Category Archives: Film costume

Style in film: Jeanne Moreau in “Bay of Angels”

Jeanne Moreau in Bay of Angels (1963), directed by Jacques Demy Music: Michel Legrand Jeanne Moreau’s costumes: Pierre Cardin Image credit: Sud-Pacifique Films

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Style in Film: Ali MacGraw in The Getaway

The most notable 70’s-style look in The Getaway.   American actress Ali MacGraw had a career in fashion before becoming an actress. She worked for Harper’s Bazaar as assistant to Diana Vreeland for $54 a week before fashion photographer Melvin … Read More →

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Barbara Bach as Bond Girl in The Spy Who Loved Me

  When it comes to Bond girl style, it hardly ever gets much more glamorous than being a 70’s Bond girl. One of the most memorable dresses in Bond girl history was Barbara Bach’s dark navy gown (I loved the … Read More →

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Style in Film: Jeanne Moreau in “Jules et Jim”

In Jules et Jim (1962), François Truffaut, my favourite French New Wave director, wanted to depict something films never had: showing a woman who, throughout her life, loves two men simultaneously, all her life. And he wanted to do it … Read More →

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Style in Film: Audrey Hepburn in Funny Face

Audrey Hepburn also immortalised the beatnik style in Funny Face   Musicals must be my least favourite movies. I rarely watch them and I rarely, hardly ever, like them (Singing in the Rain is among the very, very few I … Read More →

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