December | 2012 | Clothes on Film

© 2012 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from 1837-1919, Girls in Films, Guys in Films. Tagged 1800s, Bonaza, Broomhilda, Calvin Candie, Christoph Waltz, Clint Eastwood, corduroy, Deep South, Don Johnson, green jacket, Inglourious Basterds, Jamie Fozz, Kerry Washington, King Schultz, Leonardo diCaprio, Old West, poncho, Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino, Sharen Davis Django Unchained, Sothern Belle, upturned brim hat, workwear. Bookmark the permalink.

Costume designer Sharen Davis finds a good fit with Tarantino; their Deep South bounty hunter Django is a visibly memorable protagonist crying out for a sequel. Continue reading

© 2012 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from 1960s, Clothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi, Girls in Films, Guys in Films, Interviews, News, Premium. Tagged 1960s, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Blow Up, costume, fashion, film, Freddie Fox, Hardy Amies, hat, Pan-Am grip shoes, sci-fi, Stanley Kubrick. Bookmark the permalink.

Fascinating video about Hardy Amies costumes for 2001: A Space Odyssey. Continue reading

© 2012 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from 1837-1919, Film Reviews, Girls in Films, Guys in Films. Tagged 1800s, Amanda Seyfried, Anne Hathaway, Biutiful, colour, Cossette, décolletage, Fantine, French, frock coat, Helena Bonham Carter, Hugh Jackman, Inspector Javert, lapel, Les Misérables, Oliver! Academy Award, Paco Delgado, pink dress, red, Russell Crowe, Sacha Baron Cohen, The Wizard of Oz, Tom Hooper, tri-colour, Valjean. Bookmark the permalink.

Les Misérables is drenched in costume symbolism, specifically revolutionary red, white and blue. Subtle was never its intention. Continue reading

© 2012 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi, Clothes from now, Girls in Films, Guys in Films, Premium. Tagged Anna Hutchison, Anna Karenina, cardigan, check shirt, Chris Hemsworth, denim, Dior, Fran Kranz, gloves, Jesse Williams, Kristen Connolly, Premium Content, Shawna Trpcic, Sigourney Weaver, subtext, t-shirt, The Cabin in the Woods, underwear, Varsity jacket, vembrace, War Horse. Bookmark the permalink.

Costume in The Cabin in the Woods is not grand, but it is very clever. All the teenage characters subtly evolve from one horror stereotype to another. Continue reading

© 2012 Contributor. All rights reserved. By: ContributorFiled under Clothes from 1837-1919, Girls in Films, Premium. Tagged 1800s, Alexandra Byrne, Bonnie Radcliffe, colour, corset, costume, cravat, Emily Rossum, Gerald Butler, gloves, jacket, Joel Schumacher, leather, mask, Minnie Driver, performance, Premium Content, silhouette, silk, stockings, subtext, The Phantom of the Opera, topcoat, underskirt, waistcoat, wedding dress. Bookmark the permalink.

The Phantom of the opera demonstrates that the colour, size and shape of a character’s costumes can communicate on a subliminal level. Continue reading