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Luc Besson's "The Fifth Element"

Trurl — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 05:39:26 -0800

Beanplating on The Fifth Element from architecture students at the University of Waterloo. The production design was by French comics creators Jean Giraud (Moebius) and Jean-Claude Mézières. The costumes were by Jean-Paul Gaultier. (screen test) The soundtrack was by Eric Serra. The Divine Language was by Luc Besson and Milla Jovovich.

"The Hunger Games" costume design

Trurl — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 13:43:30 -0800

You may have heard that they made a movie of the The Hunger Games. While others discuss its dystopian vision of a barbaric future America, we will concern ourselves with something more important: the clothes. 30 Elsa Schiaparelli Creations That Inspired "Hunger Games" Costume Design 11 Fashion Designers sketch Katniss' Fire Dress The physics of an actual fire dress

Rita Hayworth in "Gilda"

Trurl — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 20:19:50 -0800

Leonard Michaels' "The Zipper": Rita Hayworth is never seen disrobed in the movie, though it is threatened more than once. The atmosphere of dark repression and mysterious forces – the mood or feeling of the movie – might be destroyed by the revelation of her body. It scared me as she began her striptease dance in the nightclub. I didn’t want everybody to see her body, or even to see that Rita Hayworth had a body. The iconic black strapless gown was designed by French couturier Jean Louis - who also dressed Miss Hayworth in The Lady from Shanghai.

Edith Head's "How to Dress for Success"

Trurl — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 23:24:16 -0800

Winner of more Academy Awards than any other woman in history, costume designer Edith Head authored a 1967 bestseller titled How to Dress for Success which featured her own illustrations. Head's first Academy Award came for The Heiress starring Olivia de Havilland. Her final screen credit was Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid - which was dedicated to her memory. Her notable creations include: - Dorothy Lamour's sarong - a mink-lined gown for Ginger Rogers in Lady in the Dark that gained notoriety for flouting wartime austerity - Barbara Stanwyck's ecdysiast ensemble in Ball of Fire - the costumes for Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard - the dress Grace Kelly wore to receive her 1954 Oscar (the most expensive in Academy Award history to that time) - Miss Kelly's stunning wardrobe in Rear Window - Kim Novak's costumes in Vertigo - this widely-copied dress for Elizabeth Taylor in A Place in the Sun - the period scanties worn by Natalie Wood in The Great Race

Gen Art

hama7 — Fri, 02 Jul 2004 14:59:16 -0800

Gen Art.