Laughing along with 2012 would have been easier were it an hour shorter and cut every single line of sentimental mush. Lord Christopher Laverty 6 Comments 6 Jun ’09 20 Apr ’10 22 Jan ’10

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Or when your costumes look like a building. Odile Dicks-Mireaux’s designs for High Rise (2016) are far more than that. But for a film set in such a heavily stylised world, especially one created by sci-fi author J.G. Ballard, homogeny is everything. In fact homogeny is terrifying. Everything is reflected in the aesthetic. The building towers, Tom Hiddleston’s trouser legs tower, and Luke Evans towers over everyone.  Director Ben Wheatley has claimed that he did not want High Rise to look like a ‘greatest hits of the seventies‘, but really that’s exactly what he’s got, certainly in terms of costume design – and that’s okay. It might not be the…

Costume design and meaning in short film. Lord Christopher Laverty Comments Off on Short Film Costume: Ashes, Inside the Captive Mind 23 May ’20 17 Jan ’20 15 Sep ’14

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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…

Laughing along with 2012 would have been easier were it an hour shorter and cut every single line of sentimental mush. Lord Christopher Laverty 6 Comments 20 Jun ’14 9 May ’14 6 Aug ’10

Michael Kaplan gives Clothes on Film the lowdown on his Star Trek Into Darkness costumes. Lord Christopher Laverty Comments Off on Costume Designer Michael Kaplan on Star Trek Into Darkness 30 Nov ’13 21 Nov ’14 3 May ’10 Spoiler warning: The costume clues and details of Star Trek Into Darkness. Lord Christopher Laverty 1 Comment 14 Aug ’17 15 Nov ’13 20 Feb ’10 It’s Academy Award nomination day so let’s have a look at the line up. We have to warn you though; there are a couple of upsets. Lord Christopher Laverty 1 Comment 27 Mar ’13 11 Feb ’14 28 May ’10

Costume design and meaning in short film. Lord Christopher Laverty Comments Off on Short Film Costume: Ashes, Inside the Captive Mind 15 Oct ’10 10 Jan ’14 25 Jul ’14

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