Costume design and meaning in short film. Lord Christopher Laverty Comments Off on Short Film Costume: Ashes, Inside the Captive Mind 3 Mar ’11 31 Jan ’14 15 Aug ’11

It was BAFTA/CDG all over again as Sandy Powell won Best Costume Design for The Young Victoria. Lord Christopher Laverty 3 Comments 7 Nov ’09 5 Jun ’15 9 Oct ’18 Big winner was The Hurt Locker for Best Film and Best Director; big winner for Costume Design was The Young Victoria. Lord Christopher Laverty Comments Off on BAFTA Results: The Young Victoria Costume Reigns 20 Jun ’11 27 Feb ’10 1 Apr ’19 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 22 Nov ’11 21 Oct…

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…

MINOR SPOILERS There are already lots of good interviews with Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) costume designer Michael Kaplan on the internet (we recommend this one in particular), so for Clothes on Film we kept it brief and fresh. We caught up with Kaplan, who is also responsible for Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), Star Trek (2009), Fight Club (1999) and Blade Runner (1982), for a little chat about what’s new for episode 8 of the ever evolving space saga. Clothes on Film: Let’s kick off by asking you about the best new costume in the film, the Elite Praetorian Guard… Michael Kaplan: They are my favourite costumes…

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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…

Win a Scarface limited edition Blu-ray DVD, scarf and money clip. Three sets to give away. Look as tasteless as Tony! Beyond Biba: A Portrait of Barbara Hulanicki is a contextualised examination of one woman’s extraordinary influence on popular culture.

Laughing along with 2012 would have been easier were it an hour shorter and cut every single line of sentimental mush.

From The Observer, Bill Nighy lists five things he knows about style. A wonderfully witty and emotional film.