April | 2013 | Clothes on Film

© 2013 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Costume Stories and Links. Tagged Catching Fire, Catherine Martin, Clueless, Deborah Nadoolman Landis, Do the Right Thing, Drive, FrockTalk, Jill M. Ohanneson, Prada, The Great Gatsby, The Hunger Games. Bookmark the permalink.

The week’s big costume design stories and links. Continue reading

© 2013 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from 1970s. Tagged Chris Hemsworth, Clothes from 1970s, Daniel Brühl, fur coat, Julian Day, Niki Lauda, Olivia Wilde, ringer tee, Ron Howard, Rush, true life. Bookmark the permalink.

The first trailer for mid-1970s set Rush is on-line and Olivia Wilde looks sensational. 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 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Costume Stories and Links. Tagged Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Only God Forgives, The Great Gatsby, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone. Bookmark the permalink.

Some movie costume related stories you may have missed this week. 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 Fantasy & Sci-fi, Guys in Films. Tagged costume, Doctor Who, Henry Cavill, James Acheson, Man of Steel, Michael Wilkinson, New 52, Superman, Tron Legacy, uniform, Watchmen, Zach Snyder. Bookmark the permalink.

The latest trailer for Man of Steel makes for one very dark Superman costume. 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 Clothes from 1960s, Girls on TV, Guys on TV, Premium. Tagged 1960s, Clothes from 1970s, Dior, Don Draper, Elisabeth Moss, evening dress, Janie Bryant, January Jones, Jessica Paré, John Dunn, John Slattery, Jon Hamm, Mad Men, Mary Quant, mini-dress, Peggy Olson, Pete Campbell, Premium Content, Pucci, Rich Sommer, Roger Sterling, suit, Twiggy, Vincent Kartheiser. Bookmark the permalink.

Our thoughts on the costume design in the season 6 premiere of Mad Men. 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

© 2013 Contributor. All rights reserved. By: ContributorFiled under Clothes from 1980s, Girls in Films, Guys in Films, Premium. Tagged Bonnie Radcliffe, boots, Chigurh, Clothes from 1980s, Coen Brothers, Deep South, floral, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Kelly Macdonald, Mary Zophres, No Country for Old Men, period, Premium Content, Stetson, Tommy Lee Jones, uniform, western, windebreaker, Woody Harrelson. Bookmark the permalink.

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