys in Films, Premium. Tagged Batman, Ben Kingsley, Bodycon, check suit, cloak, costume, Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Gwyneth Paltrow, Iron Man, Iron Man suit, Iron Patriot, lounge jacket, mark 47 suit, Premium Content, Rebecca Hall, Robert Downey Jr, Shane Black, skirt suit, sunglasses, superhero, Superman, The Dark Knight, The Mandarin, War Machine, white suit. Bookmark the permalink.

Spoiler warning: We examine the use of suits, iron or otherwise, in Iron Man 3 to conceal and recreate identity. Continue reading

© 2013 Contributor. All rights reserved. By: ContributorFiled under Clothes from 1920s, Girls in Films, Guys in Films, Interviews. Tagged Baz Luhrmann, Carey Mulligan, Catherine Martin, cloche, Clothes from 1920s, Daisy Buchanan, Deirdre Clemente, F. Scott Fitzgerald, gender, Leonardo diCaprio, Myrtle Wilson, Prada, Premium Content, The Great Gatsby. Bookmark the permalink.

We analyse exactly what Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin need to get right for their costume design in The Great Gatsby. Continue reading

© 2013 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from 1990s, Clothes from now, Girls in Films, Guys in Films, Premium. Tagged 1990s, 2010s, bi-swing, broken down, Derek Cianfrance, Drive, Erin Benach, Eva Mendes, Jeans, leather jacket, Luke Glanton, motorcycle pants, Premium Content, Ryan Gosling, scorpion jacket, t-shirt, The Driver, The Place Beyond the Pines. Bookmark the permalink.

If you thought a scorpion embroidered bomber jacket was tough to pull off, just wait until you see Ryan Gosling in The Place Beyond the Pines. Continue reading

© 2013 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi, Girls in Films, Guys in Films. Tagged Alexander McQueen, Capitol couture, Catching Fire, Effie Trinket, Elsa Schiaparelli, Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Judianna Makovsky, Katniss Everdeen, Nehru collar, The Hunger Games, trailer, Trish Summerville, uniform, Woody Harrelson. Bookmark the permalink.

The very first trailer for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and it’s more uniform than glamour. Continue reading

© 2013 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Costume Stories and Links, Girls in Films, Guys in Films, Premium. Tagged Armani, Bane, Basic Instinct, Dinah Collin, Edwardian, Ellen Mirojnick, Gucci, Hannibal, Janty Yates, Karl Urban, Kind Hearts and Coronets, Lindy Hemming, The Bourne Supremacy, The Dark Knight Rises, Tunic shirt, We Need to Talk About Kevin, white dress. Bookmark the permalink.

A round up of villain themed costume posts at Clothes on Film. Continue reading

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The colours and codes of the costume design in No Country for Old Men. Continue reading

© 2013 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from 1920s, Girls in Films, Guys in Films. Tagged Baz Luhrmann, Brooks Brothers, Carey Mulligan, Catherine Martin, Clothes from 1920s, Clothes from 1970s, Daisy Buchanan, flapper, Leonardo Di Caprio, Miu Miu, Miuccia Prada, suits, The Great Gatsby. Bookmark the permalink.

The latest and probably last trailer for Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation of The Great Gatsby before its début at Cannes. Continue reading

© 2013 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from 1970s, Girls in Films, Guys in Films, Interviews, Premium. Tagged Clothes from 1970s, Ed Warren, Halloween, Insidious, interview, James Wan, Kristin M. Burke, Lorraine Warren, Patrick Wilson, real life, The Conjuring, Vera Farmiga. Bookmark the permalink.

The 1970s was a scary era, not least for clothes. The Conjuring costume designer Kristin M. Burke tells us more. Continue reading

© 2013 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from now, Girls in Films, Guys in Films. Tagged 1990s, anime, Betsy Heimann, black suit, Clothes from 1980s, fetish, gangster, Hugh Jackman, Isis Mussenden, James Mangold, John McClane, Madame Hydra, Reservoir Dogs, short skirt, Svetlana Khodchenkova, Viper, white vest, Yakuza. Bookmark the permalink.

Trailer number one for The Wolverine and he appears to be dressed as a Yakuza. Continue reading

© 2013 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from 1970s, Girls in Films, Guys in Films, Premium. Tagged 1940s, 3 piece suit, Aquascutum, blouse, brown, Burberry, Clothes from 1930s, Clothes from 1970s, contemporary, cornflower blue, cotton weave, Dustin Hoffman, femininity, femme fatale, gangster, gumshoe, identity, Justin Henry, Kramer vs. Kramer, leather boots, long skirt, masculinity, military, Premium Content, Robert Benton, Ruth Morley, short sleeve shirt, trench coat, yuppie. Bookmark the permalink.

Meryl Streep’s timeless Burberry trench coat is one of the most recognisable contemporary costumes of 1970s. Continue reading