Perhaps surprisingly, Ralph Lauren hasn't worked as a costume designer for many films - although his designs are quite at home in Hollwyood. But the one film he does claim is hugely influential. The oft recreated boyish look of Diane Keaton in Woody Allen's Annie Hall was all courtesy of Ralph Lauren. Her wide-legged trouser suit sparked a resurgence of the 'Oxford bag', and tie-wearing women became synonymous with Keaton herself.
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And where is...
Posted on Tuesday August 4, 2009, 15:13 by Lemure
The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and her Lover? Seriously! Gaultier knocked that one out the park also. Read More
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Phenomena
Posted on Tuesday August 4, 2009, 15:11 by dsdevenney
My personal favourite fashion/film moment - Armani costume designing Daro Argento's Phenomena - Jennifer Connolly and Donald Pleasance hunting a serial killer, with insect-loving psychics, a glass-shard-wielding chimpanzee and... a bunch of girls running around screaming wearing the coolest 80's Giorgio Armani baggy shirts, printed tee-shirts and faded jeans. Cool. Read More
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Posted on Monday August 3, 2009, 21:11 by bradthunder
Posted on Monday August 3, 2009, 11:47 by Manfrendshensindshen
... that the not so famous, but nonetheless very talented British tailors who have influenced a number of legendary movie characters haven't been mentioned in the list. My top votes would go to Anthony Sinclair, who created the original James Bond look together with Terence Young, and Douglas Hayward, who gave The Italian Job's Charlie Crocker his Swinging Sixties style. Read More
