I am eagerly anticipating the movie The Great Gatsby by Baz Luhrmann, and most importantly the costumes by Catherine Martin. From the little i have read about the project, there seems to a strong vein of contemporary running throughout the film, with modern music, and i think the costume worn by Carey Mulligan can show the contemporary design aesthetics interwoven with the period silhouette, very excited about this, cannot wait to see it!

“Costume is not fashion” Deborah Nadoolman Landis states, the word ‘costume’ does her craft a disservice, conjuring up images of “Halloween, fancy dress, theme park”.

kimononagoya:

Great autumn set from Mamechiyo carries a richness that only perfect color matching can.

The green of the kimono is slightly dulled (unexpected from Mamechiyo, who mostly deal in saturated solids), but the golds in the haori and the obi are so bright and clear they manage to pick up the green without making it dark or washed out. I’m almost certain it’s because of the red obiage, which mediates between the obi and the forest green, and because the leaves in the haori are full of red-orange. 

Golden brown leaves on the juban eri are also a really cool touch, and using a cream collar that matches the cream of the haori is also smart. This is taking small bits of color from one layer and using it again in a far distant layer. The effect is like stitching the color together through the whole outfit. 

I think the obi could look cheap and flat if it didn’t have the obidome accessory and the chain of the haori across it to break up the tablecloth-ness of the fabric.

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fashion-and-film:

The Queen’s piece de resistance wedding gown weighed a toppling 60 pounds and was 8 feet in diameter.

The costumes for mirror, were truly splendid, and the pinnacle in design by eiko ishioka one of the most innovative costume designers who is sadly missed

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bookspaperscissors:

Steven Nederveen

By blurring the lines between photograph and painting, Nederveen develops a magical realism that inspires us to see the world with new eyes. By distressing and aging the work he creates the sense of past and present; of struggle and transformation. A glass-like layer of resin coats each piece, enhancing the clarity of the image and reflecting the viewer into the work.

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howweknewit:

Dissected - Dali, Van Gogh and Picasso by DDB Brazil for the Museu de Arte de São Paulo (MASP) Art School

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SamJNolan Costume make for one of the hand servants in the Blood Sweat and Tears Collaborative film

Sarah Street

Costume in Cineam: Dress code in Popular film, Routledge, London

Sam-J-Nolan

Final Design for BST short Film, Angeline- 18th century gown

Inspired by Yellow Lillies

ex0skeletal:

by Dustin Jiminy Panzino

The use of skeletions in art

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