The very first trailer for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and it’s more uniform than glamour. 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. A fun glimpse at the bizarre fashions to expect in Catching Fire thanks to costume designer Trish Summerville. Banana Republic have teamed up with Anna Karenina costume designer Jacqueline Durran to create an exclusive collection inspired by the upcoming movie. The votes have been counted, the prizes dished out… Here’s our round-up of the big three costume design award nominations. Rooney Mara’s Lisbeth will be a style icon.

As a new feature for Clothes on Film, we will uploading regular videos (say every couple of weeks) to YouTube examining the costume design of new and classic movies, plus selected television and trailers. This is mainly because Clothes on Film’s creator and editor Christopher Laverty (waves) has been busy on other projects (ahem, buy the book) and has not had the opportunity to update the site as much as he’d like. Returning to more regular posting, it felt like a change was needed as there are already over 400 articles currently on here. Hence the idea of video. There will be some written articles added, but for the most……

Costume’s big week. Every dress worn by Best Actress Academy Award Winners We featured this lovely infographic by Mediarun on our Facebook page. Roll on Sunday! Funny Face Good article on the classic film by Pamela Hutchinson, including a telling quote summing up just how little Audrey Hepburn really understood about costume design: “His (Givenchy) are the only clothes on which I am myself.” Bobi Garland Bobi Garland is Director of the Research Library and Costume Archive at Western Costume. You are about to find out why she is indispensible to the industry. Costume Designers Guild Awards Ladies and gentlemen, the winners. Toy Story An enthralling theory on the true……

A new compilation of sartorially revealing James Bond photographs by Terry O’Neill. Lord Christopher Laverty 1 Comment 28 Dec ’11 29 May ’13 2 Nov ’17

The trailer for The Three Musketeers affords the briefest peek at those 17th century costumes. Lord Christopher Laverty 12 Comments 21 Dec ’15 9 Jul ’12 10 Jan ’13 Harper’s Bazaar is running an insightful interview with Mildred Pierce costume designer Ann Roth. Lord Christopher Laverty Comments Off on Costume Designer Ann Roth: “I Don’t Dress Movie Stars” 28 Jan ’13 20 Mar ’12 14 May ’09 Video: Clothes on Film chat exclusively to costume designer Joan Bergin about her extraordinary work on The Tudors. Lord Christopher Laverty 2 Comments 9 Nov ’10 18 Jun ’09 28 Dec ’13

Three banners for Tron Legacy have just been released revealing further detail about the costumes. The design of the new Tron Legacy light suit is frankly wicked.

This coral pink ensemble encompasses and challenges the absolute femininity of Grace Kelly. This is the most fun and elaborate outfit Grace Kelly wears in To Catch a Thief. As worn by Grace Kelly, this floaty, conspicuous dress is an appreciable nod to Dior’s ‘New Look’ of the late 1940s. Christie’s are auctioning several Edith Head sketches for costume designs worn by Grace Kelly. Last week Clothes on Film visited the Grace Kelly: Style Icon exhibition. This is what we found out. Of course Rear Window wasn’t all about Grace Kelly… Costume designers need to create a look that is both fashionable and timeless. Not an easy task. While still…

A new compilation of sartorially revealing James Bond photographs by Terry O’Neill. Lord Christopher Laverty 1 Comment 24 May ’12 9 Oct ’09 19 Apr ’13

Clothes from films set during 1990s 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. Little Junior Brown represents the ugly face of nineties designer villainy. Kathy Bates portrays Annie as someone with absolutely no sense of her own monstrosity.

Harper’s Bazaar is running an insightful interview with Mildred Pierce costume designer Ann Roth. Lord Christopher Laverty Comments Off on Costume Designer Ann Roth: “I Don’t Dress Movie Stars” 5 May ’10 3 Nov ’11 11 Aug ’10