Clothes on Film chats exclusively to Anna B. Sheppard about her work on Captain America: The First Avenger. Lord Christopher Laverty 7 Comments 18 Jun ’09 6 Jun ’18 5 Apr ’11

The glossy costume world of gangster squad is faithful to history, but not a slave to it. Lord Christopher Laverty 1 Comment 21 Sep ’12 4 Jul ’14 21 Nov ’11

The glossy costume world of gangster squad is faithful to history, but not a slave to it. Lord Christopher Laverty 1 Comment 20 Mar ’12 11 Aug ’10 22 Nov ’11

The religious and cultural significance of the costume design in foreign language Oscar winner A Separation. Contributor 4 Comments 3 Feb ’12 30 Nov ’13 27 Aug ’10

The religious and cultural significance of the costume design in foreign language Oscar winner A Separation. Contributor 4 Comments 24 Mar ’11 15 Mar ’13 29 Aug ’11

Costume Designer Sharen Davis talks us through her retro-vision for Looper. Lord Christopher Laverty 1 Comment 28 Nov ’14 17 Jul ’20 19 Oct ’10 A mishmash of sci-fi conventions and clichés cobbled together as something we have never quite seen before. Lord Christopher Laverty Comments Off on Review: Looper 14 May ’14 11 Jun ’10 8 Jun ’10

In development since 2007 and nurtured for at least 20 years by curator Deborah Nadoolman Landis since her days as president of the Costume Designers’ Guild (CDG), the exhibition ‘Hollywood Costume’ finally opens at the V&A museum. This is the costume exhibition to end all costume exhibitions; everything from Judy Garland’s gingham pinafore and ruby slippers from The Wizard of Oz, to Keira Knightley’s burgundy silk gown from Anna Karenina, to Robert De Niro’s ‘King Kong Company’ jacket, check shirt, jeans and even boots from Taxi Driver. Hollywood Costume is a rush; an awe-inspiring journey through the meaning and history of contemporary, period and mo-cap costume design utilising projections, interviews,…

Judianna Makovsky’s costume design provides an intentional method of understanding The Hunger Games’ politics. Lord Christopher Laverty 10 Comments 22 Jul ’19 11 Jun ’10 19 Jul ’13

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……

The final outfit for analysis from To Catch a Thief (1954, directed by Alfred Hitchcock) encompasses and challenges the absolute femininity of Grace Kelly, here playing wilful blueblood Frances Stevens. After suffering an embarrassing verbal defeat by mademoiselle Danielle Foussard (Brigitte Auber), in simply donning a coral pink top and pleated skirt with driving gloves, Frances is back in control. This particular ensemble, or rather the skirt, was a request by Grace to the film’s costume designer Edith Head. Keen at this point in the story to restore what she saw as a more ‘womanly’ inference to Frances, trousers, or even Capri pants, were not considered enough. Yet this is…