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BAFTA | Clothes on Film

January 29, 2021 /

  • Clio Barnard’s stark yet heart-wrenching film The Selfish Giant (2013, UK) offers two fantastic performances from its young stars in their acting debut. Matt Price discusses how his costume design for the film reflects the strong, relatable characters so well… It is lunchtime in London as costume designer Matthew Price shuffles into the Curzon, Soho. Recently collaborating with Clio Barnard on the Bafta nominated film, The Selfish Giant, reuniting after experimental documentary The Arbour, Price is surprisingly reserved about his work. “I wasn’t really sure if they’d take me on again,” he says of Barnard and producer Tracey O’Riordan. “The Arbour did quite well so I didn’t know if they’d…

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  • While science-fiction and period costume can sell to collectors at auction for tens of thousands of dollars, the future of contemporary costume from the contemporary drama, comedy and thriller genres is unclear. Costumes from films set in the modern age are not valued as highly. Sourced from costume houses, high-street stores, and even actor’s own wardrobes, these pieces could be lost for good for future generations of collectors and fans if current mentality doesn’t change. Contemporary costume, even from popular movies, is surprisingly hard to trace. What has happened to George Clooney’s Aloha shirts from The Descendants? The film’s costume designer Wendy Chuck isn’t sure. “I have no idea where…

  • Our first proper trailer for After Earth and our first proper look at the ‘life suit’.

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  • The Costume Designers Guild Award nominations right some wrongs and ignore quite a few others.

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

  • Oscar announces their Costume Design nominees and at least make up for one BAFTA shortfall.

  • BAFTA Costume design nominations announced. Worthy, but no surprises.

  • The votes have been counted, the prizes dished out…

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  • Who might win for costume design at the Orange BAFTA Film Awards?

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  • The man who dressed Goodfellas, costume designer Richard Bruno, has died aged 87.

  • Costume designer Amy Westcott has finally been rewarded for her work on Black Swan with a CDG Award.

  • For those of you lucky enough to live in LA, literally racks of costumes have just on display at The FIDM Museum.