May | 2011 | Clothes on Film

© 2011 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from 1960s, Film Reviews, Girls in Films, Guys in Films. Tagged 1960s, adaptation, Anh Hung Tran, bell bottom, Clothes from 1950s, denim, Eriko Hatsune, flares, hip huggers, Jackie O, Jeans, Kenichi Matsuyama, Kiko Mizuhara, knitted, Levi, Midori, Noruwei no mori, Norwegian Wood, novel, pleated, pointed collars, red dress, Reika Kirishima, review, Rinko Kikuchi, scarf, short skirt, sunglasses, Tetsuji Tamayama, Yen Khe Luguern. Bookmark the permalink.

Beautiful and affecting, even if it does collapse under the weight of its own earnestness at times. Continue reading

© 2011 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from 1940s, Clothes from 1950s, Girls in Films, Premium. Tagged 1940s, Alfred Hitchcock, blue chiffon dress, Brigitte Auber, Cary Grant, Christian Dior, Clothes from 1950s, coral skirt, crepe, driving gloves, Edith Head, femininity, Frances, Grace Kelly, Jessie Royce Landis, John Robie, knife pleats, New Look, pink, pleats, post-war, Premium Content, round neck, sex, silk, slingback shoes, stringback, suit, sweater. Bookmark the permalink.

This coral pink ensemble encompasses and challenges the absolute femininity of Grace Kelly. Continue reading

© 2011 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi, Film Reviews, Girls in Films, Guys in Films. Tagged 1700s, 18th century, authentic, Blackbeard, décolletage, franchise, Geoffrey Rush, Ian McShane, Jack Sparrow, Johnny Depp, mermaids, Penélope Cruz, Penny Rose, period, Pirates 4, Pirates of the Caribbean On Stranger Tides, POTC4, review, Rob Marshall, rock ‘n’ roll. Bookmark the permalink.

Jack Sparrow has finally become the irritating wiseass who just won’t leave the party. Continue reading

© 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

© 2011 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from 1837-1919, Girls in Films, Guys in Films, Interviews, Premium. Tagged A Game of Shadows, Blues Patrol, Cosprop, costume, exclusive, fashion, Guy Ritchie, interview, Jane Law, Jared Harris, Jenny Beavan, Jude Law, Levi, military tunic, Moriarty, Mycroft Holmes, Noomi Rapace, Premium Content, Robert Downey Jr, Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes 2, springbottom pants, The Kings Speech, tweed, Victorian. Bookmark the permalink.

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