Silver Screen Modiste

FASHION SHOWS IN FILM: 1925-1930

noreply@blogger.com (Christian Esquevin) — Mon, 21 May 2012 01:16:00 +0000

Modern fashion shows strive to connect to the glamour of the movie industry. Important designers get movie stars to attend them, fashion shows are produced with high entertainment...

The Silver Screen Modiste covers classic Hollywood costume design and it's relationship to fashion and culture

TRAVILLA

noreply@blogger.com (Christian Esquevin) — Sat, 05 May 2012 06:26:00 +0000

Travilla is a name that should be well known. He designed the gowns and costumes that Marilyn Monroe wore in her most iconic pictures. He had a film and TV career that lasted 45 years, designing...

The Silver Screen Modiste covers classic Hollywood costume design and it's relationship to fashion and culture

MOD MEN

noreply@blogger.com (Christian Esquevin) — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 06:11:00 +0000

Mad Men is now in the full grip of the 1960s. It's 1966 in Season 5, and the clothes and lifestyles are being influenced by the Mod and Go-Go years of 1964 and 1965. I'll call the look, and this...

The Silver Screen Modiste covers classic Hollywood costume design and it's relationship to fashion and culture

THE TCM CLASSIC FILM FESTIVAL - A SLICE OF THE 2012 FESTIVAL

noreply@blogger.com (Christian Esquevin) — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 05:11:00 +0000

The 2012 TCM Classic Film Festival has been the biggest and best of the three annual festivals held thus far. It's a classic movie lover's paradise, filled with silver screen images of the beautiful,...

The Silver Screen Modiste covers classic Hollywood costume design and it's relationship to fashion and culture

60s a-GO-GO

noreply@blogger.com (Christian Esquevin) — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 06:54:00 +0000

The striking and continually fascinating aspect of mid-to-late 1960s fashion is that it so closely reflected the mood of the times. And the fashions changed constantly as new themes blew in with the...

The Silver Screen Modiste covers classic Hollywood costume design and it's relationship to fashion and culture

THE RED SHOES - TAKE TWO

noreply@blogger.com (Christian Esquevin) — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:00:00 +0000

This post is part of A Tribute to The Archers: A Powell & Pressberger Movie Blogathon sponsored by the Classic Film & TV Cafe See Classic Becky's blog post which also gives a...

The Silver Screen Modiste covers classic Hollywood costume design and it's relationship to fashion and culture

FILM FESTIVALS WITH STYLE

noreply@blogger.com (Christian Esquevin) — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 04:05:00 +0000

The first San Francisco Fashion Film Festival begins March 25. Ziegfeld Girl will be the first film shown at the Festival. It stars Lana Turner, Judy Garland, and Hedy Lamarr with...

The Silver Screen Modiste covers classic Hollywood costume design and it's relationship to fashion and culture

FABULOUS FLAPPERS OF THE SILVER SCREEN

noreply@blogger.com (Christian Esquevin) — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 08:01:00 +0000

The Artist has caused a renewed interest in the fashions of the Jazz Age. The 1920s flapper style has become a fashion icon, and Hollywood movies played a big part in spreading the look. The young...

The Silver Screen Modiste covers classic Hollywood costume design and it's relationship to fashion and culture

OSCAR MOST GLAMOROUS GOWN AWARD

noreply@blogger.com (Christian Esquevin) — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 07:19:00 +0000

The 2012 Academy Awards Red Carpet did not disappoint. There were numerous fabulous gowns to see and admire. Among the many, I have selected the white sequin gown worn by Milla Jovovich and designed...

The Silver Screen Modiste covers classic Hollywood costume design and it's relationship to fashion and culture

OSCAR IS COMING

noreply@blogger.com (Christian Esquevin) — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:42:00 +0000

As we all know, the 84th annual Academy Awards show is coming up next Sunday,February 26, televised starting at 4:00pm PST. The Silver Screen Modiste will be selecting the Most Glamorous Gown Award,...

The Silver Screen Modiste covers classic Hollywood costume design and it's relationship to fashion and culture

A NOIR VALENTINE

noreply@blogger.com (Christian Esquevin) — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:12:00 +0000

In the dual portraits of film noir couples, the tension is not just sexual but existential. Fate was in command, and the film titles said it all: Detour; Kiss of Death; Cornered; Criss-Cross; D.O.A;...

The Silver Screen Modiste covers classic Hollywood costume design and it's relationship to fashion and culture

THE COSTUME DESIGN FOR VERTIGO

noreply@blogger.com (Christian Esquevin) — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:29:00 +0000

Photofest “I don’t wear suits, and I don’t wear gray. Another thing, I don’t wear black pumps,” said Kim Novak to Edith Head, the costume designer for Vertigo. “I don’t care what she wears as...

