Natalie Portman | Clothes on Film

SPOILERS Ahead of a detailed interview with Star Wars: The Force Awakens costume designer Michael Kaplan (currently hard at work on Episode VIII), we take a brief look at his undeniable achievement in bringing the 1970s – early 80’s back to life right here in the present. How do you make the now look old when paradoxically it is supposed to be the new? Well, you go simple. We say simple, but we mean ‘back to basics’. This is not the prequels; The Force Awakens takes place thirty years after the Rebellion defeated the Empire. Now both sides are in state of rebuilding so there is little call for Padmae’s…

By no means intended as an exhaustive list, Clothes on Film ponder an overview of 2011 in costume.

Amy Westcott talks exclusively to Clothes on Film about her process on Black Swan, that Oscar snub and the recent controversy surrounding herself and Rodarte.

A ferocious work from a filmmaker at the height of his game, Black Swan is an incredibly satisfying piece of cinema.

Clothes on Film chatted with Darren Aronofsky about the challenges of portraying perfection in Black Swan, method acting and The Wolverine.

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

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