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The following is an expanded article Clothes on Film editor Christopher Laverty wrote for men’s… Fred Williamson as Tommy Gibbs adopts the gangster codes of 1930s cinema in blaxploitation classic… If you’re not watching BBC 2’s gangster western Peaky Blinders, stop reading now and seek… Filmmaker and costume designer Sophie Black recounts her personal interpretation of Heathers, a film defined… Costume designer Ann Roth’s template for Working Girl (1988, directed by Mike Nichols) is especially… Fabric of Cinema is Clothes on Film editor Chris Laverty’s regular column in design journal… Let’s get this straight: Peaky Blinders is not Boardwalk Empire. It’s a post World War… Cersei Lannister (Lena Headey) is…

SPOILERS THROUGHOUT Having recently finished a six week, six episode run on the BBC, John… MINOR SPOILERS First Man (2018) is not a movie overly preoccupied with fashion, And why… With Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997), costume designer Deena Appel created one of… MINOR SPOILERS Movies that feature contemporary fashion, particularly high-end and particularly for women, are a… MILD SPOILERS Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) is far and away the most ‘A… Author Caroline Young has just released a fascinating new book entitled Hitchcock’s Heroines (published by… SPOILERS For anyone with an eye to costume, The Avengers: Infinity War (2018) seemingly takes… The Levi jacket worn by…

From Chris Laverty’s regular column ‘Fabric of Cinema’ for Arts Illustrated magazine, here is an abridged version of the most recently published essay ‘A Migration of Talent’. The current issue of Arts Illustrated focuses on those that have moved across geographical boundaries to expand the scope of their work. It has long been the norm for costume designers from the UK to relocate, not necessarily permanently, to Hollywood. Their careers have been forged by the demands of the business they compete in. But what would have happened if, say, Sandy Powell (Shakespeare in Love), or Joanna Johnston (Who Framed Roger Rabbit) had never worked beyond these shores? How would their…

After her flimsy pink slip on Skull Island, this is the second most significant outfit Naomi Watts wears as Ann Darrow in King Kong (2005). As simple as evening wear gets (though strictly in the context of the film it is stage wear), Ann’s white gown is authentically period accurate; 1930s was the couture decade to introduce evening dresses in their now familiar form. That a plain cut-on-the-bias dress such as Ann’s could be worn at any formal party function today without raising so much as a martini glass demonstrates the far-reaching influence of thirties designers; major names such as Gilbert Adrian and Edward Molyneux; those who prioritised simplicity and…

As Little Junior Brown, Nicolas Cage puts in the kind of over the top performance that was in vogue during the early nineties (see also Robert De Niro in Cape Fear, 1991). Cage himself admits that muscle-bound gangster Junior is ‘larger than life’, so why not the same for his fashion sense? Kiss of Death was made in 1993/94 and released in 1995, but even taking this into account Junior’s monochrome wardrobe is still blatantly outdated and vulgar. For most characters in the movie fashion is dictated by circumstance. Put upon ex-con Jimmy Kilmartin (David Caruso) wears clothes that are anonymous and cheap. His new wife Rosie (Kathryn Erbe) makes…

SPOILERS Ahead of a detailed interview with Star Wars: The Force Awakens costume designer Michael… For a big budget movie about a lone astronaut who gets stranded on Mars, the… There has been an insane amount of discussion online about Bryce Dallas Howard’s character, Claire… The highly anticipated season five premiere of Game of Thrones aired across the globe this… Into the Woods opened on Broadway in 1987, with the music and lyrics written by… A preview of Clothes on Film editor Christopher Laverty’s article on the vibrant costume design… There is little point in Clothes on Film delving too deeply into the first trailer… The first full-length trailer for…

Angelina Jolie is apparently being courted by Ridley Scott to star in ‘Gucci’; a film charting internal power struggles to control the fashion empire. Would love to see the costume budget for this one. During the 1970s-80’s the Gucci brand nearly collapsed amidst a bitter family feud; a feud that ended with Maurizio, grandson of founder Guccio Gucci, being assassinated outside his Milan apartment in 1995. Jolie is in talks to play Patrizia Reggiani, Maurizio’s ex-wife, currently banged-up in prison for plotting his murder. Leonardo DiCaprio is another name thrown about as a possible sign-up. Should he ever commit, DiCaprio would likely play Maurizio. Scott worked with the Oscar nominated…

The glossy costume world of gangster squad is faithful to history, but not a slave… The Phantom of the opera demonstrates that the colour, size and shape of a character’s… French costume designer Anaïs Romand discusses her work on House of Tolerance (L’Apollonide: Souvenirs de… A look at the costumes you can expect to see and enjoy at Designing 007:… In a week of exciting trailers, the first for director Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation of The… Doris Day’s last hurrah for 1950s fashion wearing some of the most exquisite costumes ever… Edith Head’s costume design for Vertigo demonstrates the power of clothes in forming identities on-screen. Gena Rowlands’ costumes as Gloria…

Black Swan costume designer, Amy Westcott, BAFTA and CDG nominated for her work on the film, puts the record straight on controversy surrounding herself and Rodarte’s contribution, exactly what her role comprises, and how she feels about that Academy Award snub. Amy Westcott worked with Black Swan director Darren Aronofsky previously on The Wrestler in 2008, plus has been costume designer on over twenty features and seventy episodes of TV series Entourage. Here she talks exclusively to Clothes on Film: Clothes on Film, Chris: Are you aware of the controversy surrounding yourself and fashion house Rodarte (the Mulleavy sisters) in the press; that they should be credited alongside you as…