August | 2011 | Clothes on Film

© 2011 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from now, Girls in Films, Guys in Films, Interviews, Premium. Tagged blouse, boots, cap, Clothes from 1980s, fairytale, fur, fur coat, Giorgio Armani, Hanna, high heels, Inuit, Jacqueline Durran, Jessica Barden, Joe Wright, Lucie Bates, Prada, Premium Content, prison uniform, Saoirse Ronan, subtext, tailoring, Tom Hollander, waistcoat, wicked witch. Bookmark the permalink.

Lucie Bates exclusively discusses her work on Hanna, inducing parodies, subtext and working with Giorgio Armani. Continue reading

© 2011 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from 1930s, Clothes from 1940s, Girls in Films, Premium. Tagged 1940s, brown, Clothes from 1930s, court shoes, décolletage, dress, femininity, floral, Gaetano Aronica, Giuseppe Sulfaro, Giuseppe Tornatore, high heels, Jean Harlow, lounge suit, Malèna, masculinity, military, Monica Bellucci, Premium Content, sexuality, short trousers, shoulder pads, slingbacks, stockings, tea dress, tight, tubular, utility suit, wool, World War 2, WW2. Bookmark the permalink.

In Malèna, Monica Bellucci plays an impossible vision of beauty; a woman so striking she is immediately sexualised by all who lay eyes on her. Continue reading

© 2011 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from 1837-1919, Guys in Films, News. Tagged 1800s, costume, cravat, Daniel Radcliffe, detachable collar, frock coat, hammer, high waisted, horizontal seam, James Watkins, Jane Goldman, Keith Madden, necktie, Ralph Bates, satin faced lapels, Susan Hill, The Woman in Black, top frock, Victorian, waistcoat, wing collar. Bookmark the permalink.

A trailer for The Woman in Black arrives bringing that spooky sense of dread that only Victorian costume can provide. Continue reading

© 2011 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi, Clothes from now, Film Reviews, Girls in Films, Guys in Films. Tagged Andy Serkis, apes, check suit, costume, dressing gown, Freida Pinto, hierarchy, James Franco, Oscar, pinstripe suit, Planet of the Apes, Renée April, review, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Rupert Wyatt, Source Code, symbolism, uniform. Bookmark the permalink.

Gripping entertainment with subtext on everything from ethnicity to hierarchal costume. Continue reading

© 2011 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from 1837-1919, Girls in Films, Premium. Tagged 1910s, Adèle Blanc-Sec, ankle boots, Bécassine, Belle Époque, bowler, coat, comic book, Edwardian, Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec, feathers, flared skirt, high neck, lace, Les Aventures extraordinaires d’Adèle Blanc-Sec, Louise Bourgoin, Luc Besson, muslin, Olivier Bériot, petticoat, Premium Content, sexuality, stiff collar, The Beautiful Era, wide brim hat. Bookmark the permalink.

Adèle Blanc-Sec’s world is akin to a fantasy Belle Époque; 1910s attire dotted among reanimated corpses and a dinosaur. Continue reading

© 2011 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, News. Tagged Anne Hathaway, Bane, Batman, Catwoman, Christopher Nolan, costume, functional, googles, Lindy Hemming, neoprene, Selina Kyle, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, Tom Hardy, waterproof. Bookmark the permalink.

Somewhat misleading as nowhere is this pic officially tagged as being ‘Catwoman’; officially this is our first shot of Anne Hathway as Selina Kyle. Continue reading

© 2011 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from 1950s, Clothes from 1960s, Girls on TV, Premium. Tagged A-line, Ann Lowe, armour, Barry Pepper, Bouvier, box suit, Chanel, Chez Ninon, Christopher Hargadon, Diana Hardcastle, Giorgio Armani, gloves, Greg Kinnear, historical, Jackie Kennedy, Jackie O, JFK, John F. Kennedy, Katie Holmes, Kennedy, Onassis, pink suit, Premium Content, shift dress, suit, sunglasses, symbolism, The Kennedys, tweed suit. Bookmark the permalink.

Unquestionably the most historically significant outfit Katie Holmes as Jackie Kennedy wears in the show is her rose pink tweed suit. Continue reading