Less a costume movie and more a fashion one, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls is typical of its naughty director Russ Meyer in all the best ways.

We chat to costume designer Gary Jones about his work on Oz the Great and Powerful. A first-hand close-up look at costumes from Oz the Great and Powerful. To celebrate the release of Oz the Great and Powerful, here is a round up of the best fantasy costume posts at Clothes on Film. Oz is here and as far as fantasy costume is concerned, you are in for some surprises.

Edith Head’s costume design for Vertigo demonstrates the power of clothes in forming identities on-screen. Contributor 6 Comments 8 Jul ’09 2 Mar ’11 9 Dec ’14

Edith Head’s costume design for Vertigo demonstrates the power of clothes in forming identities on-screen.

Edith Head’s costume design for Vertigo demonstrates the power of clothes in forming identities on-screen. Contributor 6 Comments 1 Jun ’09 10 Nov ’09 5 May ’09

Less a costume movie and more a fashion one, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls is typical of its naughty director Russ Meyer in all the best ways.

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…

Less a costume movie and more a fashion one, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls is typical of its naughty director Russ Meyer in all the best ways.

Less a costume movie and more a fashion one, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls is typical of its naughty director Russ Meyer in all the best ways.

On the eve of Boardwalk Empire: Season 2 commencing, we had a chat with the show’s costume designers John Dunn and Lisa Padovani.