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    Chris Evans | http://clothesonfilm.net

    SPOILERS For anyone with an eye to costume, The Avengers: Infinity War (2018) seemingly takes… Chances are you have not seen Snowpiercer yet due to its limited availability and release… Our first look at Chris Evans’ costume for Captain America: The Winter Soldier. It is impossible not to have fun watching Avengers Assemble. Clothes on Film chats exclusively to Anna B. Sheppard about her work on Captain America:… Some of the finest superhero costume design ever committed to film. The first trailer for Captain America: The First Avenger has bish bash boshed onto the… Empire recently spoke to Chris Evans about his Captain America: The First Avenger costume. It’s those…

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    identity | http://clothesonfilm.net

    Meryl Streep’s timeless Burberry trench coat is one of the most recognisable contemporary costumes of… The costumes of Rumble Fish express the importance of teenage dress codes before the segregating… Does costume design exist in animated film? Simulation supervisor for Brave, Claudia Chung, discusses its… Armour and indecisiveness: Audrey Hepburn is more than a little black dress in Breakfast at… Cosmopolis satisfies as everything avant-garde cinema should be; an immaculate journey into weird. Wes Anderson’s most sartorially significant film yet. The first trailer for Skyfall hits with several suits, an overcoat, sportswear and a beanie. Doris Day’s last hurrah for 1950s fashion wearing some of the most exquisite costumes ever……

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    military | http://clothesonfilm.net

    Amongst staggering aural and visual assault, perhaps one of the quietest aspects of Dunkirk (2017,… There are already a lot of excellent interviews with Oscar winning Beauty and the Beast… SPOILERS Ahead of a detailed interview with Star Wars: The Force Awakens costume designer Michael… The highly anticipated season five premiere of Game of Thrones aired across the globe this… SPOILERS From a costume point of view, and therefore a character point of view, The… If you watch supernatural cop show Sleepy Hollow on Fox (Universal in the UK), you… Meryl Streep’s timeless Burberry trench coat is one of the most recognisable contemporary costumes of… Our first proper trailer for…

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    3D | http://clothesonfilm.net

    Hugo is Scorsese’s monument to wonder and excitement. Here Sandy Powell exclusively explains her costume… Clothes on Film chats exclusively to Anna B. Sheppard about her work on Captain America:… Win two pairs of tickets to an exclusive screening of Pirates of the Caribbean: On… We examine the design of the Tron Legacy light suits in detail including their creation,… As an artistic influence on everything from fashion to music, Tron has created a cultural… The latest trailer for The Last Airbender has arrived. Sumptuous looking costume design by Judianna… Disappointingly, a missed opportunity for Tim Burton.

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    Costume Design in House of Cards: Colour is Power | http://clothesonfilm.net

    MINOR SPOILERS Over 13 episodes of House of Cards a lot happens to U.S. Representative Francis ‘Frank’ Underwood (Kevin Spacey) and those caught in his web. Some are friends, some foes, but pretty much all, via Banana Republic or Armani, look flawless. Washington politics is a place defined by the energy of those working within it. These people are never just random, everything they say has meaning and everything they wear gives off a signal: powerful or weak, it is as simple as black or white. Series costume designer Tom Broecker (30 Rock, Saturday Night Live) ensures the central characters follow a specific style of dress and colour palette. Talk…

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    Interviews | http://clothesonfilm.net – Part 2

    To tie-in with the release of Disney’s new live-action version of Beauty and Beast, the… It was late November, 2016 when I visited the set of The Conjuring 2 (directed… Surely we all know Michael Kaplan by now? Flashdance (1983), Fight Club (1999), Burlesque (2010),… Twenty-five years ago, costume designer Margot Wilson was a student living in Paris when she… Jacqueline Oknaian has costumed Ugly Betty (2008-10), Sex and the City 2 (2010) and The… Director Brian Helgeland’s Legend (2015) tells the based-on true story of Ronald and Reggie Kray:… Author Matt Zoller Seitz has published a continuation of his superb book The Wes Anderson… Director Brian De Palma has…

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    costume | http://clothesonfilm.net – Part 2

    The highly anticipated season five premiere of Game of Thrones aired across the globe this… Author Matt Zoller Seitz has published a continuation of his superb book The Wes Anderson… On the surface the Babadook is just another bogeyman: prickly, sinewy, all arched limbs and… Note from the Editor: You may have noticed that Clothes on Film has not been… The top half of Ben Affleck’s new Batsuit has been revealed, as created by costume… A fortnight ago to the day, Clothes on Film creator and editor Christopher Laverty joined… Here’s a bit of justified promotion for an event you will absolutely want to see:… That is the long and…

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    Katie Holmes in The Kennedys: Armani's Copy of a Copy | http://clothesonfilm.net

    Throughout eight episodes of The Kennedys, Katie Holmes evolves her style as Jacqueline ‘Jackie’ Bouvier, Kennedy and then Onassis from New Look debutante to elegant socialite hidden behind huge plastic sunglasses. Unquestionably her most important outfit is a Chez Ninon pink wool suit for JFK’s fateful trip to Dallas, recreated here by Giorgio Armani under guidance from The Kennedys costume designer Christopher Hargadon. The real suit, still covered in President Kennedy’s blood, is housed at the Maryland National Archives; however the accompanying pillbox was lost at Parkland Memorial Hospital where he died. This suit is symbolic of a tumultuous period in American history and of an eternally glamorous woman who…

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    1940s | http://clothesonfilm.net – Part 2

    The glossy costume world of gangster squad is faithful to history, but not a slave… Piper Perabo chats to Clothes on Film about costume design for her role in Looper. With exclusive insight from costume designer Catherine Marie Thomas, we analyse Sandra Bullock’s low volume,… In Malèna, Monica Bellucci plays an impossible vision of beauty; a woman so striking she… Clothes on Film chats exclusively to Anna B. Sheppard about her work on Captain America:… Some of the finest superhero costume design ever committed to film. This coral pink ensemble encompasses and challenges the absolute femininity of Grace Kelly. Throughout The Way We Were, Barbra Streisand wears a mix of…

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    uniform | http://clothesonfilm.net

    With Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997), costume designer Deena Appel created one of… SPOILERS If you’ve heard anything about Phantom Thread (2017, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson), you… SPOILERS Ahead of a detailed interview with Star Wars: The Force Awakens costume designer Michael… Author Matt Zoller Seitz has published a continuation of his superb book The Wes Anderson… Internal Affairs (1990) is an excellent stone cold thriller. The costumes are a subtle tease,… There is little point in Clothes on Film delving too deeply into the first trailer… On the surface the Babadook is just another bogeyman: prickly, sinewy, all arched limbs and… Director Brian De Palma has…