Teen movies are a world of their own, specially when talking about costume design. As many other genres, they're mostly cut from the same cloth: just as a sci-fi movie might have the heroes dressed in bright angelical tones and the baddies dressed all in black, high school and college stories also follow similar patterns to differentiate the cool kids and the outsiders. It's...
I'm not usually one for horror movies (I'm actually a big scaredy cat), but I trust Guillermo Del Toro's word when he says Crimson Peak it's not a horror film but a "gothic romance". As usual in Del Toro's flicks, the setting and atmosphere becomes another character and this time the story takes place in a hunted Victorian mansion. Costume designer Kate Hawley...
One of my favorite movies from the last few months is Guy Ritchie's The Man From U.N.C.L.E. The film is fun and light James Bond-esque entertainment and one of its best assets is the amazing 60s aesthetic. Joanna Johnston, the movie's costume designer (whose previous work include Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade, Forrest Gump, Lincoln, Love Actually and my personal favorite Death Becomes...
