As TracyDi Vicenzo in OHMSS, Diana Rigg wore a daring 1960s wedding ensemble. Following a trip to Rome, Betty dons the latest in European chic – a colourful maxi dress that belongs in sleepy Ossining just about as much as she does. There is something spiritual about a maxi dress; the way it flows and veils the body. It gels with the divine aspect of Solitaire.

Clothes on Film editor Christopher Laverty joins regular From Tailors With Love VLOG hosts Peter Brooker and Matt Spaiser, plus special guest Bobby Morelli of Matched Perfectly, to discuss the costume design of Inception. With only days to go before the release of Tenet (in the UK at least), there has never been a more appropriate time to revisit Inception. Of course both films are directed by Christopher Nolan, but even more importantly they are both costumed by Jeffrey Kurland. Ostensibly similar in style to Tenet, though we shall see, despite being a decade old, Inception has dated extremely well – in terms of the film itself and the costumes.…

The final trailer for The Rhythm Section features more costume changes than a Lady Gaga concert. Lord Christopher Laverty Comments Off on The Rhythm Section Trailer: An Assassin’s Lookbook 26 Jun ’13 16 Oct ’12 2 Mar ’10

Quentin Tarantino has directed films that feature some of the most iconic costumes of the last twenty years, e.g. Reservoir Dogs’ black suits (Betsy Heimann), Mia Wallace’s trouser suit (Heimann), the Kill Bill tracksuit (Kumiko Ogawa, Catherine Marie Thomas). Yet no Tarantino movie has ever won or even been nominated for a Costume Design Oscar; a travesty that may boil down to his stories often being contemporary, not period. World War II set Inglourious Basterds (Anna B. Sheppard) was an exception, but again, amazingly, not even a nomination. Django Unchained, costumed by Sharen Davis, might just buck this trend. It is period so immediately stands in good stead. Secondly, judging…

A preview of Clothes on Film editor Christopher Laverty’s article on the vibrant costume design of Dick Tracy for Arts Illustrated magazine. Truly unique, Dick Tracy is as close to a comic strip brought to life as any film before or since. This was director and star Warren Beatty’s goal; not to interpret the comic, but to paint it directly onto a cinematic canvas. He achieved this by embracing the superficial qualities of the painted page, the bright colours, exaggerated structures, madcap caricatures, and placing them front and centre. Dick Tracy is an all knowing pantomime. The original Dick Tracy comic strip first published in the United States in 1931,…

Author Matt Zoller Seitz has published a continuation of his superb book The Wes Anderson Collection (2013), entitled (deep breath) The Wes Anderson Collection: The Grand Budapest Hotel. The former is a detailed look at Anderson’s output so far, influences, meaning and interpretation of his work; the latter covers exclusively Anderson’s latest, The Grand Budapest Hotel. This is far more than a bolted on sequel, however, and one of the reasons we know this is because Clothes on Film editor Christopher Laverty was asked to contribute a chapter. More than that, it has recently joined The New York Times bestseller list. A pretty, candy-coloured slab of hardback, Seitz’s follow up…

Lucie Bates exclusively discusses her work on Hanna, inducing parodies, subtext and working with Giorgio Armani.

Potiche confirms that Catherine Deneuve will always be Belle de Jour, only now with added sense of humour.

Potiche confirms that Catherine Deneuve will always be Belle de Jour, only now with added sense of humour.

The final trailer for The Rhythm Section features more costume changes than a Lady Gaga concert. Though George Clooney is excellent, The American fails to hit the emotional notes expected.