denim | Clothes on Film – Part 2

As is often the way with costume designers, Stephanie Collie is something of an unsung hero. We will not reel off her entire back catalogue, but it does include South Riding (2011, TV), Telstar (2008) Peter’s Friends (1992) and perhaps most exciting of all, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998). Now, anyone old enough to remember when Lock, Stock arrived will remember just what an incredible influence its Mod inspired costumes had on the world of fashion. You could not pick up a men’s magazine of the time without seeing some guy in slim trousers and a jersey polo shirt. Stephanie Collie invented this look, thus providing one of…

How changing body shapes can affect the appearance of period costume.

Costume designer Jacqueline West talks exclusively to Clothes on Film about her period recreation work on Ben Affleck’s Oscar favourite Argo.

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.

Ben Affleck’s pseudo-cowboy costume in Argo harks back to the golden age of the sports jacket.

Not the only book you should buy about costume design, but probably the best.

American Gigolo is not about its protagonist, it is about what he wears. American Gigolo is about Armani.

Costume designer Rebecca Hofherr talks exclusively to Clothes on Film about her incredible contribution to Winter’s Bone.

Mark Bridges exclusively explains his costume choices for retro epic Boogie Nights.

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

Beautiful and affecting, even if it does collapse under the weight of its own earnestness at times.

Some images and the latest trailer from Water for Elephants. Period costume design by Jacqueline West.