Costume designer Ellen Mirojnick brings Liberace back to life on stage and off. A first-hand close-up look at costumes from Oz the Great and Powerful. Oz is here and as far as fantasy costume is concerned, you are in for some surprises. The costumes of Rumble Fish express the importance of teenage dress codes before the segregating journey into adulthood. In a week of exciting trailers, the first for director Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation of The Great Gatsby must surely be the most thrilling of all. Watch the first trailer for Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows and burst with costume excitement. Sonia Grande’s costume design for Midnight in Paris offers everything we…

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We revisit sci-fi classic Inception a decade after its release with MVP, costume designer Jeffrey Kurland.

The what’s what and who’s who of movie costume design this week. The Vikings Joan Bergin chats about costuming The Vikings. VIDEO: We talked codpieces and nipples with Joan a couple of years back. Nina Forever Costume design for independent film. Imogen Loveday interviewed about her work in progress on Kickstarter funded project Nina Forever. Iron Man 3 Some pretty amazing Iron Man cosplay and some other fella with a cardboard box on his head. The Great Gatsby “We are not making a documentary”. Catherine Martin tackles the question of historical accuracy in The Great Gatsby. …And Miuccia Prada has her say too. Apparently Miu Miu dresses were ‘inadvertently’ worn…

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We revisit sci-fi classic Inception a decade after its release with MVP, costume designer Jeffrey Kurland. With Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997), costume designer Deena Appel created one of the most iconic screen looks of all time. That is no overstatement; Austin Powers has been copied and homaged and wheeled out every year as a Halloween costume, with very little credit put Appel’s way. It is a rather sad indictment of how the industry works that, despite its importance, especially in a film such as Austin Powers, a costume designer will rarely see any kudos come their way. Awards? Well, you might have a chance if your film…

Zach Galifianakis in a safari suit and plenty more costume wackiness to come says costume designer Louise Mingenbach. Todd Phillips has spilled some proverbial beans on the sequel to his comedy smash The Hangover. He has not said much but he has said no Vegas.

To tie-in with the release of Disney’s new live-action version of Beauty and Beast, the project’s Oscar winning costume designer Jacqueline Durran teamed up with students from Central Saint Martin’s college in London to reinterpret ensembles from the film. These are outfits designed in homage to Beauty and the Beast, taking specific elements here and there, a song, colour or concept and creating something entirely new. Whether these are fashion or art pieces is ultimately unclear – what stands out though is their reach beyond that of merely marketing a big movie. Just as an idea it would be fantastic to see more films promoting their costumes in this way.…

Starring: Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio Directed By: Quentin Tarantino MILD SPOILERS A Quentin Tarantino movie cannot be summed up by genre. It transcends, using in this case ‘the Western’ to unfold a cruel, but humorous tale of robust men and women defined by the myth of the Old West. Case in point: Django Unchained is actually set in the Deep South. Each character we encounter is playing a role; constructing a persona comprised of violent gambits and double-talk. Sharen Davis’ costume design quietly reveals their intentions so we know these individuals before they know themselves. Slave Django (Jamie Foxx) may be unchained in the first scene, but he…

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