The Silver Screen Modiste covers classic Hollywood costume design and it's relationship to fashion and culture

THE OSCAR COSTUME DESIGN CONTENDERS

noreply@blogger.com (Christian Esquevin) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:00:00 +0000

The nominees for Best Costume Design for 2011 have been made by the Academy, and the contenders offer an excellent field of choices. The five nominees, as so often happens, are for...

The Silver Screen Modiste covers classic Hollywood costume design and it's relationship to fashion and culture

MGM: BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE FACTORY OF DREAMS

noreply@blogger.com (Christian Esquevin) — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:58:00 +0000

We cherish the directors, admire the screenwriters, and worship the stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood. But then as now, the creation of a film involved the collaboration of many talents....

The Silver Screen Modiste covers classic Hollywood costume design and it's relationship to fashion and culture

IT WAS A WONDERFUL LIFE: THE FILMS OF JIMMY STEWART

noreply@blogger.com (Christian Esquevin) — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:07:00 +0000

Jimmy Stewart was as well-loved and as thoroughly trusted an actor as there is ever likely to be. He embodied the all-American ideal, and in his long film career seemed to play the gamut of the...

The Silver Screen Modiste covers classic Hollywood costume design and it's relationship to fashion and culture

SILVER SCREEN SPARKLE

noreply@blogger.com (Christian Esquevin) — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 23:58:00 +0000

The glitter and sparkle of sequins and beads have made a comeback in the latest evening fashions. Along with rhinestones, there is nothing quite like these materials to provide a touch of flash...

The Silver Screen Modiste covers classic Hollywood costume design and it's relationship to fashion and culture

BLACK AND WHITE COSTUMES IN COLOR part 2

noreply@blogger.com (Christian Esquevin) — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 06:24:00 +0000

This is part two in a series on how black & white film costumes looked in color. These images are not from the colorization process that Ted Turner had launched years ago and that thankfully...

The Silver Screen Modiste covers classic Hollywood costume design and it's relationship to fashion and culture

THE DEBBIE REYNOLDS AUCTION II

noreply@blogger.com (Christian Esquevin) — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:03:00 +0000

The second of the three planned auctions of the famed Debbie Reynolds collection of Hollywood film costumes and props was held on Saturday December 3 by the Profiles in History auction...

The Silver Screen Modiste covers classic Hollywood costume design and it's relationship to fashion and culture

BLACK & WHITE MOVIE COSTUMES IN COLOR -Part 1

noreply@blogger.com (Christian Esquevin) — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 20:58:00 +0000

It's hard to imagine the classic costumes of black and white movies in color, but unless they were designed to be in black or white, they all began their lives as color designs, and were made...

The Silver Screen Modiste covers classic Hollywood costume design and it's relationship to fashion and culture

THEADORA VAN RUNKLE

noreply@blogger.com (Christian Esquevin) — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 08:00:00 +0000

Hollywood lost another bright light, costume designer and free spirit Theadora Van Runkle, who died November 4, 2011. Theadora was part of the new wave of designers that exploded on...

The Silver Screen Modiste covers classic Hollywood costume design and it's relationship to fashion and culture

CLASSIC MOUSTACHES FOR MOVEMBER BLOGATHON

noreply@blogger.com (Christian Esquevin) — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 04:17:00 +0000

Bette's Classic Movie Blog is sponsoring the Classic Moustaches for Movember Blogathon During November each year, Movember is responsible for the sprouting of moustaches on...

The Silver Screen Modiste covers classic Hollywood costume design and it's relationship to fashion and culture

WHERE DID ALL THE DANDIES GO?

noreply@blogger.com (Christian Esquevin) — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 23:42:00 +0000

Dandies are a rare breed in our times. In these days of personal expression as quick as a tweet, expressive and eccentric men's fashions are nowhere to be seen. Perhaps personal expression is...

The Silver Screen Modiste covers classic Hollywood costume design and it's relationship to fashion and culture

EDITH HEAD RETURNS!

noreply@blogger.com (Christian Esquevin) — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 21:40:00 +0000

Edith Head, amongst a group of very colorful costume designers, was an enigma. She wrote more about herself, appeared frequently on TV as herself, and was interviewed more often than any other...

The Silver Screen Modiste covers classic Hollywood costume design and it's relationship to fashion and culture

JEAN LOUIS STYLE

noreply@blogger.com (Christian Esquevin) — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 06:43:00 +0000

The French fashion and costume designer Jean Louis (pronounced Louee) is not as well known as many of his contemporaries from Golden Age Hollywood - but a scroll through his film credits...

The Silver Screen Modiste covers classic Hollywood costume design and it's relationship to fashion and culture

BARRY LYNDON - ANOTHER LOOK

noreply@blogger.com (Christian Esquevin) — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 23:57:00 +0000

Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon has been judged by many to be either a masterpiece or a monstrous bore. For years after its release in 1975, the common opinion was that of noted film critic...

The Silver Screen Modiste covers classic Hollywood costume design and it's relationship to fashion and culture