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Crazy, Stupid Love is every inch the ‘fashion film’, both in terms of narrative and costume designer Dayna Pink’s elegant menswear styling. Though George Clooney is excellent, The American fails to hit the emotional notes expected. Buy costumes worn by George Clooney and Thekla Reuten in The American at a Red Cross charity sale.

Despite being twice Oscar nominated, for Ray in 2004 and then Dreamgirls and 2006, costume designer Sharen Davis has yet to win the big one. She ticks a lot of the Academy’s boxes too: period clothes, stage wear, real life people. However, Ms. Davis is not just about history and glamour, her work is thoughtful, detailed and appropriate to tone. Django Unchained is the first time Sharen Davis has worked with Quentin Tarantino, as generally he favours using different costume designers depending on the project. Yet on this evidence the director is likely to employ her services again. The date may be 1859, the location America’s deep south, but this…

With exclusive insight from Leesa Evans, Clothes on Film takes an overview look at the art of comedic costume in Bridesmaids.

Chances are you have not seen Snowpiercer yet due to its limited availability and release fiasco. If so, skip this interview and watch the film first. Go in clean, because Snowpiercer really is as good as everyone’s telling you. Based on the French graphic novel Le Transperceneige, it is essentially a dark (often literally) sci-fi thriller about a perpetual motion train carrying the last remnants of society after a global ice age. Themes of cruelty, disparity and sacrifice abound, and strong, sometimes horrific visual references bombard the screen. The exceptional costume design by Catherine George ties all this together in a way that is readable and indicative, yet never threatens…

An uncomfortable watch, Rabbit Hole is nonetheless essential viewing. Lord Christopher Laverty 1 Comment 21 Oct ’10 23 May ’20 17 Jan ’20

Costume designer Anna B. Sheppard grants us exclusive insight into the unique period look of Inglourious Basterds. Lord Christopher Laverty 41 Comments 5 May ’10 28 Jan ’13 20 Mar ’12

Clothes on Film were granted a private tour of world-renowned Angels the costumiers. Who might win for costume design at the Orange BAFTA Film Awards? Hugo is Scorsese’s monument to wonder and excitement. Here Sandy Powell exclusively explains her costume choices to Clothes on Film.

Please vote for Clothes on Film as Best Male Blog in the Cosmopolitan Blog Awards 2011. Lord Christopher Laverty 2 Comments 27 Apr ’11 11 Oct ’11 24 Sep ’10 Clothes on Film has been nominated as Best Overall Blog in the Total Film Blog Awards 2011! Please vote for us. Lord Christopher Laverty Comments Off on Please, Sir! Vote Clothes on Film in the Total Film Blog Awards 8 Jun ’10 1 Sep ’11 16 Sep ’10

Tom Hardy heralds dawning of the knitwear anti-hero. Margot Wilson discusses her use of the cardigan for Lawless. Lord Christopher Laverty 14 Comments 19 Jan ’10 14 Dec ’11 14 Jun ’10

With exclusive insight from Leesa Evans, Clothes on Film takes an overview look at the art of comedic costume in Bridesmaids. Through Margot, Gwyneth Paltrow became a middle-class fashion icon.