February | 2011 | Clothes on Film

© 2011 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under News. Tagged Academy Award, Alice in Wonderland, Amy Westcott, BAFTA, Black Swan, Boardwalk Empire, CDG, Coleen Atwood, Costume Designers Guild, Halle Berry, Inception, Jeffery Kurland, Jenny Beavan, Joel Schumacher, John Dunn, Kate and Laura Mulleavy, Lacoste, Lisa Padovani, Lou Eyrich, Michael Dennison, Rodarte, The Kings Speech. Bookmark the permalink.

Costume designer Amy Westcott has finally been rewarded for her work on Black Swan with a CDG Award. Continue reading

© 2011 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under News. Tagged 3 pc suit, Ascot dress, auction, Audrey Hepburn, Debbie Reynolds, Gene Kelly, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, gingham, Gone With the Wind, hat, herringbone, Hollywood, Judy Garland, Marilyn Monroe, Profiles in History, red dress, sequin, subway dress, The Seven Year Itch, The Wixard of Oz, velvet, Vivian Leigh, Walter Plunkett, William Travilla, wool. Bookmark the permalink.

The Debbie Reynolds costume collection is up for sale. Darn you, worldwide recession! Continue reading

© 2011 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from 1990s, Girls in Films, Guys in Films, Interviews, Premium. Tagged Bill Hargate Costume, De vierde man, Ellen Mirojnick, Hitchcockian, ice pick killer, interrogation scene, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Kim Novak, Mary Ellen Fields, masculinity, Michael Douglas, Nino Cerruti, Paul Verhoeven, Premium Content, Sharon Stone, silk, sleeveless, suit, v-neck, Vertigo, white dress, wool crepe, wrapover dress. Lesbianism. Bookmark the permalink.

There more going on with this outfit than an absence of underwear. Continue reading

© 2011 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under News. Tagged Acadmey Awards, Alice in Wonderland, BAFTA, buckskin, Burlesque, Claire Hannan, Coleen Atwood, Colin Firth, day dress, Ellen Mirojnick, Enchanted, Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, FIDM Museum, FrockTalk, Helen Mirren, Helena Bonham Carter, Inception, Jenny Beavan, LaBoeuf, leather jacket, Leonardo diCaprio, Mary Zophres, Matt Damon, Michael Kaplan, Mona May, Oscar, Penny Rose, Prince of Persia, Sandy Powell, slacks, The Kids Are All Right, The Kings Speech, The Tempest, True Grit, vintage, Wall Street 2. Bookmark the permalink.

For those of you lucky enough to live in LA, literally racks of costumes have just on display at The FIDM Museum. Continue reading

© 2011 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from 1980s, Clothes from now, Girls in Films, Premium. Tagged African, Alexander McQueen, Barbie, Blumarine, Clothes from 1970s, Coming to America, costume, Deborah Nadoolman Landis, Dressed Cinema, Eddie Murphy, Giorgio Armani, Haile Selassie, Jean Paul Gaultier, John Landis, Kate and Laura Mulleavey, King Joffer, leopard print, Louis Vuitton, Louise Junker, Mario Testino, pattern, Paula Abdul, Premium Content, Prince Akeem, print, Rodarte, Sarah Burton, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sex and the City 2, turban, Vogue, wedding dress. Bookmark the permalink.

Two trends in women’s fashion for 2011 are prints and turbans, empathised in the film Coming to America. Continue reading

© 2011 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from 1940s, Guys in Films, Premium. Tagged cowboy jacket, dark rinse jeans, David C. Robinson, denim, Ed Harris, Jackson Pollock, James Dean, Jeans, Lee, Lee 101, Lee Krasner, Levi, Marcia Gay Harden, Marlon Brando, Pablo Picasso, Premium Content, t-shirt. Bookmark the permalink.

Jackson Pollock spawned a thousand imitators in the art world when he chose to work in denim jeans. Continue reading

© 2011 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from 1960s, News. Tagged Emma Frost, James McAvoy, Jane Goldman, January Jones, Jennifer Lawrence, Kevin Bacon, Kick Ass, Lehnsherr, Marvel, Matthew Vaughn, Michael Fassbender, Moira MacTaggert, Raven Darkholme, Rose Byrne, Sammy Sheldon, Stardust, X-Men, X-Men: First Class. Bookmark the permalink.

The period is swinging, but the trailer is classy. Continue reading

© 2011 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from 1920s, Girls on TV, Premium. Tagged Agent Nelson Van Alden, Atlantic City, Boardwalk Empire, Clothes from 1920s, crepe de Chine, dress, feminine, flapper, frock, hemline, hobble skirt, Irish immigrant, John A. Dunn, Kelly Macdonald, long skirt, Lucy Danziger, Margaret Schroeder, Michael Shannon, Nucky, Paul Poiret, Paz de la Huerta, Premium Content, puritan, ruched, sailor neckline, tea gown, Temperance League, The Ivory Tower, tunic, wide brim hat, Ziegfeld Follies. Bookmark the permalink.

Margaret Schroeder is introduced as a world away from the ‘flapper’ set that would come to define the twenties. Continue reading

© 2011 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from 1837-1919, Girls in Films, Guys in Films, News. Tagged 19th century, BAFTA, CDG, Featurette, Hailee Steinfeld, Jeff Bridges, Mary Zophres, Matt Damon, muted, Oscar, True Grit, western. Bookmark the permalink.

A snapshot look at the costume design work of Mary Zophres for True Grit. Well worth a watch. Continue reading

© 2011 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from now, Film Reviews. Tagged Aaron Eckhart, Ann Roth, Becca, black, blue, David Lindsay-Abaire, Dianne Wiest, flowers, grey, identity, John Cameron Mitchell, mourning, Nicole Kidman, play, Rabbit Hole, Sandra Oh, shapeless, skirts, teenage, Working Girl. Bookmark the permalink.

An uncomfortable watch, Rabbit Hole is nonetheless essential viewing. Continue reading