October | 2010 | Clothes on Film

© 2010 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from now, Girls in Films, Guys in Films, Interviews, Premium. Tagged Clothes on Film, costume, exclusive, Hills Chihuahua 2, horror, Kristin Burke, Kristin M. Burke, Los Angeles, Nordstrom Rack, ordinariness, Paranormal Activity 2, Premium Content, realistic, Running Scared, The Cooler, Tod Williams. Bookmark the permalink.

Read about the clever ‘ordinariness’ of the Paranormal Activity 2’s costume design in an exclusive interview with Kristin M. Burke. Continue reading

© 2010 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from 1980s, Clothes from 1990s, Clothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi, Girls in Films, Guys in Films, Premium. Tagged Alien, Alien 3, Alien Anthology, Alien: Resurrection, Blu-ray, Bob Ringwood, David Perry, femininity, futureshock, H.R. Giger, helmet, James Cameron, Jean Paul Gaultier, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, jumpsuit, Mark Rolston, Premium Content, prison, Ripley, science fiction, Sigourney Weaver, space marine, suit, tailoring, uniform, Weyland-Yutani, workwear. Bookmark the permalink.

Part 2 of our examination into how the Alien films have used costume design to contextualise primal terror. Continue reading

© 2010 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from 2000-10, Clothes from now, Girls in Films, News. Tagged Amy Westcott, ballet, Black Swan, colour, costume, Darren Aronofsky, gender, identity, Jack Brown, Laura and Kate Mulleavy, London Film Festival, Mila Kunis, Natalie Portman, Rodarte, Vincent Cassel, Yumiko, Zack Brown. Bookmark the permalink.

We have it on good authority that Black Swan is ‘spectacular’ so here are some striking images to get you in ‘that place’. Continue reading

© 2010 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from 2000-10, Guys in Films, News. Tagged A Nightmare on Elm Street 2010, fedora, Freddy glove, Freddy Kruger, horror, Jackie Earle Haley, Judy Graham, Mari-An Ceo, Optimo Fine Hats, Robert Englund, striped sweater, symbolic. Bookmark the permalink.

Costume designer Mari-An Ceo talks about the re-design of Freddy Kruger’s iconic striped sweater for a Nightmare on Elm Street 2010. Continue reading

© 2010 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from 2000-10, Clothes from now, Girls in Films, News. Tagged Burlesque, camp, Cher, Christina Aguilera, corset, Fight Club, heterosexual romance, Janty Yates, Michael Kaplan, sex, sparkly, Steven Antin, stockings, suspenders, tease, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Victorian. Bookmark the permalink.

A brand new international trailer for Burlesque has pranced onto the internet. Continue reading

© 2010 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from now, Girls in Films, Guys in Films, News. Tagged contemporary, costume, dress, found footage, frock coat, Halloween, horror, Katie Featherston, Kristin Burke, Kristin M. Burke, naturalistic, ordinary, Paramount Pictures, Paranormal Activity 2, Tod Williams. Bookmark the permalink.

Paranormal Activity 2 does look interesting; not least costume wise. In a very ordinary way. Continue reading

© 2010 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from 1970s, Clothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi, Girls in Films, Guys in Films, Premium. Tagged 2001: A Space Odyssey, Alien, Alien Anthology, Blu-ray, cowboy, Dan O’Bannon, Dark Star, femininity, futureshock, H.R. Giger, John Mollo, Kurosawa, Nostromo, Premium Content, Ridley Scott, Ripley, Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, trucker, Weylan-Yutani, Weyland-Yutani, workwear. Bookmark the permalink.

In the first of a two-part special, we examine how important costumes from the Alien films are in contextualising primal terror. Continue reading

© 2010 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from 2000-10, Clothes from now, Film Reviews, Girls in Films, Guys in Films. Tagged Anton Corbijn, Ben McCarthy, Ermenegildo Zegna, George Clooney, Jason Bourne, Jeans, jumper, Malò dress, Martin Ruhe, Mathilde, Michael Clayton, rollneck, suit, Suttirant Anne Carlarb, The American, Thekla Reuton, Violante Placido, wool dress, Zegna. Bookmark the permalink.

Though George Clooney is excellent, The American fails to hit the emotional notes expected. Continue reading

© 2010 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi, Girls in Films, Guys in Films, Interviews, Premium. Tagged 3D, Alexandre Vauthier, Bruce Boxleitner, Cindy Morgan, cultural, Daft Punk, David Fincher, Digital Domain, Emotion Capture, Gen-Xer, Hippie, Infernal, Jeff Bridges, Joseph Kosinski, Kika, Les Jumelles, light suit, neon, Paris to Berlin, Premium Content, Rihanna, Steven Lisberger, Tron, Tron Legacy, Victoria Abril. Bookmark the permalink.

As an artistic influence on everything from fashion to music, Tron has created a cultural cosmos we now term its ‘legacy’. Continue reading

© 2010 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Girls in Films, Guys in Films, News. Tagged braces, costume, Derby shoes, Dumb and Dumber, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, formal attire, Louise Mingenbach, Mary Zophres, Moxy Creative, The Usual Suspects, Top Gun, top hat. Bookmark the permalink.

Moxy Creative has designed a super cool collection of movie posters based on iconic male costume. Continue reading

© 2010 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from 1837-1919, Girls in Films, Guys in Films, News. Tagged Coen Brothers, cowboy hat, duster coat, eye-patch, eyepatch, high crown, Jeff Bridges, John Wayne, Mary Zophres, tan, The Big Lewbowski, trailer, True Grit, wide brim. Bookmark the permalink.

The full trailer for the Coen brothers’ remake of True Grit starring Jeff Bridges has moseyed onto the internet. Continue reading

© 2010 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from 1960s, Clothes from 1970s, Girls in Films, Premium. Tagged A-line, Cynthia Myers, David Hayes, De Graff of California, Dolly Read, Edy Williams, empire line, Erica Gavin, flares, flower power, Hippie, John Bates, John Lazar, Laura Ashley, lesbianism, Marcia McBroom, mini-dress, Mod, nightgown, Ossie Clark, Premium Content, Russ Meyer, shift dress, Super Woman, Superwoman, transvestism, trouser suit, Twiggy, Z-Man. Bookmark the permalink.

Less a costume movie and more a fashion one, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls is typical of its naughty director Russ Meyer in all the best ways. Continue reading