September | 2011 | Clothes on Film

© 2011 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from 1920s, Guys on TV, Premium. Tagged 1960s, African dandies, Boardwalk Empire, bow tie, bowler hat, Chalky White, Clothes from 1920s, Clothes from 1970s, double breasted, dressing soft, Edwardian, formal, gangster, Martin Greenfield, Michael Kenneth Williams, Mod, Nucky Thompson, Omar, plaid, Premium Content, Shaft, silk, single breasted, Steve Buscemi, subvert, The Wire. Bookmark the permalink.

There is a man on Boardwalk Empire with even more sartorial presence than Nucky Thompson; That man is Chalky White. Continue reading

© 2011 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi, Girls in Films, News. Tagged Batman, boots, Catwoman, Christian Bale, Christopher Nolan, costume, heels, leather, Lindy Hemming, The Dark Knight Rises. Bookmark the permalink.

Blurry and unofficial, but these are definitely photos of Anne Hathaway as Catwoman. Continue reading

© 2011 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from now, Girls in Films, Guys in Films, News. Tagged Agatha Blois, biker jacket, Cerre, Daniel Craig, David Fincher, fashion, Heroin Chic, identity, Jeans, leather jacket, Lisbeth Salander, Mikael Blomkvist, Millennium trilogy, Niels Arden Oplev, Noomi Rapace, punk, Rooney Mara, sexuality, Stieg Larsson, suit, The Game, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Long Kiss Goodnight, Trish Summerville. Bookmark the permalink.

Rooney Mara’s Lisbeth will be a style icon. Continue reading

© 2011 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi, Girls on TV, Guys on TV, Premium. Tagged 1960s, acrylic, Alice Lowe, Annie Hardinge, Chris Bran, Clothes from 1970s, costume, cross dressing, David Tennant, Fairisle, flowers, frock, identity, Justin Chubb, long skirt, Peter Serafinowicz, platform shoes, Premium Content, rollneck, spiv suit, The Prisoner, The Wicker Man, This is Jinsy, three piece suit, tweed, waistcoat. Bookmark the permalink.

Costume wise, This is Jinsy is deliberately bizarre and mismatched. Yet everything makes sense in context. Continue reading

© 2011 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from 1920s, Girls on TV, Guys on TV, Interviews, Premium. Tagged 1920, 1921, 1922, Blaxploitation, Boardwalk Empire, cloche, Clothes from 1970s, colour, dress, drop waist, Duke of Windsor, Emmy, gangster, hemlines, interview, John Dunn, Kelly Macdonald, Lisa Padovani, Michael Kenneth Williams, Michael Pitt, Nucky Thompson, Premium Content, Princes of Wales, Season 2, soft collar, Steve Buscemi, stiff collar, suit, vintage, zoot suit. Bookmark the permalink.

On the eve of Boardwalk Empire: Season 2 commencing, we had a chat with the show’s costume designers John Dunn and Lisa Padovani. Continue reading

© 2011 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Competitions, News. Tagged Blog Awards, Clothes on Film, competition, Cosmo, Cosmopolitan, costume, fashion. Bookmark the permalink.

Please vote for Clothes on Film as Best Male Blog in the Cosmopolitan Blog Awards 2011. Continue reading

© 2011 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from now, Film Reviews, Guys in Films. Tagged American Gigolo, Bryan Cranston, Carey Mulligan, Drive, Driver, driving gloves, Erin Benach, gloves, jacket, Jean-Pierre Melville, Jeans, Kinnemaniac, Le Samourai, leather, Nicolas Winding Refn, Richard Gere, Ryan Gosling, satin, scorpion jacket, Simon Kinnear, Steve McQueen, synthetic. Bookmark the permalink.

For a guy who prefers the synthetic appeal of satin and alloy, physical contact is a violent business. Continue reading

© 2011 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from 1920s, Girls on TV, Guys on TV, Interviews, News, Premium. Tagged Boardwalk Empire, Burlesque, Clothes on Film, costume, documentary, HBO, Jazz era, John Dunn, Lisa Padovani, Nuck Thompson, Steve Buscemi, The Money Decade. Bookmark the permalink.

On Tuesday 13th September, Clothes on Film makes its television debut chatting about the amazing costume design of Boardwalk Empire. Continue reading

© 2011 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from 1980s, Clothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi, Guys in Films, News. Tagged Back to the Future, Back to the Future Part Part II, BTTF, LED, Michael J. Fox, Nike, Nike MAGS, Slamball shoes, Tiffany Beers, Tinker Hatfield, trainers, Tron. Bookmark the permalink.

They have finally done it. Nike has recreated the famous Nike MAG trainers worn by Michael J. Fox in Back to the Future Part II. Continue reading

© 2011 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from 1837-1919, Film Reviews, Girls in Films, Guys in Films. Tagged 19th century, bodice, boned, Cary Fukunaga, Charlotte Brontë, Dario Marianelli, Edwardian, frock, frock coat, gothic, Haddon Hall, Jane Eyre, Judi Dench, lacing, lined, Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Michael O’Connor, Moira Buffini, neckline, period costume, Schindler’s List, suit, Victorian, waistcoat, wedding dress. Bookmark the permalink.

Watching Jane Eyre on location makes for an enriching experience. Continue reading

© 2011 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Girls in Films, Guys in Films, News. Tagged Barneys, costume, Diva, double split skirt, fashion, Fashion in Film Festival, Film Society Lincoln Center, Hearts and Crafts, Hermes, Jacques Beinei, Museum of Arts and design, Polly Magoo, Qui Êtes-Vous, Simon Doonan, The Eyes of Laura Mars, Theoni V. Aldredge, Vanity Fair. Bookmark the permalink.

Vanity Fair’s Fashion in Film festival in New York is essential this weekend, if you don’t live 3,500 miles away. Continue reading

© 2011 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from 1970s, Film Reviews, Guys in Films, Guys on TV. Tagged adaptation, Alec Guinness, Benedict Cumberbatch, bow tie, bowler, Ciarán Hinds, Clothes from 1970s, David Dencik, flares, flat cap, Gary Oldman, George Smiley, Jacqueline Durran, John le Carré, Maria Djurkovic, Mark Strong, Soldier, spectacles, spy, suit, tailor, Timothy Everest, Tom Hardy, Tomas Alfredson, trenchcoat, trilby, TTSS, wide lapels. Bookmark the permalink.

A classy, very British affair. Continue reading