Clothes on film

Bonnie and Clyde is a great example of how the simple addition of a hat can say a lot about a character. Contributor 5 Comments 23 Dec ’11 19 Oct ’09 4 Jul ’14

The 83rd Academy Award nominations were not especially surprising, but for Best Costume Design category there were a couple of major upsets. The Costume Designers Guild (CDG) has served up their nominations for this year.

Ruth E. Carter’s work on Do the Right Thing is a masterclass in how costume can influence the look and feel of a film. Contributor 6 Comments 28 Jul ’17 16 Feb ’13 25 Dec ’09

Beyond Biba: A Portrait of Barbara Hulanicki is a contextualised examination of one woman’s extraordinary influence on popular culture. Lord Christopher Laverty Comments Off on Beyond Biba, Beyond Fashion 12 Dec ’13 20 Jan ’11 9 Oct ’18

The highly anticipated season five premiere of Game of Thrones aired across the globe this week, giving us tantalising glimpses of where our favorite characters are now. We saw two brief scenes of Sansa Stark (Sophie Turner), who had a major makeover at the end of Season Four. With this new direction in her character, where will she end up in Season Five? In this little addendum to our previous analysis of her wardrobe, we explore the character clues in Sansa’s striking new look (costume design by Michele Clapton). Sansa has not had it easy so far. During the last few seasons she has been trapped in King’s Landing, tortured……

MINOR SPOILERS Over 13 episodes of House of Cards a lot happens to U.S. Representative Francis ‘Frank’ Underwood (Kevin Spacey) and those caught in his web. Some are friends, some foes, but pretty much all, via Banana Republic or Armani, look flawless. Washington politics is a place defined by the energy of those working within it. These people are never just random, everything they say has meaning and everything they wear gives off a signal: powerful or weak, it is as simple as black or white. Series costume designer Tom Broecker (30 Rock, Saturday Night Live) ensures the central characters follow a specific style of dress and colour palette. Talk…

Meryl Streep’s timeless Burberry trench coat is one of the most recognisable contemporary costumes of 1970s. Hollywood costume comes to London’s Victoria & Albert Museum in the most exciting exhibition of its type ever announced.

Bonnie and Clyde is a great example of how the simple addition of a hat can say a lot about a character. Contributor 5 Comments 28 Jan ’13 19 Oct ’09 23 Dec ’11

Beyond Biba: A Portrait of Barbara Hulanicki is a contextualised examination of one woman’s extraordinary influence on popular culture. Lord Christopher Laverty Comments Off on Beyond Biba, Beyond Fashion 11 Apr ’13 1 Nov ’13 2 Sep ’19

Bonnie and Clyde is a great example of how the simple addition of a hat can say a lot about a character. Contributor 5 Comments 11 Apr ’14 6 Oct ’09 21 Nov ’11