Category Archives: Film costume

The Femme Fatale Is Wearing White

  Summer is optimistic by nature. So am I. Maybe that’s why noir is my favourite film genre. Harking back in the past. The sensual, fatalistic bleakness. The subtle tone and mood. The quotable lines that float up into your … Read More →

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The Best Sunglasses in the History of Cinema

From the moment I glanced at the mirrored sunglasses of Tilda Swinton in A Bigger Splash I knew it was time to finally make the plunge and have my own take on the best shades in the history of cinema. … Read More →

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Interview with Fargo Costume Designer Carol Case

  Noah Hawley, novelist, producer, screen and tv writer, had this bold idea to create a television series based on none other than the iconic Coen brothers film, Fargo. Although loosely inspired by the 1996 (what can already be considered) … Read More →

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Style in Film: Gena Rowlands in Gloria

  Gloria loves clothes. She cares about them. They are perhaps about the only thing she cares about. She suddenly finds herself on the run, but she takes her clothes along. So she should. They are Emanuel Ungaro and they … Read More →

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Style in Film: Spotlight

  What do The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Great Gatsby, The Artist, Memoirs of A Geisha, Chicago and The Aviator all have in common? They are period movies which have all won the Oscar for costume design. In fact, over … Read More →

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