Drive | Clothes on Film

MINOR SPOILERS For all the inevitable chrysalis transformation of singer Ally (Lady Gaga) during A Star is Born (2018, directed by Bradley Cooper), the most subtle, yet real sartorial reflection of character belongs to her mentor and lover Jack (Cooper). Costumed by Erin Benach (Drive, A Place Beyond the Pines), Jack is the epitome of the casual rock star. Stage wear, day wear, evening wear, drinking wear, sleeping wear – it’s all the same. His simple clothes mask a mind so damaged it can only be subdued with the bottle. Jack lives in t-shirts (plain, dark or neutral colours), untucked shirts (dark or a green graph-check), brown calf leather jacket,…

Here’s a link to a video Clothes on Film editor Chris Laverty shot for men’s style journal Mr Porter as part of their Ask the Experts section. The topic is denim jackets in movies, from Hud (1963) to Back to the Future (1985) to Drive (2011), with a potted history of the garment thrown in for good measure. It is about three minutes long and definitely worth a watch, even if we do say so ourselves.

The week’s big costume design stories and links.

If you thought a scorpion embroidered bomber jacket was tough to pull off, just wait until you see Ryan Gosling in The Place Beyond the Pines.

It’s all about the shoes in Stoker.

The votes have been counted, the prizes dished out…

Who might win for costume design at the Orange BAFTA Film Awards?

Here’s our round-up of the big three costume design award nominations.

By no means intended as an exhaustive list, Clothes on Film ponder an overview of 2011 in costume.

The displaced sex appeal of uniforms in Mildred Pierce.

For a guy who prefers the synthetic appeal of satin and alloy, physical contact is a violent business.

“It is really a film *about* gloves”