Sherlock Holmes 2 rounds out a week of costume reveals with this first official image. Lord Christopher Laverty 5 Comments 11 Jan ’13 20 Dec ’12 27 Apr ’12

A fortnight ago to the day, Clothes on Film creator and editor Christopher Laverty joined fashion historian Amber Jane Butchart to give one of two talks and a Q&A chat at The British Library in London. The subjects under discussion were, respectively, the unexpectedly colourful clothing of Prohibition era gangsters as portrayed in the HBO television series Boardwalk Empire, and the influence of movies and movie star style on fashion during The Jazz Age. After Christopher and Amber finished their talks to a delighted audience (they clapped), everyone reconvened to the elegant backdrop of the main library grounds to swig cocktails and dance the night away to Alex Mendham &…

Watching Jane Eyre on location makes for an enriching experience. Lord Christopher Laverty 2 Comments 9 Oct ’09 1 Apr ’14 19 Jan ’12

Costume design comes in three main forms: visible (the 1950s, Dior inspired gowns in Anna Karenina for example), invisible (the impeccable yet subtle military uniforms in War Horse) and subtextual – those apparently commonplace costumes that actually possess a hidden meaning, a concept employed most effectively this year in horror satire The Cabin in the Woods. The film’s costume designer Shawna Trpcic created a subtle reversal for the main characters – five archetypes from horror movie folklore. Think of the teenage victims in Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street or Friday the 13th; they are all variations of the underwear flashing tramp, the bespectacled academic, the jock in his Varsity…

Watching Jane Eyre on location makes for an enriching experience. Lord Christopher Laverty 2 Comments 4 Feb ’20 20 Jan ’14 15 Oct ’13 Clothes on Film chats exclusively to Anna B. Sheppard about her work on Captain America: The First Avenger. Lord Christopher Laverty 7 Comments 31 Jul ’17 19 Aug ’09 28 Jan ’13

Watching Jane Eyre on location makes for an enriching experience. Lord Christopher Laverty 2 Comments 4 Feb ’20 10 Feb ’12 16 Jul ’13

Watching Jane Eyre on location makes for an enriching experience. Lord Christopher Laverty 2 Comments 11 Jan ’13 5 Oct ’10 22 Jun ’12

Watching Jane Eyre on location makes for an enriching experience. Lord Christopher Laverty 2 Comments 1 Feb ’13 15 Jan ’11 31 May ’17

SPOILERS FROM THE OUTSET It is not made clear exactly when The Place Beyond the Pines (2013, directed by Derek Cianfrance) is set. The cars, technology, clothes and, in due course, the film’s structure lead us to conclude the first half takes places sometime around the mid-1990s. Being a solemn story the costume design generally avoids knowing clichés. If there was ever a decade ripe for mocking it is the early to mid nineties, but The Place Beyond the Pines sticks to flashes of contemporary trends applicable to its characters. Do not let Ryan Gosling’s ‘moto bandit’ Luke Glanton plastered over the marketing in paint pants and a Metallica tee…

Watching Jane Eyre on location makes for an enriching experience. Lord Christopher Laverty 2 Comments 5 Jul ’13 26 Jul ’10 2 Jul ’13