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 7 Mar ’11 25 Sep ’15 21 May ’12

Building character with the costume design of Pacific Rim. Contributor 1 Comment 16 Nov ’10 15 Nov ’13 4 Jun ’12

It’s the most celebrated, the most special, the most significant watch of all time; Rolex is symbolic of many things in the movies: style, wealth, attitude, and perhaps most importantly, taste. That is not to say a Rolex is elitist, but rather that the wearer on screen, anyone from James Bond to Steve McQueen, is someone possessed of the knowledge that there is no better. Rolex is the pinnacle. The history of Rolex on film is not nearly as interesting as the scope of its wearers and how this simple act of either subtle or ostentatious display can define character. Take James Bond, a man whose breeding was forced upon…

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 21 Dec ’12 7 Aug ’13 1 Jan ’10

Glasgow born fashion designer Holly Fulton is to contribute ten outfits for Sarah Jessica Parker in the Sex and the City sequel. Lord Christopher Laverty Comments Off on Hot Scot! Holly Fulton Designs for Sex and the City 2 12 Jan ’12 21 Oct ’10 20 Apr ’10

Last week Clothes on Film visited the Grace Kelly: Style Icon exhibition. This is what we found out. Lord Christopher Laverty 1 Comment 3 Feb ’12 16 Nov ’10 12 Dec ’13

The first still from Beauty and the Beast, aka La belle & la bête. Costumes by Pierre-Yves Gayraud. Lord Christopher Laverty Comments Off on First Photo from Vincent Cassel’s Beauty and the Beast 9 Nov ’10 17 Dec ’10 9 Mar ’15

Sonia Grande’s costume design for Midnight in Paris offers everything we expect of 1920s Paris and the contemporary nouveau riche. Lord Christopher Laverty 4 Comments 21 Sep ’12 13 Sep ’13 14 Dec ’11 Full trailer for Luc Besson’s Les Aventures Extraordinaires d’Adele Blanc-Sec is now online. It’s the early 20th Century and ladies wore massive hats. Lord Christopher Laverty Comments Off on Les Aventures Extraordinaires d’Adele Blanc-Sec: Full Trailer 26 Apr ’18 20 May ’10 31 May ’17

Analysing the sometimes tense relationship between fashion and costume design. Contributor 5 Comments 15 Jun ’12 18 Oct ’11 27 Oct ’09 We get a lot of questions at Clothes on Film about where to buy garments similar to those seen in the movies. Lord Christopher Laverty 10 Comments 6 Jun ’09 26 Mar ’10 12 Mar ’10

Daphne du Maurier‘s original novel My Cousin Rachel apparently does not specify the exact period in which it’s set, but implies some time toward the end of the 19th century on the Cornish coast. This new version of the story starring Rachel Weisz and Sam Claflin actually positions itself in a specific time frame, as decided upon by director Roger Michell and costume designer Dinah Collin, namely the year 1840. We have an exclusive featurette about the costume design of My Cousin Rachel, which although brief goes into some detail about what to expect from the finished film: What is most fascinating is just why 1840 was chosen. It was……