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Sunday, April 24, 2022

Alana Haim and Cooper Hoffman movie costumes from Licorice Pizza on display...

In Paul Thomas Anderson's coming-of-age story, Licorice Pizza (which gets its name from the Southern California record store chain), Alana Haim's 'Alana Kane' and Cooper Hoffman's 'Gary Valentine' grow up, run around together and fall in love in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County in 1973.
Licorice Pizza movie costumes
Licorice Pizza movie costumes
Licorice Pizza film costumes
Alana Haim Licorice Pizza Alana Kane movie costume
Cooper Hoffman Licorice Pizza Gary Valentine movie costume
Cooper Hoffman Licorice Pizza Gary Valentine costume
Licorice Pizza film costumes
This duo of retro costumes from the movie were photographed on display at Downtown L.A.'s FIDM Museum on March 22, 2022.

Mark Bridges is Costume Designer on the film about young love and self discovery, and you can see more of his work with these Joker movie costumes, these Oscar-winning Phantom Thread film costumes, this Greenberg movie costume and these Vinyl costumes on display.


Licorice Pizza movie poster
Licorice Pizza movie poster

Tuesday, April 19, 2022

Anya Taylor-Joy and Thomasin McKenzie costumes from Last Night in Soho on display...

In the psychological horror film, Last Night in Soho, Thomasin McKenzie plays 'Eloise "Ellie" Turner, an aspiring fashion designer who loves the music and looks of the Swinging Sixties. Moving from rural Cornwall to study at the London College of Fashion, one night she has a vivid dream where she is transported to the 1960s where she sees a young blonde woman named 'Sandie' (Anya Taylor-Joy) who is auditioning to be a singer at a nightclub. As Ellie's dreams continue she discovers that Sandie's life is not as glamorous and is more menacing than it at first seemed (she's being pimped out by the club manager), revealing far darker secrets that start to torment her modern day existence.
Sandie Collins costumes worn by Anya Taylor-Joy
and Eloise Turner costume worn by Thomasin McKenzie
in Last Night in Soho
Last Night in Soho movie costumes
Last Night in Soho film costumes
Last Night in Soho movie costumes
Last Night in Soho Sandie costume back
Anya Taylor-Joy Last Night in Soho Sandie costume
Anya Taylor-Joy Last Night in Soho Sandie costume
Anya Taylor-Joy Last Night in Soho Sandie costume
Thomasin McKenzie Last Night in Soho Eloise costume
Last Night in Soho Sandie costume
Anya Taylor-Joy Last Night in Soho Sandie costume
Anya Taylor-Joy Last Night in Soho costume
Anya Taylor-Joy Last Night in Soho Sandie costumes
Last Night in Soho film costumes
This trio of screen-worn costumes were photographed on display at the FIDM Museum in Downtown Los Angeles on March 22, 2022.

Odile Dicks-Mireaux is Costume Designer on director Edgar Wright's film and you can see more of her work with these Brooklyn movie costumes, these costumes from An Education, these One Day film costumes and these Goodbye Christopher Robin costumes.

Fans of Thomasin McKenzie can also check out her movie costume from Jojo Rabbit on display.

Last Night in Soho movie billboard
Last Night in Soho movie billboard

Tuesday, April 12, 2022

The Harder They Fall movie costumes on display...

In the 2021 Netflix film, The Harder They Fall, director Jeymes Samuel brings viewers a different perspective of the American Wild West sporting a predominantly Black principal cast. In the Western, Jonathan Majors outlaw 'Nat Love' assembles a gang, including his former lover 'Mary Fields' (Zazie Beetz), to track down an old enemy and ruthless crime boss who killed his parents, 'Rufus Buck' (Idris Elba), who has been sprung from a prison train by Regina King's 'Trudy Smith' and the rest of his cutthroat gang.
Screen-worn costumes from The Harder They Fall
Harder They Fall movie costumes
Harder They Fall film costumes
Harder They Fall Nat Love Stagecoach Mary costumes
Jonathan Majors Harder They Fall Nat Love costume
Jonathan Majors Harder They Fall Nat Love costume
Zazie Beetz Harder They Fall Mary Fields costume
Harder They Fall costumes back
Harder They Fall film costumes
Harder They Fall movie costumes
Regina King Harder They Fall Trudy costume detail
Regina King Harder They Fall Trudy Smith costume
Harder They Fall Trudy Smith costume detail
Idris Elba Harder They Fall Rufus Buck costume detail
Idris Elba Harder They Fall Rufus Buck costume
Harder They Fall Trudy Smith Rufus Buck costumes
The Harder They Fall film costumes
Harder They Fall costume exhibit FIDM Museum
This quartet of costumes from the western were photographed on display at Downtown L.A.'s FIDM Museum on March 22, 2022.

