It’s those Captain America costume pics! Later than everyone else! Lord Christopher Laverty 1 Comment 31 Jul ’10 17 Jun ’13 20 Feb ’10

MINOR SPOILERS Movies that feature contemporary fashion, particularly high-end and particularly for women, are a tricky sell costume wise. While men’s semi-formal to formal attire is generally shaped around the fundamental guise of the lounge suit, women’s clothing has a lot more avenues and possibilities. In addition to colour and pattern there is shape and form, which can vary dramatically for the fashionable wearer. What can vary dramatically can also date dramatically and this can be major stumbling block for costume designers. Films centred around the world of fashion, or those that include a lot of fashionable garments such as The Devil Wears Prada (2006), Clueless (1995) and Funny Face……

Spoiler warning: We examine the use of suits, iron or otherwise, in Iron Man 3 to conceal and recreate identity.

A second trailer for Arthur starring Russell Brand in a top hat has arrived. Can the film possibly be as likeable as this footage implies? Lord Christopher Laverty 1 Comment 9 Dec ’14 11 May ’10 14 Aug ’10

Part two of our essay looking at sartorial identity in Sons of Anarchy, featuring exclusive insight from series costume designer Kelli Jones. Catch up with part 1 HERE. The women of SAMCRO include porn stars and pole dancers, but the club matriarch is Gemma played by Katey Sagal, formerly known as Peg Bundy in Married with Children. Gemma is the Queen of this world so her look is regal rock chick, “to make her look badass without looking like a slut. This sexy mama bitch doesn’t need to TRY” costume designer Kelli Jones says. With her background in music (she has performed with the likes of Bette Midler, Gene Simmons……

Goldmember (2002, directed by Jay Roach), the final film (so far) in the Austin Powers series again shifts its timeline. However, rather than a negligible, though comparatively significant, jump from late to very late 1960s, here we dive into that most raucous of decades – the 1970s. And then back to 2002 (do keep up). For costume designer Deena Appel (pictured above, bottom left with Jay Roach) it was a wildly ambitious undertaking. Not to mention the film also features a well-known music and movie star, just about to launch into the stratosphere: Beyoncé. Speaking exclusively to Clothes on Film and closing out our epic in-depth look at the Austin…

As an artistic influence on everything from fashion to music, Tron has created a cultural cosmos we now term its ‘legacy’.

Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin bring us the twenties reloaded. Lord Christopher Laverty Comments Off on Costume in The Great Gatsby: Use Your Imagination 14 Dec ’11 23 Aug ’12 26 Jun ’09 Public Enemies demonstrates how costume can actually drive a story narrative. Lord Christopher Laverty 4 Comments 14 May ’09 10 May ’11 23 Oct ’09 A boisterous facade of rose-tinted Hollywood nostalgia. Public Enemies wears it well. Lord Christopher Laverty Comments Off on UK Film Review: Public Enemies 23 Oct ’09 1 Apr ’14 28 Jan ’13

A second trailer for Arthur starring Russell Brand in a top hat has arrived. Can the film possibly be as likeable as this footage implies?

Spoiler warning: We examine the use of suits, iron or otherwise, in Iron Man 3 to conceal and recreate identity.