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A few of this week’s interesting costume links. Lord Christopher Laverty Comments Off on Costume Stories: This Week, Mad Men and Revenge 16 Nov ’13 26 Oct ’13 5 Jul ’14

Some movie costume related stories you may have missed this week. Lord Christopher Laverty Comments Off on Costume Stories: This Week, Gatsby and Capitol Couture 8 Jun ’13 19 Oct ’13 10 Aug ’13

A few of this week’s interesting costume links. Lord Christopher Laverty Comments Off on Costume Stories: This Week, Mad Men and Revenge 5 Oct ’13 9 Nov ’13 28 Sep ’13

Director Bryan Singer has tweeted photographs of Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Jackman and James McAvoy in 1973 costume on set of X-Men: Days of Future Past. Costume designer Louise Mingenbach worked closely with Zach Galifianakis to create Ethan’s camp and blissfully unaware look. Zach Galifianakis in a safari suit and plenty more costume wackiness to come says costume designer Louise Mingenbach. Costume designer for The Hangover, Louise Mingenbach, has answered more questions about who wears what in the movie. If only real hangovers were this much fun.

Some movie costume related stories you may have missed this week. Lord Christopher Laverty Comments Off on Costume Stories: This Week, Gatsby and Capitol Couture 5 Jul ’14 22 Jun ’13 22 Jul ’13

Amongst staggering aural and visual assault, perhaps one of the quietest aspects of Dunkirk (2017, directed by Christopher Nolan) are its costumes – and this is to its credit. Dunkirk is the type of film that requires you to engage quickly with everything you see on screen. Jeffrey Kurland’s costume design is masterful in this regard. A sea of subtly differentiated green and brown with the pop of naval uniforms and briefly glimpsed civilian wear. This is 1940 at its most spare and rudimentary. Here, Jeffrey Kurland chats exclusively to Clothes on Film about his process for creating the world of Dunkirk: SPOILERS THROUGHOUT Clothes on Film: How did you…

To celebrate Grease Sing-a-Long coming to Vue cinemas this month, we have five goodie bags to give away. Go Rydell!

A few of this week’s interesting costume links. Lord Christopher Laverty Comments Off on Costume Stories: This Week, Mad Men and Revenge 21 Sep ’13 28 Sep ’13 18 Jan ’14

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……

Some movie costume related stories you may have missed this week. Lord Christopher Laverty Comments Off on Costume Stories: This Week, Gatsby and Capitol Couture 23 Mar ’13 16 Mar ’13 25 Jan ’14