There is not man behind the mask; the mask is The Lone Ranger. Lord Christopher Laverty 1 Comment 3 Jun ’11 12 Dec ’09 5 Jul ’13

Unquestionably the most historically significant outfit Katie Holmes as Jackie Kennedy wears in the show is her rose pink tweed suit. Lord Christopher Laverty 3 Comments 5 May ’09 6 Jun ’18 17 Nov ’11

American Gigolo is not about its protagonist, it is about what he wears. American Gigolo is about Armani.

American Gigolo is not about its protagonist, it is about what he wears. American Gigolo is about Armani.

For HBO Sessions part 2, Clothes on Film editor Chris Laverty was invited to discuss the costume design of Boardwalk Empire. There is a man on Boardwalk Empire with even more sartorial presence than Nucky Thompson; That man is Chalky White. On the eve of Boardwalk Empire: Season 2 commencing, we had a chat with the show’s costume designers John Dunn and Lisa Padovani.

Unquestionably the most historically significant outfit Katie Holmes as Jackie Kennedy wears in the show is her rose pink tweed suit.

A prevalent theme in the first episode of Mildred Pierce starring is how domestic costume can be read as a signal for sexual availability.

The international trailer for The Wolverine was released this week. From a costume point of view the most interesting thing in it was Hugh Jackman wearing an awful lot of black. In the context of the story his character travels to Japan and falls in with a Yakuza clan. Black suits, shirts and ties are the unofficial uniform of the Yakuza, a look largely adopted from Hollywood gangster movies. The use of black in costume design denotes mystery, death and for want of a better word, ‘coolness’; it is as obviously symbolic as sexy red or cold blue. To honour The Wolverine and his tendency to layer black on black…

A new compilation of sartorially revealing James Bond photographs by Terry O’Neill. As TracyDi Vicenzo in OHMSS, Diana Rigg wore a daring 1960s wedding ensemble.

On 6th July, Clothes on Film were invited to the Designing 007 launch party in London. Apart from quaffing complimentary Bollinger and celeb spotting, we did make several circuits of the exhibition itself. As expected, Designing 007: Fifty Years of Bond Style has a pleasing emphasis on the sartorial, particularly female costume. Vintage discoveries mix with contemporary recreations from all 23 James Bond films in themed rooms dotted across the Barbican Centre. We will not spoil everything because if you can see the exhibition first hand, you should. The rooms themselves are fairly self explanatory: Gold, Ian Fleming, M’s Office, Q Branch, Casino, Foreign Territories, Villains and Enigmas, and Ice…