© 2013 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Costume Stories and Links. Tagged Amber Butchart, An American Werewolf in London, Bina Daigeler, Cathy A Smith, Deborah Nadoolman Landis, Ellen Crawshaw, FrockTalk, GTA V, Halloween, Hello Tailor, Hollywood Costume, Joe Kucharski, Mindy Kaling, Only Lovers Left Alive, Reign, Rush, Salvador Perez Jr, Shawna Trpcic, The Mindy Project, Thor The Dark World, Wendy Partridge. Bookmark the permalink. An American Werewolf in London A screening at the Billy Wilder theater in Los Angeles on the 26th, with Deborah Nadoolman Landis in attendance to sign copies of her book ‘Hollywood Costume’ (we’re in that!). Shawna Trpcic It’s question time…

© 2012 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Girls in Films, Guys in Films, Interviews, Premium. Tagged Anthony Powell, Basic Instinct, Breakfast at Tiffanys, Burke and Hare, Charlie Chaplin, Coming to America, Costume Designers Guild, Deborah Nadoolman Landis, fedora, Hollywood Costume, Hubert de Givenchy, interview, Marlene Dietrich, Moviescope, Premium Content, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Wizard of Oz, True Grit, V&A. Bookmark the permalink. Deborah Nadoolman Landis discusses her Hollywood Costume exhibition at the V&A. Continue reading © 2012 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from 1970s, Clothes from 1980s, Guys in Films, Interviews, Premium. Tagged Argo, BBC…

© 2011 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Girls in Films, Girls on TV, Guys in Films, Guys on TV, Interviews, Premium. Tagged Amy Westcott, Anna Sheppard, Bérénice Bejo, Black Swan, Boardwalk Empire, Captain America, Cate Blanchett, Contagion, costume, Drive, drop waist dress, Erin Benach, Hanna, hat, Jacqueline Durran, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jane Eyre, Jean Dujardin, Jenny Beavan, Jill Taylor, John Dunn, Juliet Polcsa, Kasia Walicka Maimone, Kate Winslet, Lisa Padovani, Louise Frogley, Lucie Bates, Manon Rasmussen, Marion Cotillard, Mark Bridges, Melancholia, Mia Wasikowska, Michael O’Connor, My Week with Marilyn, Natalie Portman, Premium Content, Renée April, Renne April, Ryan Gosling, Sammy Sheldon, Saoirse Ronan, Sharen Davis,…

© 2013 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. 30 Jul ’13 MINOR SPOILERS ‘Who is behind the mask, the observer or the wearer?’ a question posed by milliner Stephen Jones, who created a series of masks inspired by The Lone Ranger to tie-in with the film’s release. It is an interesting idea, that we are hidden from view in a mask yet paradoxically more visible than ever. No-one knows for sure where masks came from. We can trace their existence back to man’s earliest ancestors, but for what purpose? Entertainment? Disguise? Protection? In cinema the mask has become visual shorthand for the hero, or more accurately the superhero. The Lone…

© 2014 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from 1960s, Girls in Films, Premium. Tagged festival, flares, flower children, flower power, fringing, Grace Slick, Hippie, Jefferson Airplane, Kaftan, psychedelic, rock, Woodstock. Bookmark the permalink. “We are stardust, we are golden”, sang Joni Mitchell of the Woodstock Music and Art Fair, held August 15-18th 1969, at a dairy farm in the Catskills near the hamlet of White Lake in the town of Bethel, New York. … Continue reading © 2014 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi, Guys in Films, Premium. Tagged advertorial, Cape, cloak, Clothes…

© 2015 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from 1940s, Clothes from 1950s, Interviews, Premium. Tagged 1940s, Australia, Christian Dior, Cinemazzi, Clothes from 1950s, corset, couture, Cristóbal Balenciaga, draping, Dungatar, fashion, French muslin, frocks, hats, interview, jacquard, Kate Winslet, Latana, Lawless, Margot Wilson, Marie Christine Sourris, Marion Boyce, Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, New Look, silk chiffon, silk organza, The Dressmaker, Tilly, vintage, Vionnet. Bookmark the permalink. Twenty-five years ago, costume designer Margot Wilson was a student living in Paris when she picked up a roll of red, moire silk fabric during a shopping trip to Milan. She didn’t know why, or what for; she…

© 2010 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from 1960s, Clothes from 1990s, Guys in Films, Premium. Tagged British Columbia, California, Canada, cardigan, Coat Salish, Coen Brothers, Cowichan, Fair Isle, folk, Hippie, hippy, Jeff Bridges, knitting, knitwear, Mary Zophres, Pendleton, Pendleton Woolen Mills, Premium Content, pullover, sweater, West Coast. Bookmark the permalink. His Cowichan-type Pendleton cardigan sums up The Dude best of all. Continue reading © 2010 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from 1980s, Clothes from now, Girls in Films, Premium. Tagged Barbie, Clothes from 1980s, colourful, contemporary, fantasy, flowing skirt, Jennifer Garner, LBD, leather jacket, little…

© 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…

© 2009 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from 1980s, Clothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi, Dual Analysis, Girls in Films, Guys in Films, Premium. Tagged Aggie Guerard Rodgers, Dual Analysis, Goth, Marilyn Manson, mullet, Premium Content, Tim Burton. Bookmark the permalink. Beetle Juice was a wakeup call; the so-called ‘goth’ look had been dragged out from obscurity and put on to the big screen. Continue reading © 2009 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Guys in Films, Pre-Victorian, Premium. Tagged buttons, gothic, GQ, Jeremy Irons, linen, Premium Content, tunic. Bookmark the permalink. Jeremy Irons wears a classic example of…

© 2012 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Girls in Films, Girls on TV, Guys in Films, Guys on TV, News. Tagged Ann Roth, BAFTA, Boardwalk Empire, Christine Wada, Christopher Hargadon, contemporary, Downton Abbey, Drive, Eiko Ishioka, Erin Benach, fantasy, Jacqueline Durran, Jany Temime, Jill Taylor, Leesa Evans, Lisa Padovani, Lisy Christl, Manon Rasmussen, Mark Bridges, Melancholia, Michael O’Connor, Oscar, Penny Rose, period, Pirates of the Caribbean, Richard Bruno, Sandy Powell, Sharen Davis, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Kennedys, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Trish Summerville, W.E. The Artist. Bookmark the permalink. The votes have been counted, the prizes dished out… Continue reading ©…