6 Aug ’15Girls in Films, Girls on TV, News When Arnold Scaasi opened his couture salon in 1964, he soon became a couturier to the stars. He was already a favoured designer for Barbra Streisand when he famously dressed her for the 1969 Oscars. Streisand was up for Best Actress for her movie debut in Funny Girl and was established as something of an … Read More 16 Apr ’15Clothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi, Girls on TV, Premium The highly anticipated season five premiere of Game of Thrones aired across the globe this week, giving us tantalising glimpses of where our favorite characters are now. We saw two brief scenes…

© 2013 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. Costume designer Ann Roth’s template for Working Girl (1988, directed by Mike Nichols) is especially astute with regards to the social and geographical make up of its characters. Protagonist Tess McGill (Melanie Griffith) is a homely girl raised and living … Continue reading © 2013 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. BAMF A well written and comprehensive site with a growing list of gents film/TV costume posts in the ‘get the look’ format. Like this a lot. Costume design, JK Rowling’s new Harry Potter movie, and the wizarding fashions of 1920s … Continue reading © 2013 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved.…

© 2014 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. 5 Jul ’14 Two weeks of catch up for you. Phillip Boutte Jr. This is something special. Tyranny of Style interview costume illustrator Phillip Boutte Jr. featuring some of his fabulous digital renderings from X-Men: Days of Future Past. Wonder Woman Apparently ‘exclusive’ costume details for the Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice movie, which is due April 2016. Wonder Woman will look ‘badass’. The Best Movie Sunglasses of ALL TIME So says Vogue. Penny Dreadful Brilliant look at the show’s costume design with insight from Gabriella Pescucci. Love the French impressionists inspiration. Clueless This is kinda cool – clothes retailer Metail…

© 2013 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. Oi! Costume! The Fifth Element Jean Paul Gaultier’s original costume for when Prince was cast as outrageous Ruby Rhod. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire A few more words with Trish Summerville about one of the most anticipated costume films of … Continue reading © 2013 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. Here is a brief extract from editor Chris Laverty’s third ‘Fabric of Cinema’ column for international periodical Arts Illustrated. The main reason for a plug is the subject matter discussed: colour, without doubt one of the most fascinating aspects of … Continue reading © 2013 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved.…

© 2013 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. 20 Sep ’13 Fabric of Cinema is Clothes on Film editor Chris Laverty’s regular column in design journal Arts Illustrated. Its second issue has recently gone to print covering the subject of activism in art (subtitled ‘Wake up, stand up’). Fitting neatly around this theme from a costume perspective is the movement known as Blaxploitation, the subject of Laverty’s latest column, analysing how young people in America, particularly males, assumed the dress codes of gangsters and outlaws on screen. Was this actually an artistically progressive movement in cinema or ultimately regressive? The following are extracts from the article in question, which can…

© 2016 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from 1940s, Girls in Films, Guys in Films, Premium. Tagged 1940s, Aida Garifullina, Consolata Boyle, costume sketches, dinner suit, exclusive, Florence Foster Jenkins, Hugh Grant, Meryl Streep, New York, real life, Simon Helberg, socialite, Stephen Frears, The Iron Lady, The Queen, white tie. Bookmark the permalink. Friday 6th May sees the release of Florence Foster Jenkins, the 1944 set true story of a woman, Ms. Foster Jenkins herself (played by Meryl Streep) who heard nothing but sweet angels in her head, yet couldn’t actually sing for … Continue reading

© 2016 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi, Clothes from now, Guys on TV, Premium. Tagged Blaxploitation, Bobby Fish, Carhartt, Carl Lucas, Cheo Hodari Coker, Cottonmouth, Dapper Dan, Diamondback, Erik LaRay Harvey, Ghost Protocol, hooded sweater, hoodie, hoody, Luke Cage, Mahershala Ali, Mike Colter, Parisa Fitz-Henley, Ron Cephas Jones, Stephanie Maslanky, suit, the incredible hulk, Theo Rossi. Bookmark the permalink. MILD SPOILERS The hoodie has as much to say about it’s wearer as, say, the white t-shirt does. By which I mean that, depending on context, it can say anything. The white t-shirt can imply clean, erotic, the worker –…

© 2016 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi, Girls in Films, Guys in Films, Interviews. Tagged Adam Driver, armour, Burlesque, Captain Phasma, Costume Designers Guild, Daisy Ridley, Domhnall Gleeson, Fight Club, Flashdance, Gwendoline Christie, interview, JJ Abrams, John Boyega, Kylo Ren, Michael Kaplan, Oscar Issac, Rey, sci-fi, Star Wars, stormtrooper, The Force Awakens, Theirry Mugler, woven cotton, wrapping. Bookmark the permalink. Surely we all know Michael Kaplan by now? Flashdance (1983), Fight Club (1999), Burlesque (2010), Star Trek (2009), and the biggest of the big, Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Versatile is not a generous enough word for his talent;…

© 2014 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Costume Stories and Links. Tagged Colleen Monroe, Costume Cafe Podcast, Hannibal, Jane Fonda, Janie Bryant, Jenny Gering, Kate Muir, Kay Noske, Mad Men, Madeline Fontaine, Milena Canonero, Sunday in New York, The Americans, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Thor The Dark World, Yves Saint Laurent. Bookmark the permalink. This week’s costume design news. Mad Men “She buys her clothes two sizes too small, more 50’s than 60’s.” – Janie Bryant knows her Joan. Yves Saint Laurent Costume designer Madeline Fontaine’s predictably difficult job costuming the immaculate biopic. …and … Continue reading © 2014 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights…

© 2015 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from 1940s, Clothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi, Girls in Films, Guys in Films, Premium. Tagged 1940s, Al Pacino, art deco, Arts Illustrated, Christopher Laverty, colour, comic book, Dick Tracy, double breasted suit, fedora, gabardine, James Caan, Madonna, Milena Canonero, raincoat, Richard Sylbert, suit, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Warren Beatty. Bookmark the permalink. A preview of Clothes on Film editor Christopher Laverty’s article on the vibrant costume design of Dick Tracy for Arts Illustrated magazine. Truly unique, Dick Tracy is as close to a comic strip brought to life as any film before … Continue reading ©…