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    Atelier Simultane | Clothes on Film

    From stills of this film alone you could easily be forgiven in thinking that I am Love (Io sono l’amore, 2009) was set during the 1960s. The designer clothes draped worn by lead members of the Recchi family, as selected by costumer Antonella Cannarozzi, are generally minimalist, in plain colours with little embellishment. I am Love is actually set in Europe around 2000, but its central characters are trapped as the well-heeled repressed of the sixties. Just as sexual, artistic and cultural expression was blossoming, the old guard struggled to make sense of this new world so regressed even more vehemently into their old one. The Recchi’s seem to live…

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    Michael Dennison | Clothes on Film

    Costume designer Amy Westcott has finally been rewarded for her work on Black Swan with a CDG Award. Lord Christopher Laverty 1 Comment 1 May ’12 14 Dec ’10 22 Jan ’20 The Costume Designers Guild (CDG) has served up their nominations for this year. Lord Christopher Laverty 4 Comments 2 Jun ’11 15 Mar ’13 9 Jan ’13 Shocking news that costume designer Michael Dennison has died suddenly from a brain aneurysm. Lord Christopher Laverty 7 Comments 1 Jan ’20 17 Mar ’17 31 Jan ’14

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    Ripley | Clothes on Film

    Part 2 of our examination into how the Alien films have used costume design to contextualise primal terror. In the first of a two-part special, we examine how important costumes from the Alien films are in contextualising primal terror.