Category Archives: Film costume
Style in Film: Alain Delon in Le Samouraï
Style. This is a key argument in Le Samouraï (1967). We are first introduced to Jef Costello, the main character, in his austere, dark, bare room. Fully dressed, he is lying stiffly on the bed and starts puffing on … Read More
Talking Film Costume: Grace Kelly in “Dial M for Murder”
A Hitchcock film always provides all the style, in costumes and sets, colour symbolism and great camera play that one can crave for. Dial M for Murder (1954) was Grace Kelly’s first Hitchcock film. She gives one of her … Read More
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Style in Film: Gene Tierney in Leave Her to Heaven
The notorious boat scene on the lake in Leave Her to Heaven (1946), directed by John Stahl, one of the most perturbing sequences in the history of Hollywood, is one impossible to forget once you’ve watched the movie. It’s … Read More
Anna Karina’s Chanel-style Look in Vivre Sa Vie
Jean-Luc Godard’s movies are among those you will not find in the pages of Classiq Journal, simply because I am not a fan of his work. Without getting too much into details, I will just say that one of … Read More
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“The Women” (1939): The Fashion Show
In the first part dedicated to the costumes in The Women, 1939, created by costume designer Adrian, I talked about the characters. Today is reserved to the fashion show sequence in the film. Many of Adrian’s films included a fashion … Read More
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