The higher the waist, the closer to god. Lord Christopher Laverty Comments Off on The Lighthouse: All Hail a High Waist Trouser 2 Jul ’13 28 Jul ’10 13 Sep ’13

The life of surveillance expert, Harry Caul (Gene Hackman) in The Conversation (1974, directed by Francis Ford Coppola) is one of ritual, fear and obsession. This man of many facets is identifiable by the clothes he wears, specifically because of their bland anonymity and repetition. His plastic raincoat in particular, a rudimentary raglan slip-on, provides recognisable iconography for the character. With exclusive insight from The Conversation costume designer, Aggie Guerard Rodgers, we analyse just why this coat is so important to Harry’s journey. Stumbling on a murder plot during a routine, if technically accomplished clandestine recording, Harry becomes obsessed with subduing his Catholic guilt over past deeds. Harry lives alone…

The higher the waist, the closer to god. Lord Christopher Laverty Comments Off on The Lighthouse: All Hail a High Waist Trouser 3 Jun ’11 12 Aug ’11 12 Dec ’09

Although Tron (1982) is often cited as the first use of computer animation in mainstream film, there is far more to its significance than what we see on screen. As an artistic influence on everything from fashion to music, Tron has created a cultural cosmos we now term its ‘legacy’. All this thanks to a 29 year baby boomer who dared to dream idealistic… Creator and director of the original Tron, Steven Lisberger, freely admits that his film, the very idea in fact, was born out of hippie ideology; the creation of unity between the analogue and digital world: We were idealistic. The Gen-Xers are much more realistic, but at…

Costume in The Cabin in the Woods is not grand, but it is very clever. All the teenage characters subtly evolve from one horror stereotype to another. The Phantom of the opera demonstrates that the colour, size and shape of a character’s costumes can communicate on a subliminal level. The religious and cultural significance of the costume design in foreign language Oscar winner A Separation. With so many movie streaming options now available, we thought we’d draw your attention to one of the best: Curzon on Demand. Lucie Bates exclusively discusses her work on Hanna, inducing parodies, subtext and working with Giorgio Armani. Old fashioned and sentimental, Water for Elephants…

Establishing a new feature at Clothes on Film, the following review is written in collaboration with costume designer Kristin M. Burke.

The importance of costume colour for the colourblind casting of The Personal History of David Copperfield. Lord Christopher Laverty Comments Off on The Not so Colourblind Costumes of The Personal History of David Copperfield 8 Feb ’13 9 Oct ’09 19 Jan ’12

The higher the waist, the closer to god. Her Costume designer Casey Storm on creating a “warm and cosy and soothing” future. David Chronenberg: Evolution For WORN, Haley Mlotek examines the costumes on display at the Chronenberg exhibition, most of which are by the director’s sister, Denise. Unfortunately ‘Evolution’ closes on 19th January. Oscar Nominations Nathalie Atkinson on why the Best Costume Design category has basically become ‘Best Taffeta in a Leading Role’. Nailed it. And HERE she casts an eye over the equally baffling CDGA’s. African Dandies The new Guinness ad draws attention to some colourfully dressed gentlemen we really should be seeing a lot more of by now.…

The higher the waist, the closer to god. The importance of costume colour for the colourblind casting of The Personal History of David Copperfield.

We asked Colleen Atwood a few questions about The Tourist’s lavish costume look. Lord Christopher Laverty 10 Comments 23 Feb ’10 24 Mar ’11 4 May ’18