Thanks at least in part to the wintry weather, this week’s costume round up is coats on film. With exclusive insight from costume designer Aggie Guerard Rodgers, we investigate the story behind Harry Caul’s distinctive plastic raincoat. Bonnie and Clyde is a great example of how the simple addition of a hat can say a lot about a character.

Costume designer Michael Kaplan reminisces with Clothes on Film about creating dark tourist Marla Singer in Fight Club.

Sherlock Holmes 2 rounds out a week of costume reveals with this first official image. Lord Christopher Laverty 5 Comments 5 Dec ’12 2 Jul ’13 5 May ’09

Win tickets! If you can get to London on Sunday 20th June, you could be watching Toy Story 3 at a very early screening. Jacques d’Azur is officially dead. Bad news for him, good news for you, because it means you can inherit his luxurious VIP lifestyle at Cannes.

With exclusive insight from costume designer Aggie Guerard Rodgers, we investigate the story behind Harry Caul’s distinctive plastic raincoat.

Outfits worn specifically by male actors on film The Levi jacket worn by Ken Takakura as Ken Tanaka in Japan set thriller The Yakuza (1974, costume design by Dorothy Jeakins) is not Japanese denim. It was not made in Japan but is nonetheless representative of a time when denim as symbol of burgeoning Americana in the East would take off into the stratosphere, and has remained so ever since. Although Levi products were imported into Japan before the 1970s (Levi International was created in 1965), it was not until mid-decade that a Tokyo office was established. This was in response to growing popularity of all things American in Japan, especially…

Sherlock Holmes 2 rounds out a week of costume reveals with this first official image. Lord Christopher Laverty 5 Comments 10 Feb ’12 15 Oct ’13 1 Jan ’13

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…

Costume designer Michael Kaplan reminisces with Clothes on Film about creating dark tourist Marla Singer in Fight Club. Betty ‘Rizzo’ played by Stockard Channing is not only the most complex character in Grease, but in costume terms fascinating.

Clothes on Film were lucky enough to get an up close look at the actual costumes from Prince of Persia. Lord Christopher Laverty 3 Comments 3 Jun ’13 5 Nov ’10 9 Mar ’15