Costume Stories: This Week, Burton & Taylor and Scandal | Clothes on Film
What’s happening in movie costume this week.
‘She had such a presence; apparently you always knew she was in the room’, costume designer Susannah Buxton on Elizabeth Taylor.
Part 1: womenswear. More costume brilliance from Gavia Baker.
Penny Dreadful Vintage looks at three cinematic incarnations of Cleopatra: Theda Bara, Claudette Colbert and Vivien Leigh – with Elizabeth’s Taylor still to come.
Emma Fraser analyses colour (or lack of it) on the character of Olivia Pope.
Stunning article by Tyranny of Style delving deep into the influential Paris dance company. Just check out those Prince Igor (1909) costumes! Wow.
Salon interview the great Shawna Trpcic about costuming Joss Whedon’s world. Had to chuckle at their question about ‘costuming clues’ in The Cabin in the Woods. Would a link back to THIS ARTICLE have killed you guys?
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