No round up last week because we were a bit busy, so this week is MEGA JAMMED WITH COSTUME GOODNESS. Puttin’ on the Glitz We teamed up with Amber Jane Butchart and The British Library to talk jazz age fashion and dandy gangsters. Further coverage to follow… Costume Test Images 50 of them to be precise, from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes to Star Wars, Batman, and beyond. Noah Mad good interview/article by Tyranny of Style with Noah’s Head Textile Artist Matt Reitsma. There is absolutely no way you can care about costume design and not read this. Business of Fashion Costume designers, fashion designers, studios, brands, and a business venture 100…

The costume evolution of Sansa Stark in Game of Thrones. Contributor 4 Comments 7 Jul ’10 23 Sep ’10 16 Apr ’15

The costume evolution of Sansa Stark in Game of Thrones. Contributor 4 Comments 5 Sep ’13 27 Oct ’09 12 Oct ’10

Catherine George’s costume design demonstrates how we read physicality on-screen. Lord Christopher Laverty 2 Comments 28 Feb ’14 30 Nov ’13 16 Oct ’12

Catherine George’s costume design demonstrates how we read physicality on-screen. Lord Christopher Laverty 2 Comments 5 Jun ’13 8 Dec ’10 12 Jun ’09

In honour of the The Wolverine and his black on black Yakuza uniform, a round up of posts featuring memorable black costumes at Clothes on Film. La Femme Nikita re-defines the little black dress on film.

As account man Roger Sterling, John Slattery tended to wear a light grey three piece suit; right up until he donned a sharp double breasted for the first time.

Catherine George’s costume design demonstrates how we read physicality on-screen. Lord Christopher Laverty 2 Comments 21 Oct ’11 14 Jun ’10 6 Feb ’17

MINOR SPOILERS Okja (2017) is the second film that costume designer Catherine George has worked on with director Bong Joon-ho. Their first together, Snowpiercer (2013), despite being lauded by critics (and featuring Chris Evans), only received a limited theatrcial run in the U.S. and no release at all in the UK. Unlike Okja, Snowpiercer is an out and out sci-fi fantasy set when most of the world’s population have been wiped out and those who remain live on perpetually moving train. Okja is still a fantasy, it revolves around a little girl Mija (An Seo Hyun) trying to save her giant ‘super pig’ from being harvested as GM bacon, but…

MINOR SPOILERS At a pivotal juncture during the Fathers & Sons episode of Godless (2017), the camera tracks into a pink ribbon tied on the back of young woman’s hair; a woman who is suffering from the onset symptoms of smallpox and unlikely to find recovery. Later in the episode we pan across dozens of freshly dug but unnamed graves each with it’s own crucifix. We don’t see the woman again, but on one of the crucifixes is tied a pink ribbon. Such is the power of even the slightest costume and accessory details in Godless, the narrative is informed by their very presence. Costume designer for Godless was Betsy…