On Meg Ryan’s character Alice, hippie seems like a passing trend rather than a lifestyle choice. Lord Christopher Laverty 4 Comments 20 Jan ’11 11 Apr ’13 8 Jul ’11

World War Z neatly demonstrates the art of breaking down and distressing costume. Lord Christopher Laverty 1 Comment 17 Jun ’13 21 Dec ’12 25 Mar ’12

Clothes on Film have an exclusive chat with Academy Award winning costume designer Janty Yates about her work on Prometheus. Lord Christopher Laverty 20 Comments 13 Jan ’11 8 Jun ’10 9 Mar ’15

Or when your costumes look like a building. Odile Dicks-Mireaux’s designs for High Rise (2016) are far more than that. But for a film set in such a heavily stylised world, especially one created by sci-fi author J.G. Ballard, homogeny is everything. In fact homogeny is terrifying. Everything is reflected in the aesthetic. The building towers, Tom Hiddleston’s trouser legs tower, and Luke Evans towers over everyone.  Director Ben Wheatley has claimed that he did not want High Rise to look like a ‘greatest hits of the seventies‘, but really that’s exactly what he’s got, certainly in terms of costume design – and that’s okay. It might not be the…

Moore manages a successful style coup early on in Live and Let Die. His cropped navy blue chesterfield coat. Lord Christopher Laverty 10 Comments 12 Dec ’13 7 Jul ’11 1 Sep ’11

Lucie Bates exclusively discusses her work on Hanna, inducing parodies, subtext and working with Giorgio Armani. A trailer for The Woman in Black arrives bringing that spooky sense of dread that only Victorian costume can provide. The trailer for The Three Musketeers affords the briefest peek at those 17th century costumes. Costume designer Louise Mingenbach worked closely with Zach Galifianakis to create Ethan’s camp and blissfully unaware look. Final part of our analysis of Sherlock Holmes complete with insight from costume designer Jenny Beavan. With insight from costume designer Jenny Beavan, we commence our sartorial analysis of Sherlock Holmes. Sean Connery wore an elegant Victorian coat in The First Great…

World War Z neatly demonstrates the art of breaking down and distressing costume. Lord Christopher Laverty 1 Comment 9 May ’13 2 Jun ’14 21 Dec ’15

World War Z neatly demonstrates the art of breaking down and distressing costume. Lord Christopher Laverty 1 Comment 11 Nov ’09 5 Feb ’10 13 Nov ’13

Hillcoat took it as far as he dared and created a beautiful suffering; a film that somehow manages to be both unwatchable and unmissable at the same time. Viggo’s mob infiltrator is surely the best dressed Russki knuckle duster in all of London?

Moore manages a successful style coup early on in Live and Let Die. His cropped navy blue chesterfield coat. Lord Christopher Laverty 10 Comments 20 Jan ’20 16 May ’11 16 Sep ’10