When Clothes on Film visited The Muppets Most Wanted set back in March of 2013, we were given a tour of the bustling ‘wardrobe’ (their words) department, as overseen by costume designer Rahel Afiley. You can read more about that HERE, but after chasing Ms. Afiley around the room while she was trying to work, we managed to get a bit more out of her about using designer fashion, i.e. Vivienne Westwood, in the film. As always we are pushing the same old costume/fashion debate, though in this instance hearing from a costume designer on the front line is rather enlightening. Focusing specifically on Miss Piggy, for she is the…

Watching Jane Eyre on location makes for an enriching experience. A trailer for The Woman in Black arrives bringing that spooky sense of dread that only Victorian costume can provide. First look at Jenny Beavan’s late Victorian-with-a-twist costumes in action. Speaking exclusively to Clothes on Film, Le Divorce costume designer Carol Ramsey explains how a Hermès Kelly can be elevated from status symbol to character. Lucinda Wright talks to Clothes on Film about her contribution to The Suspicions of Mr Whicher starring Paddy Considine. Sherlock Holmes 2 costume designer Jenny Beavan chats exclusively to Clothes on Film about what to expect in the finished film. Sherlock Holmes 2 rounds out…

Chances are you have not seen Snowpiercer yet due to its limited availability and release fiasco. If so, skip this interview and watch the film first. Go in clean, because Snowpiercer really is as good as everyone’s telling you. Based on the French graphic novel Le Transperceneige, it is essentially a dark (often literally) sci-fi thriller about a perpetual motion train carrying the last remnants of society after a global ice age. Themes of cruelty, disparity and sacrifice abound, and strong, sometimes horrific visual references bombard the screen. The exceptional costume design by Catherine George ties all this together in a way that is readable and indicative, yet never threatens…

The votes have been counted, the prizes dished out… Here’s our round-up of the big three costume design award nominations. Hugo is Scorsese’s monument to wonder and excitement. Here Sandy Powell exclusively explains her costume choices to Clothes on Film. The full trailer for Sucker Punch has arrived in all its steampunk, cutsey, fairytale and ass kicking glory. Harry subverts his identity to get lost in the crowd during this blistering new trailer for New Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I. The costumes are somewhat…ahem….‘colourful’. If you like Potter, you are going to like this. Cannot say fairer than that. The Big Lebowski is brilliantly designed; the characters…

Clothes from films set during 1920s The best kept secret in costume design is finally out: Prada made Carey Mulligan’s gowns for The Great Gatsby. 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. Sonia Grande’s costume design for Midnight in Paris offers everything we expect of 1920s Paris and the contemporary nouveau riche. A brief but worthwhile and exclusive clip about the costume design of Boardwalk Empire. For HBO Sessions part 2, Clothes on Film editor Chris Laverty was invited to discuss the costume design of Boardwalk Empire. Hugo is Scorsese’s monument to…

The Costume Designers Guild (CDG) has served up their nominations for this year. Lord Christopher Laverty 4 Comments 3 Sep ’10 4 Jul ’14 3 Apr ’10 A majestic tale set in a buttoned-up world of repressed emotion. Lord Christopher Laverty 3 Comments 22 Jan ’13 21 Nov ’11 21 Sep ’12 Sherlock Holmes 2 rounds out a week of costume reveals with this first official image. Lord Christopher Laverty 5 Comments 16 Jul ’13 23 Mar ’10 29 Sep ’10

Eiko Ishioka’s dresses for Mirror, Mirror featured in an app? Sure, anything that gets people taking about costume. With exclusive insight from costume designer Catherine Marie Thomas, we analyse Sandra Bullock’s low volume, big impact wardrobe in The Proposal. Innovative costume designer and art director Eiko Ishioka has died aged 73. The most exquisite fashion promo ever made. Watching Jane Eyre on location makes for an enriching experience. First look at Jenny Beavan’s late Victorian-with-a-twist costumes in action. With exclusive insight from Leesa Evans, Clothes on Film takes an overview look at the art of comedic costume in Bridesmaids. Two trends in women’s fashion for 2011 are prints and turbans,…

Despite being set in the present day, the world of Brigsby Bear (2017, directed by Dave McCary) is a cosy 1980s nostalgia affair. Most of what we see either comes from or belongs to another time. It is a very deliberate look that extends right across the production design and costumes. Separate from the overall costume design of Brigsby Bear (by Sarah Mae Burton), Stoopid Buddy Stoodios worked on the creation and execution of the actual Brigsby Bear suit. We chatted to David Brooks and Ben Bayouth from the studio to discover exactly how they arrived upon the distinctive finished article. Clothes on Film: What led Stoopid Buddy Stoodios to……

Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley Directed By: Martin Scorsese Only daft final act revelations offer release from Scorsese’s cinematic madhouse; otherwise the smart, scary onslaught of insane ideas and imagery is inescapable. Does a film need a satisfying story to succeed? It’s a question worth asking of Shutter Island (2010) because, by any sane criteria, its narrative is founded on one of the most ludicrous premises in memory – a suspension bridge of disbelief that comes crashing down the minute it is revealed. And yet, aptly considering Martin Scorsese’s film is in part a loving tribute to Hitchcock, Psycho has a rubbish ending too, and it doesn’t stop…

From stills of this film alone you could easily be forgiven in thinking that I am Love (Io sono l’amore, 2009) was set during the 1960s. The designer clothes draped worn by lead members of the Recchi family, as selected by costumer Antonella Cannarozzi, are generally minimalist, in plain colours with little embellishment. I am Love is actually set in Europe around 2000, but its central characters are trapped as the well-heeled repressed of the sixties. Just as sexual, artistic and cultural expression was blossoming, the old guard struggled to make sense of this new world so regressed even more vehemently into their old one. The Recchi’s seem to live…