Clothes on film

First and second look actually. And now a title too. Lord Christopher Laverty Comments Off on First Look: Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man 21 Jul ’12 17 May ’13 24 Dec ’17

With Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997), costume designer Deena Appel created one of the most iconic screen looks of all time. That is no overstatement; Austin Powers has been copied and homaged and wheeled out every year as a Halloween costume, with very little credit put Appel’s way. It is a rather sad indictment of how the industry works that, despite its importance, especially in a film such as Austin Powers, a costume designer will rarely see any kudos come their way. Awards? Well, you might have a chance if your film is set in Victorian England or Disney-verse, but other than that not so much. With this……

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 14 Aug ’13 14 Jul ’09 20 Feb ’14

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 5 Jun ’15 7 Aug ’13 24 Nov ’10

The full trailer for Sucker Punch has arrived in all its steampunk, cutsey, fairytale and ass kicking glory.

For a big budget movie about a lone astronaut who gets stranded on Mars, the spacesuits in The Martian are surprisingly sober in terms of design. There is an attempt here to make everything seem as plausible as possible, costume design especially. Director Ridley Scott’s regular costumer Janty Yates has created possibly the sexiest spacesuits ever seen on screen, and what’s more they are functional. To paraphrase a line in the film, she had to “science the shit out of them”. Yates collaborated with NASA looking specifically at their Z1 and Z2 prototypes to create an EVA (‘Extravehicular Activity’ – any time the crew must go outside) suit and surface…

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 14 Aug ’13 2 Oct ’18 27 May ’11

For a big budget movie about a lone astronaut who gets stranded on Mars, the spacesuits in The Martian are surprisingly sober in terms of design. There is an attempt here to make everything seem as plausible as possible, costume design especially. Director Ridley Scott’s regular costumer Janty Yates has created possibly the sexiest spacesuits ever seen on screen, and what’s more they are functional. To paraphrase a line in the film, she had to “science the shit out of them”. Yates collaborated with NASA looking specifically at their Z1 and Z2 prototypes to create an EVA (‘Extravehicular Activity’ – any time the crew must go outside) suit and surface…

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 Jan ’11 30 Jun ’09 2 Oct ’18

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 8 Jan ’10 26 Oct ’11 31 Aug ’10