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6 Aug ’15Girls in Films, Girls on TV, News

When Arnold Scaasi opened his couture salon in 1964, he soon became a couturier to the stars. He was already a favoured designer for Barbra Streisand when he famously dressed her for the 1969 Oscars. Streisand was up for Best Actress for her movie debut in Funny Girl and was established as something of an … Read More

16 Apr ’15Clothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi, Girls on TV, Premium

The highly anticipated season five premiere of Game of Thrones aired across the globe this week, giving us tantalising glimpses of where our favorite characters are now. We saw two brief scenes of Sansa Stark (Sophie Turner), who had a major makeover at the end of Season Four. With this new direction in her character, … Read More

19 Sep ’14Girls on TV, Guys on TV, Interviews, Premium

Part two of our essay looking at sartorial identity in Sons of Anarchy, featuring exclusive insight from series costume designer Kelli Jones. Catch up with part 1 HERE. The women of SAMCRO include porn stars and pole dancers, but the club matriarch is Gemma played by Katey Sagal, formerly known as Peg Bundy in Married … Read More

20 May ’14Clothes from 1837-1919, Girls on TV, Guys on TV, Premium

NO SPOILERS Real and mythological, figurative and literal; monsters of all kinds abound in Sky Atlantic’s new period horror series Penny Dreadful. We might expect a skulking figure in a top hat and frock coat to be scary, though who would have thought a bustle and redingote could be so terrifying? Well, step forward Eva … Read More

4 Feb ’14Clothes from 1837-1919, Clothes from now, Girls on TV, Guys on TV, Interviews

If you watch supernatural cop show Sleepy Hollow on Fox (Universal in the UK), you will definitely know who Kristin Burke is. Her sartorial contribution to the first season has ingrained the series with a handsome, consistent, yet oddly plausible look. We say ‘oddly’ because the show is, for want of a better term, completely … Read More

10 Jan ’14Clothes from now, Girls on TV, Premium

Two-part BBC drama The 7.39 could have been your average ‘man meets woman and has an affair’ tale. However, the overall verdict has been one of admiration at not only the amazing acting from its star players but also the script, which took the audience on an emotional rollercoaster throughout its glorious two hours. But … Read More

28 Dec ’13Girls in Films, Girls on TV, Guys in Films, Guys on TV, Premium

What a busy twelve months it’s been for costume design. Really though, this art, or craft, or business (Deborah Nadoolman Landis insists it is definitely a business) gets more talked about each year. 2013 was especially exciting however as it seemed every month something even more thrilling arrived to fawn over. In the last few … Read More

6 Sep ’13Clothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi, Girls on TV, Premium

Cersei Lannister (Lena Headey) is the quintessential evil queen, right up there with The Queen from Snow White and the Queen of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland. Or is she..? Throughout Game of Thrones we have been given clues as to Cersei’s motivations and character, and by the end of Season 3 she has become, … Read More

16 Jul ’13Clothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi, Girls on TV, Premium

The costume evolution of Daenerys Targaryen in Game of Thrones.

2 Jul ’13Clothes from 1837-1919, Girls on TV, Guys on TV, Premium

Lucinda Wright talks costume in The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: The Murder in Angel Lane.

29 Jun ’13Girls in Films, Girls on TV, Guys in Films, Guys on TV

The week in costume design.

24 Jun ’13Clothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi, Girls on TV, Premium

The costume evolution of Sansa Stark in Game of Thrones.