Clothes From 1930s | Clothes on Film

Posted by Chris Laverty on October 19, 2009

Starring: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston
Directed by: Roman Polanski

This bleak detective noir follows luxuriously suited P.I. or ’snoop’ (he gathers evidence on cheating spouses) J.J. ‘Jake’ Gittes (Jack Nicolson) as he investigates corrupt water rights and Evelyn Mulwray’s (Faye Dunaway) dark family secrets in 1930s Los Angeles.
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Posted by Chris Laverty on July 1, 2009

Starring: Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Marion Cotillard
Directed by: Michael Mann

Public Enemies is polished movie Depression, but it is also authentic. Graham Thompson, the Chicago based hat maker who produced 75 custom hats for the movie (fedoras mainly, boaters and tribys) concurs that they ‘got it right’.
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Posted by Chris Laverty on June 23, 2009

This emerald green dress from Atonement (2007) could be the most famous item of clothing on film in the last decade.

In fact, rather surprisingly, it was recently voted ‘Best Costume of All Time‘ by Sky Movies and readers of In Style; surprising because, despite its multifaceted beauty, there are many other magnificent costumes out there more deserving of the title.
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