© 2011, FilmDistrict 13 Sep ’11 Filed 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. Post a comment. Leave a Trackback (URL). Starring: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston Directed By: Nicolas Winding Refn On the surface, Drive is effortlessly stylish, old-school filmmaking that luxuriates in its retro fashion. Yet, as Simon Kinnear reveals, underneath the hood, lurks a troubling character study. It has become something of a cliché…

© 2011, Clothes on Film 22 Jul ’11 Filed under Clothes from 1970s, Guys in Films. Tagged 3 pc, 3 piece, belt, cotton, cufflinks, D ring, Dormeuil, double cuff, Doug Hayward, epaulettes, Evangeline Harrison, flares, gabardine, gangster, Geraldine Moffat, Get Carter, Jack Carter, jacket, James Bond, James Cagney, John Hodges, loafers, mac, Mackintosh, Michael Caine, midnight blue, mini-dress, misogynist, mohair, Petra Markham, polyester, PVC, Roger Moore, Rolex, shirt, single breasted, suit, Tielocken, tonik, trench coat, Turnbull & Asser. Bookmark the permalink. Post a comment. Leave a Trackback (URL). Cool, coordinated, just a little loud; this is the timeless appeal of Jack Carter’s 3 piece suit. In portraying cinema’s ultimate anti-hero,…

© 2011, Clothes on Film 22 Jul ’11 Filed under Clothes from 1970s, Guys in Films. Tagged 3 pc, 3 piece, belt, cotton, cufflinks, D ring, Dormeuil, double cuff, Doug Hayward, epaulettes, Evangeline Harrison, flares, gabardine, gangster, Geraldine Moffat, Get Carter, Jack Carter, jacket, James Bond, James Cagney, John Hodges, loafers, mac, Mackintosh, Michael Caine, midnight blue, mini-dress, misogynist, mohair, Petra Markham, polyester, PVC, Roger Moore, Rolex, shirt, single breasted, suit, Tielocken, tonik, trench coat, Turnbull & Asser. Bookmark the permalink. Post a comment. Leave a Trackback (URL). Cool, coordinated, just a little loud; this is the timeless appeal of Jack Carter’s 3 piece suit. In portraying cinema’s ultimate anti-hero,…

© 2011, FilmDistrict 13 Sep ’11 Filed 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. Post a comment. Leave a Trackback (URL). Starring: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston Directed By: Nicolas Winding Refn On the surface, Drive is effortlessly stylish, old-school filmmaking that luxuriates in its retro fashion. Yet, as Simon Kinnear reveals, underneath the hood, lurks a troubling character study. It has become something of a cliché…

© 2011, FilmDistrict 13 Sep ’11 Filed 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. Post a comment. Leave a Trackback (URL). Starring: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston Directed By: Nicolas Winding Refn On the surface, Drive is effortlessly stylish, old-school filmmaking that luxuriates in its retro fashion. Yet, as Simon Kinnear reveals, underneath the hood, lurks a troubling character study. It has become something of a cliché…

© 2011, FilmDistrict 13 Sep ’11 Filed 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. Post a comment. Leave a Trackback (URL). Starring: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston Directed By: Nicolas Winding Refn On the surface, Drive is effortlessly stylish, old-school filmmaking that luxuriates in its retro fashion. Yet, as Simon Kinnear reveals, underneath the hood, lurks a troubling character study. It has become something of a cliché…

© 2011, FilmDistrict 13 Sep ’11 Filed 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. Post a comment. Leave a Trackback (URL). Starring: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston Directed By: Nicolas Winding Refn On the surface, Drive is effortlessly stylish, old-school filmmaking that luxuriates in its retro fashion. Yet, as Simon Kinnear reveals, underneath the hood, lurks a troubling character study. It has become something of a cliché…

© 2011, FilmDistrict 13 Sep ’11 Filed 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. Post a comment. Leave a Trackback (URL). Starring: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston Directed By: Nicolas Winding Refn On the surface, Drive is effortlessly stylish, old-school filmmaking that luxuriates in its retro fashion. Yet, as Simon Kinnear reveals, underneath the hood, lurks a troubling character study. It has become something of a cliché…

© 2011 Chris Laverty. All rights reserved. 14 Jan ’11 Filed under Clothes from Fantasy & Sci-fi, Guys in Films, News. Bookmark the permalink. Post a comment. Leave a Trackback (URL). File under ‘seriously intriguing’, mainly because it is in part a period piece, here is our first decent, non grainy scanned look at Chris Evans as Steve Rogers, aka Captain America, courtesy of Entertainment Weekly. Captain America: The First Avenger is directed by Joe Johnston, adapted/written by Joss Whedon and most tantalising of all for this particular site, costumed by Jeffery Kurland (Inception) and Anna B. Sheppard (Inglourious Basterds). Quite how this panned out in practical terms, i.e. did…

© 2011 Chris Laverty. All rights reserved. After that surprising snub by the Academy (not even a nomination) and BAFTA, Black Swan costume designer Amy Westcott has finally been rewarded, with a Costume Designers Guild (CDG) Award for Excellence in Contemporary Film. This was a tough category, too. Jeffrey Kurland has hardly been mentioned, apart from by the public, regarding his almost entirely bespoke costumes for Inception. Have the Guild responded to the recent, very public controversy between Westcott and Black Swan contributors Kate and Laura Mulleavy, i.e. Rodarte? Perhaps, yes, and we would not begin to suggest this is a bad thing either. Moreover the effectiveness of the CDG…