Clothes on film

The evolving costumes worn by Sandra Dee in classic sixties gender comedy A Man Answers. Contributor Comments Off on Sandra Dee in If A Man Answers: A Salmon Run Up Beacon Hill 1 Jan ’10 7 Aug ’13 9 Dec ’09

The evolving costumes worn by Sandra Dee in classic sixties gender comedy A Man Answers. Contributor Comments Off on Sandra Dee in If A Man Answers: A Salmon Run Up Beacon Hill 22 Jul ’09 14 Aug ’13 9 Aug ’10

Does costume design exist in animated film? Simulation supervisor for Brave, Claudia Chung, discusses its creation, processes and role in the finished movie. Disney has just released a new international trailer for Brave. Delightful, it is.

Goldie Hawn’s unforgettable debut in hot pants and mini skirts in Cactus Flower. Contributor Comments Off on Goldie Hawn in Cactus Flower: Mini Skirts and Mini Suits 8 Jul ’11 12 Oct ’12 25 Oct ’13

The religious and cultural significance of the costume design in foreign language Oscar winner A Separation. Contributor 4 Comments 2 Sep ’10 18 May ’10 17 Jan ’20

The religious and cultural significance of the costume design in foreign language Oscar winner A Separation. Contributor 4 Comments 18 May ’10 8 Mar ’13 14 Jul ’17

From stills of this film alone you could easily be forgiven in thinking that I am Love (Io sono l’amore, 2009) was set during the 1960s. The designer clothes draped worn by lead members of the Recchi family, as selected by costumer Antonella Cannarozzi, are generally minimalist, in plain colours with little embellishment. I am Love is actually set in Europe around 2000, but its central characters are trapped as the well-heeled repressed of the sixties. Just as sexual, artistic and cultural expression was blossoming, the old guard struggled to make sense of this new world so regressed even more vehemently into their old one. The Recchi’s seem to live…

Costume designer Amy Westcott has finally been rewarded for her work on Black Swan with a CDG Award. Lord Christopher Laverty 1 Comment 1 May ’12 14 Dec ’10 22 Jan ’20 The Costume Designers Guild (CDG) has served up their nominations for this year. Lord Christopher Laverty 4 Comments 2 Jun ’11 15 Mar ’13 9 Jan ’13 Shocking news that costume designer Michael Dennison has died suddenly from a brain aneurysm. Lord Christopher Laverty 7 Comments 1 Jan ’20 17 Mar ’17 31 Jan ’14

In the first of a two-part special, we examine how important costumes from the Alien films are in contextualising primal terror.

Part 2 of our examination into how the Alien films have used costume design to contextualise primal terror. In the first of a two-part special, we examine how important costumes from the Alien films are in contextualising primal terror.