All the recurring themes in Desperately Seeking Susan are linked to one jacket. Contributor 2 Comments 4 May ’13 31 Oct ’09 27 Sep ’13

Author Caroline Young has just released a fascinating new book entitled Hitchcock’s Heroines (published by Insight Editions). It celebrates and studies the women in Hitchcock movies; their influence, semblance and iconography. What’s more, Young also examines the role costume design plays with these women, both the characters and the actresses who played them, and how they can be interpreted as far more than just ‘icy blondes’. Here we have an extract of the book exclusively for Clothes on Film: Kim Novak’s grey suit the colour of San Francisco fog in Vertigo, Grace Kelly as the too-perfect woman in Rear Window, and Janet Leigh’s black and white sets of underwear to…

A look at the costumes you can expect to see and enjoy at Designing 007: Fifty Years of Bond Style. Lord Christopher Laverty 1 Comment 29 Jun ’13 21 Sep ’12 27 Sep ’13

A look at the costumes you can expect to see and enjoy at Designing 007: Fifty Years of Bond Style. Lord Christopher Laverty 1 Comment 21 Oct ’11 19 May ’09 28 May ’10

All the recurring themes in Desperately Seeking Susan are linked to one jacket. Contributor 2 Comments 19 Jun ’13 14 Aug ’17 4 Nov ’09

Somewhat misleading as nowhere is this pic officially tagged as being ‘Catwoman’; officially this is our first shot of Anne Hathway as Selina Kyle. Lord Christopher Laverty Comments Off on First Official Pic: Anne Hathaway as Catwoman 30 Apr ’10 18 Jun ’18 23 Sep ’11

We have teamed up with Last Exit to Nowhere to find the coolest dressed character in the movies. FIVE of their amazing t-shirts to give away! Lord Christopher Laverty Comments Off on T-Shirt Giveaway! Name Coolest Dressed Movie Character! 5 Jun ’13 24 Sep ’10 22 Nov ’10

With Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997), costume designer Deena Appel created one of the most iconic screen looks of all time. That is no overstatement; Austin Powers has been copied and homaged and wheeled out every year as a Halloween costume, with very little credit put Appel’s way. It is a rather sad indictment of how the industry works that, despite its importance, especially in a film such as Austin Powers, a costume designer will rarely see any kudos come their way. Awards? Well, you might have a chance if your film is set in Victorian England or Disney-verse, but other than that not so much. With this…

A bobbed hair ‘modette’ girl wears a cute brown and cream mini-dress during the house party sequence. Lord Christopher Laverty Comments Off on Quadrophenia: Cream & Brown Print Shift Dress 9 Dec ’14 26 Oct ’11 20 Feb ’14

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…