© 2009 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from 1837-1919, News. Tagged cravat, frock coat, Guy Ritchie, Jude Law, lounge suit, Robert Downey Jr, stiff collar, Victorian. Bookmark the permalink. The costume style adopted by the movie – which is proving unusual to say the least. Continue reading

© 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

© 2012 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Girls in Films, Guys in Films, News. Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, Atonement, Avatar, Christopher Frayling, contemporary, costume, Deborah L Scott, Deborah Nadoolman Landis, Edith Head, exhibition, Fight Club, gingham dress, Hollywood Costume, identity, Jacqueline Durran, Keith Lodwick, Marilyn Monroe, Mayes Rubeo, Meryl Streep, Michael Kaplan, motion capture, period, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Robert De Niro, Ruth Morley, Some Like it Hot, The Birds, The Dark Knight, The Wizard of Oz, V&A. Bookmark the permalink. Hollywood costume comes to London’s Victoria & Albert Museum in the most exciting exhibition of its type ever announced. Continue reading

© 2010 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from 2000-10, Clothes from now, Girls in Films, News. Tagged Amy Westcott, ballet, Black Swan, colour, costume, Darren Aronofsky, gender, identity, Jack Brown, Laura and Kate Mulleavy, London Film Festival, Mila Kunis, Natalie Portman, Rodarte, Vincent Cassel, Yumiko, Zack Brown. Bookmark the permalink. We have it on good authority that Black Swan is ‘spectacular’ so here are some striking images to get you in ‘that place’. Continue reading

© 2012 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from 1920s, Girls in Films, Guys in Films, News. Tagged Academy Award, Baz Luhrmann, Brooks Brothers, Carey Mulligan, Catherine Martin, Clothes from 1920s, F. Scott Fitzgerald, fashion, flapper, Leonardo diCaprio, Miu Miu, Miuccia Prada, Prada, Roaring twenties, suit, The Great Gatsby. Bookmark the permalink. The best kept secret in costume design is finally out: Prada made Carey Mulligan’s gowns for The Great Gatsby. Continue reading © 2012 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from 1837-1919, Clothes from now, Girls in Films, News. Tagged 19th century, Anna Karenina, Banana Republic, Colleen…

© 2011 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from now, Film Reviews, Guys in Films. Tagged American Gigolo, Bryan Cranston, Carey Mulligan, Drive, Driver, driving gloves, Erin Benach, gloves, jacket, Jean-Pierre Melville, Jeans, Kinnemaniac, Le Samourai, leather, Nicolas Winding Refn, Richard Gere, Ryan Gosling, satin, scorpion jacket, Simon Kinnear, Steve McQueen, synthetic. Bookmark the permalink. For a guy who prefers the synthetic appeal of satin and alloy, physical contact is a violent business. Continue reading © 2011 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from 1920s, Girls on TV, Guys on TV, Interviews, News, Premium. Tagged Boardwalk Empire, Burlesque,…

© 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 Clothes from 1920s, Guys on TV, Premium. Tagged Atlantic City, Boardwalk…

© 2012 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Girls in Films, Girls on TV, Guys in Films, Guys on TV, Interviews, Premium. Tagged alterations, Angels, Bermans, Bob Hoskins, Consolata Boyle, costume, Downton Abbey, dress, dressmaking, fashion, fur, Hugo, interview, Jane Eyre, Jeremy Angel, Judy Dench, Mark Rhodes, military, Mrs Henderson Presents, Premium Content, Robin Hood Prince of Thieves, Star Wars, suit, Superman, Susannah Buxton, tailoring, The Iron Lady, Tim Angel, Tudor, Victorian, W.E., War Horse, World War I. Bookmark the permalink. Clothes on Film were granted a private tour of world-renowned Angels the costumiers. Continue reading © 2012 Contributor. All rights reserved. By: ContributorFiled under…

© 2011 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from 1940s, Film Reviews, Girls in Films, Guys in Films. Tagged 1940s, Anna Sheppard, Batman, Captain America, Chris Evans, comic book, costume, Dominic Cooper, fitted silhouette, Hayley Atwell, Howard Stark, Hugo Weaving, identity, Iron Man, Joe Johnston, military, red dress, Red Skull, Stanley Tucci, The First Avenger, uniform. Bookmark the permalink. Some of the finest superhero costume design ever committed to film. Continue reading © 2011 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from now, Guys in Films, Premium. Tagged Adam Deacon, Adidas, Anuvahood, Boyz n the Hood, casual wear, cotton,…

© 2012 Lord Christopher Laverty. All rights reserved. By: Lord Christopher LavertyFiled under Clothes from 1837-1919, Girls in Films, Guys in Films, Interviews, Premium. Tagged About a Boy, Back to the Future II, Benedict Cumberbatch, boots, Bryan Singer, civil war, distressing, insignia, interview, Jack the Giant Killer, Joanna Johnston, military, Niels Arestrup, Old Town, Patrick Kennedy, Premium Content, Rebecca Hofherr, Saving Private Ryan, Steve Gell, Steven Spielberg, The Sixth Sense, Tom Cruise, Tom Hiddleston, uniform, Valkyrie, War Horse, Winters Bone, World War I. Bookmark the permalink. Clothes on Film had an exclusive conversation with costume designer Joanna Johnston about her work on War Horse. Continue reading © 2012 Lord Christopher…