The very first trailer for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and it’s more uniform than glamour. Lord Christopher Laverty 1 Comment 9 Sep ’11 17 Jun ’13 10 Mar ’13 Judianna Makovsky’s costume design provides an intentional method of understanding The Hunger Games’ politics. Lord Christopher Laverty 10 Comments 15 Jul ’13 13 Mar ’10 1 Aug ’14 The glamorous look of the mid-1930s threads its way through dual love stories in W.E. Contributor Comments Off on The Secret Sharer: Abbie Cornish & Andrea Riseborough in W.E. 19 Oct ’09 6 Oct ’09 12 Apr ’11 Costume designer Anna B. Sheppard grants us exclusive insight into the unique period look…

Muddy looking fantasy fun. Julien’s Hollywood Icons and Idols sale draws high bids for famous costumes, but not the big numbers seen last year at the Debbie Reynolds auction. Win an official Cowichan style cardigan as worn by Jeff Bridges in The Big Lebowski. A snapshot look at the costume design work of Mary Zophres for True Grit. Well worth a watch. The proposed ethos behind Tron Legacy merchandising is more than just product; it’s a lifestyle choice. Flourishes of brilliance, but buried beneath disjointed action sequences and a story that fails to make any sense at all. Tron Legacy arrives in UK cinemas on 17th December, but you can…

Part 2 of our detailed look at the costumes in Tron Legacy, moving onto specific design elements created for individual characters.

There is a problem with the costumes in The Wolf of Wall Street, and it has nothing to do with the film itself but the coverage they have received. Namely, that this coverage is incorrect. Articles such as this one for Vogue France, or this for The Hollywood Reporter, or a ‘suit guide’ by Esquire, concentrate almost solely on Giorgio Armani’s contribution to the project with barely a mention of costume designer Sandy Powell. And this is the Sandy Powell by the way: 10 Oscar nominations and so well respected she has an OBE for services to the industry. It was Powell who costumed The Wolf of Wall Street, not…

This is part 2 (part 1 HERE) of an expanded article Clothes on Film editor Christopher Laverty wrote for men’s style resource MR PORTER analysing Michael Caine’s suits in The Italian Job. This post covers all the costumes he wore during the film. We rejoin Charlie and his ragtag crew at the big meeting when the gang are all introduced to each other. It had to be a Doug Hayward moment and thankfully does not disappoint. In actual fact it is probably Michael Caine’s best fitting suit in the whole movie: Dark blue worsted wool suit; double breasted jacket, wide peaked lapels, 6 on 2 fastening, slanted hip pockets, ticket……

Three banners for Tron Legacy have just been released revealing further detail about the costumes. Lord Christopher Laverty Comments Off on New Tron Legacy Banners Bring the Costumes 13 Nov ’09 17 Mar ’17 17 Apr ’13 The design of the new Tron Legacy light suit is frankly wicked. Lord Christopher Laverty 2 Comments 20 Apr ’10 20 Jan ’12 9 Sep ’10

Three banners for Tron Legacy have just been released revealing further detail about the costumes. Lord Christopher Laverty Comments Off on New Tron Legacy Banners Bring the Costumes 20 Jan ’11 23 May ’09 25 May ’10

Amongst staggering aural and visual assault, perhaps one of the quietest aspects of Dunkirk (2017, directed by Christopher Nolan) are its costumes – and this is to its credit. Dunkirk is the type of film that requires you to engage quickly with everything you see on screen. Jeffrey Kurland’s costume design is masterful in this regard. A sea of subtly differentiated green and brown with the pop of naval uniforms and briefly glimpsed civilian wear. This is 1940 at its most spare and rudimentary. Here, Jeffrey Kurland chats exclusively to Clothes on Film about his process for creating the world of Dunkirk: SPOILERS THROUGHOUT Clothes on Film: How did you……

This week you may have missed… Ingenious Costume Design Good list from Rebecca Clough at Den of Geek of ingenious movie costume design. And while we’re about it, congratulations to another of their regular writers, Ryan Lambie, for his FDA Richard Attenborough Blogger of the Year Award. Inside Llewyn Davis Kristin M. Burke has a chat with the Coen brothers’ regular costume designer Mary Zophres. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 Trish Summerville out, Kurt & Bart in for the third Hunger Games movie. Odd after Summerville being such a successful choice, but we get the feeling this is most intentional. Cash hungry producers have realised Katniss’ costume designers are…

The bleakest Potter outing yet. 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. If you like Potter, you are going to like this. Cannot say fairer than that.