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    Clothes from 1920s | Clothes on Film – Part 3

    Hugo is Scorsese’s monument to wonder and excitement. Here Sandy Powell exclusively explains her costume choices to Clothes on Film. Warner Bros. have released two images from The Great Gatsby. Not much to see, but it is difficult not to be drawn in by the promise of costume luxury. If there is a more joyous film this year, we haven’t seen it. Clothes on Film talk exclusively to costume designer of The Artist, Mark Bridges. Win a pair of tickets to see Madonna’s controversial costume fest W.E. at The London Film Festival on 23rd October. There is a man on Boardwalk Empire with even more sartorial presence than Nucky Thompson;…

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    Clothes from 1930s | Clothes on Film – Part 2

    Clothes from films set during 1930s Clothes on Film talk exclusively to costume designer of The Artist, Mark Bridges. Clothes on Film editor, Chris Laverty discusses the costumes of Mildred Pierce for filmed HBO Sessions. Bonnie and Clyde is a great example of how the simple addition of a hat can say a lot about a character. Win a pair of tickets to see Madonna’s controversial costume fest W.E. at The London Film Festival on 23rd October. In Malèna, Monica Bellucci plays an impossible vision of beauty; a woman so striking she is immediately sexualised by all who lay eyes on her. A prevalent theme in the first episode of…

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    A new VLOG looking back over the still stunning costume design on of Inception. We revisit sci-fi classic Inception a decade after its release with MVP, costume designer Jeffrey Kurland. A new trailer for Christopher Nolan’s Tenet has dropped and it’s undoubtedly going to be the best film EVER. Finally we have a trailer for Tom Hardy’s Capone and it looks jim-jam tastic. How Richard Burton’s character in Villain (1971) dresses to impress and intimidate. Contributor Birdie McAra explores the fantabulously non-male gazey world of Birds of Prey. Join Clothes on Film editor Christopher Laverty for a special Oscars Red Carpet Livestream. You better believe he’s wearing a custom made…

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    Clothes from 1920s | Clothes on Film – Part 2

    The press love Prada’s involvement with The Great Gatsby, but exactly how much does this help the film’s costume design? Costume Designer Sharen Davis talks us through her retro-vision for Looper. Costume designer Margot Wilson talks exclusively to Clothes on Film about her impeccable work on Lawless. Tom Hardy heralds dawning of the knitwear anti-hero. Margot Wilson discusses her use of the cardigan for Lawless. A breezy retrospective of the most famous fashion editor of all time. The best kept secret in costume design is finally out: Prada made Carey Mulligan’s gowns for The Great Gatsby. In a week of exciting trailers, the first for director Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation of…

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    Review: Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel | Clothes on Film – Part 27771

    Directors: Lisa Immordino Vreeland, Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt, Frédéric Tcheng “Without it (style), you’re nobody”. The Eye Has to Travel is full of these; little morsels of, depending how you look at them, perceptive genius or narcissistic fluff. Every line worth remembering comes from the mouth of Diana Vreeland herself. Vreeland died in 1989 so these are taken from archive footage or transcription for her autobiography (her accent sounds like a cross between Audrey and Katherine Hepburn). These quotes may read as boorish, but such is the zest and charm of Vreeland, in context they sum up a woman who dedicated herself to the eradication of banality. The most influential fashion editor…