Clothes from 1950s | Clothes on Film – Part 3

Well made and well acted, but ruined by a jarring tone.

A solitary official image from The Tourist starring Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp. Contemporary costume design by Coleen Atwood.

Only daft final act revelations offer release from Scorsese’s cinematic madhouse.

Trailer two for Shutter Island hits the net. Leonardo DiCaprio and co revisit serious 1950s fashions.

Specialist websites suggest for a Pink Lady we need their jacket and a poodle skirt, but what do the girls really wear and why?

Betty ‘Rizzo’ played by Stockard Channing is not only the most complex character in Grease, but in costume terms fascinating.

Denim youth culture is not something we readily associate with Grace Kelly, though she carries the look off well here.