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    Sarah Burton | Clothes on Film

    When you are costuming the biggest franchise release of the year and creating a capsule range to run alongside it for a major online retailer, it is clear a normal approach to the task is not going to work. Ex-stylist and one time assistant for Michael Kaplan, Trish Summerville, one of the fastest rising names in the industry, has purposely sought out what many costume designers shy away from: co-collaborations with new and established fashion designers and, in several cases, pulling clothes directly from the runway. Summerville is smart and savvy with a feel for contemporary trends, though by not designing and making key items for The Hunger Games: Catching……

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    Louis Vuitton | Clothes on Film

    With exclusive insight from costume designer Catherine Marie Thomas, we analyse Sandra Bullock’s low volume, big impact wardrobe in The Proposal. Anna May Wong fused East and West against an ill-equipped backdrop of Hollywood cinema. Two trends in women’s fashion for 2011 are prints and turbans, empathised in the film Coming to America. Zach Galifianakis in a safari suit and plenty more costume wackiness to come says costume designer Louise Mingenbach.

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    Suit Yourself: Elliot Gould in The Long Goodbye | Clothes on Film – Part 33795

    Newly released on collectable Blu-ray, The Long Goodbye (1973, directed by Robert Altman) is the kind of film you feel ashamed for not watching more often. Starring Elliot Gould as Raymond Chandler’s pulp private dick Phillip Marlowe, this is a quirky, very seventies re-imagining of the Humphrey Bogart man-in-a-trenchcoat myth. The film is contemporary set, yet Gould’s Marlowe is a man out of place and time. Everything from his car to apartment to clothes is indicative of the P.I’s golden age; a world of cocktails, dames and pinstripe suits, not cat food, hippies and polyester. Hollywood’s effortless private detective was created in the post-Prohibition era of the 1930s-40s, and into…

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    shearling | Clothes on Film

    Costume Designer Lindy Hemming talks exclusively to Clothes on Film about her work on The Dark Knight Rises. Lord Christopher Laverty 16 Comments 25 May ’10 14 Jan ’11 19 May ’13 Christopher Nolan once again shows his appreciation for costume in this immensely satisfying end to the Dark Knight trilogy. Lord Christopher Laverty 36 Comments 10 Mar ’13 21 Oct ’11 12 Jun ’13

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    Marion Cottilard | Clothes on Film

    Costume Designer Lindy Hemming talks exclusively to Clothes on Film about her work on The Dark Knight Rises. Lord Christopher Laverty 16 Comments 14 Jul ’10 21 Jul ’10 30 Apr ’10 Christopher Nolan once again shows his appreciation for costume in this immensely satisfying end to the Dark Knight trilogy. Lord Christopher Laverty 36 Comments 31 Jul ’10 15 Apr ’13 17 Sep ’10

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    boots | Clothes on Film – Part 2

    After those Captain America costume pics leaked a few hours ago, here is some concept art for Thor. What. A. Coincidence! Final part of our analysis of Sherlock Holmes complete with insight from costume designer Jenny Beavan. With insight from costume designer Jenny Beavan, we commence our sartorial analysis of Sherlock Holmes. Costume designer for The Hangover, Louise Mingenbach, has answered more questions about who wears what in the movie. Ray Holman chats exclusively about dressing Matt Smith as the new Doctor. Make the day disappear faster by checking out some pics from Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood starring Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett.