costume design

Trying to choose what to go as for Halloween is hard enough when you are deciding just for yourself, let alone attempting the dreaded group costume! However, dressing up as a duo or trio is a great idea for Halloween as it brings together friends and gives groups that...

Whether it’s the raunchy kilts of Outlander or the leather armour in The Musketeers, there is always some debate about the accuracy of period costume. This is sometimes down to a lack of information about certain periods, but is also often due to the negligence of designers. There has...

Monday night saw what many consider the best night in fashion: the annual Met Gala. Hosted at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan, the event aims to raise money for New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute. This year’s theme was titled “Camp: Notes on Fashion”,...

We cannot escape politics when it comes to fashion, no matter what we wear. Each garment binds us to a political statement whether we realise it or not. Fashion almost always coincides with making a political and powerful statement. For instance, in 1919, labour leader Luisa Capetillo became the...

Amazon’s The Marvellous Mrs Maisel is a show that people are seriously sleeping on! It has comedy, it has drama, and most of all it has the one of the best wardrobes on TV. The Marvellous Mrs Maisel is a comedy-drama about Midge Maisel, a housewife in 1950s Manhattan...

After watching Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again I think it is safe to say nearly the entire population either wanted to date, or be, Lily James (who plays young Donna). “Donna’s style is much more than just a timepiece” Something I find particularly interesting about Donna is how...