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    leather jacket | Clothes on Film – Part 3

    To be a saboteur you must surely dress like one. The proposed ethos behind Tron Legacy merchandising is more than just product; it’s a lifestyle choice. The costumes are somewhat…ahem….‘colourful’. Jeffrey Kurland has once again spoken exclusively to Clothes on Film about his inspiring costume design for Inception. A solitary official image from The Tourist starring Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp. Contemporary costume design by Coleen Atwood. Sandy looks lovely, arguably lovelier than The Pink Ladies, but she looks like the sweet young lady a mother-in-law would adore. Welcome to the full trailer for Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. Pleasant surprise of the day, the first official photo for The…

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    Christies | Clothes on Film

    Christie’s are auctioning several Edith Head sketches for costume designs worn by Grace Kelly. Lord Christopher Laverty Comments Off on Edith Head Sketches for Grace Kelly Costumes to be Auctioned 22 Sep ’09 17 Aug ’09 10 Apr ’12 Moore manages a successful style coup early on in Live and Let Die. His cropped navy blue chesterfield coat. Lord Christopher Laverty 10 Comments 26 Apr ’13 16 Feb ’13 1 Feb ’10

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    slingback shoes | Clothes on Film

    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…

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    vintage jewellery | Clothes on Film

    Kurt and Bart are fascinating. Forged as art school drop outs in 1980s New York, their name is now a singular brand to movers and shakers in the media industry. Yet they are two people, two very real people: Kurt Swanson and Bart Mueller, renowned costume designers and wardrobe stylists for film, stage, TV and commercials. Since the early 2000s, Kurt and Bart have really stepped up their work costume designing film (forgive the pun but they actually did costume Step Up 3D), although runaway hit Stoker is arguably their highest profile feature yet. In fact Stoker is the most beguiling film of 2013 so far for costume. This is…

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    braces | Clothes on Film – Part 2

    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. Ray Holman chats exclusively about dressing Matt Smith as the new Doctor.