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Clothes from 1837-1919 | Clothes on Film – Part 2

January 27, 2021 /

Clothes from films set during Victorian/Edwardian era to post war

  • There is not man behind the mask; the mask is The Lone Ranger.

  • Fabrics jump out of the screen in this trailer for 12 Years a Slave.

  • We chat to costume designer Gary Jones about his work on Oz the Great and Powerful.

  • Lucinda Wright talks costume in The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: The Murder in Angel Lane.

  • Oz is here and as far as fantasy costume is concerned, you are in for some surprises.

  • Joanna Johnston chats about her work on Lincoln and what we can we can expect from her latest project Jack the Giant Slayer.

  • The biggest compliment that can be paid to Joanna Johnston’s costumes in Lincoln is that you will hardly notice them.

  • Costume designer Jacqueline Durran discusses her unusual approach for Anna Karenina – 1870s Russia via 1950s couture.

  • Django Unchained costume designer Sharen Davis exclusively explains her work on the film.

  • Costume designer Sharen Davis finds a good fit with Tarantino; their Deep South bounty hunter Django is a visibly memorable protagonist crying out for a sequel.

  • Les Misérables is drenched in costume symbolism, specifically revolutionary red, white and blue. Subtle was never its intention.

  • The Phantom of the opera demonstrates that the colour, size and shape of a character’s costumes can communicate on a subliminal level.