Clothes on film

MINOR SPOILERS Movies that feature contemporary fashion, particularly high-end and particularly for women, are a tricky sell costume wise. While men’s semi-formal to formal attire is generally shaped around the fundamental guise of the lounge suit, women’s clothing has a lot more avenues and possibilities. In addition to colour and pattern there is shape and form, which can vary dramatically for the fashionable wearer. What can vary dramatically can also date dramatically and this can be major stumbling block for costume designers. Films centred around the world of fashion, or those that include a lot of fashionable garments such as The Devil Wears Prada (2006), Clueless (1995) and Funny Face……

The Debbie Reynolds costume collection is up for sale. Darn you, worldwide recession! Lord Christopher Laverty 4 Comments 7 Oct ’10 10 Jan ’13 26 Mar ’10

The proposed ethos behind Tron Legacy merchandising is more than just product; it’s a lifestyle choice. Lord Christopher Laverty 1 Comment 2 Jun ’14 24 Aug ’10 30 Apr ’10

Friday 6th May sees the release of Florence Foster Jenkins, the 1944 set true story of a woman, Ms. Foster Jenkins herself (played by Meryl Streep) who heard nothing but sweet angels in her head, yet couldn’t actually sing for a toffee. Her manager and husband St. Clair Bayfield (Hugh Grant) hides the truth during the private recitals, but when Florence agrees to sing live at Carnegie Hall, things begin to get a little tricky… Costume designer for Florence Foster Jenkins is Consolata Boyle, a BAFTA award winner probably best known for her work on The Queen (2006), The Iron Lady (2011), and more recently Philomena (2013) – and yes there……

The Debbie Reynolds costume collection is up for sale. Darn you, worldwide recession! Lord Christopher Laverty 4 Comments 1 May ’12 16 Jul ’12 18 Jan ’12

We have five copies of Liz Gregory’s movie dressmaking book Sew Iconic to give away. That’s right, five.

Recently we were fortunate enough to get our hands on Amber Jane Butchart’s new book, her ‘Fashion Miscellany’, which has just been published by The IIex Press. If you don’t already know, Amber is a contributor to Clothes on Film and will soon be teaming up with editor Christopher Laverty for an evening of Jazz Era discussion at the British Library. Her book, by the way, is flippin’ brilliant. If you care even slightly about what we wear and why, AJBFM is an indispensable purchase. The layout of it is simple enough. It’s basically designed as a dip-in-and-out for research, or whenever you fancy a flick though. We’d call this…

Part 2 of our detailed look at the costumes in Tron Legacy, moving onto specific design elements created for individual characters.

Costume wise, This is Jinsy is deliberately bizarre and mismatched. Yet everything makes sense in context.

Costume wise, This is Jinsy is deliberately bizarre and mismatched. Yet everything makes sense in context.