masculinity | Clothes on Film – Part 2

Playing computer hacker, Lisbeth Salander, Noomi Rapace embodies the character in such a way that picturing anyone else in the role is nearly impossible.

The displaced sex appeal of uniforms in Mildred Pierce.

Groundbreaking film La Dolce Vita offers a conflicting portrayal of masculinity.

Potiche confirms that Catherine Deneuve will always be Belle de Jour, only now with added sense of humour.

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.

A prevalent theme in the first episode of Mildred Pierce starring is how domestic costume can be read as a signal for sexual availability.

Public Enemies demonstrates how costume can actually drive a story narrative.

There more going on with this outfit than an absence of underwear.

La Femme Nikita re-defines the little black dress on film.

The Big Lebowski is brilliantly designed; the characters are concisely and efficiently illustrated, says KB from FrockTalk.com.

Let’s tell you why The Big Lebowski costume design rocked in an almost completely non-subtextual way.

Recently Clothes on Film chatted with Kristin Burke from FrockTalk about The Big Lebowski. We discussed weightlifting pants and feminism.