Antionette Messam was Costume Designer on this film which takes place between the 1870s and 1890s, with characters based on real-life cowboys and outlaws occupying the Old West during this time.

Zazie Beetz fans can also check out her Domino costume from Deadpool 2, whilst Regina King admirers can take a look at her movie costume from If Beale Street Could Talk.

You can also check out Idris Elba's Bloodsport costume from The Suicide Squad which is also currently on display at this free Art of Costume Design in Film exhibition until June 4, 2022.

The Harder They Fall movie billboard
Harder They Fall movie billboard

Saturday, April 9, 2022

Coming 2 America movie costumes on display...

In 2021 Eddie Murphy reprised his role as African 'Prince Akeem Joffer' in the sequel to 1988's classic comedy, Comedy to America. In the film the monarch of Zamunda discovers he has a long-lost son and must return to the United States to meet his unexpected heir and forge a relationship with his son. Akeem's eldest daughter 'Meeka' (played by KiKi Layne) is not happy to learn that the nation's next ruler must be male due to centuries of tradition.
Screen-worn costumes from Coming 2 America
Coming 2 America movie costumes
Coming 2 America film costumes
Coming 2 America movie costume exhibit
These elaborate movie costumes were photographed on display at the FIDM Museum in Downtown Los Angeles on March 22, 2022.

Coming 2 America movie poster
Coming 2 America movie poster
Ruth E. Carter was the Costume Designer responsible for these Afro-centric looks worn in Coming 2 America, and she also won an Academy Award for her Afro-Futuristic costumes in Black Panther.

Prince Akeem Joffer costumes worn by Eddie Murphy
in Coming 2 America
Eddie Murphy Coming 2 America Prince Akeem movie costume
Eddie Murphy Coming 2 America Prince Akeem film costume
Eddie Murphy Coming 2 America Prince Akeem costume
Coming 2 America Prince Akeem movie costume
Coming 2 America Prince Akeem costume detail
Coming 2 America Prince Akeem costume
Coming 2 America Prince Akeem costume shoes
Eddie Murphy Coming 2 America Prince Akeem costume
Prince Akeem Coming 2 America movie costume
Prince Akeem movie costume Coming 2 America
Coming 2 America Prince Akeem film costume
Coming 2 America Prince Akeem costume detail
Coming 2 America Prince Akeem costume
Coming 2 America Prince Akeem movie costume
Coming 2 America Prince Akeem costume shoes
Coming 2 America Akeem costume cape
Coming 2 America Prince Akeem movie costume
When Prince Akeem's ailing father 'King Jaffe Joffer' (again played by James Earl Jones) dies, he becomes ruler and king of Zamunda.

In addition to dressing African royalty, the Costume Designer also worked with Eddie Murphy on movie costumes for My Name Is Dolemite.

Semmi costume worn by Arsenio Hall
in Coming 2 America
Arsenio Hall Coming 2 America Semmi movie costume
Arsenio Hall Coming 2 America Semmi costume
Coming 2 America Semmi movie costume
Coming 2 America Semmi costume back
Coming 2 America Semmi film costume
In this film Arsenio Hall also reprises his role as Akeem's best friend and loyal aide 'Semmi'.

Princess Meeka Joffer costumes worn by KiKi Layne
in Coming 2 America
Princess Meeka headdress Coming 2 America
Princess Meeka costume headpiece Coming 2 America
Princess Meeka headpiece back Coming 2 America
KiKi Layne Coming 2 America Princess Meeka costume
Coming 2 America Princess Meeka costume
Coming 2 America Princess Meeka costume back
Coming 2 America Princess Meeka costume back
Coming 2 America Princess Meeka train detail
KiKi Layne Coming 2 America Princess Meeka film costume
KiKi Layne Coming 2 America Princess Meeka film costumes
Coming 2 America Princess Meeka headpiece
KiKi Layne Coming 2 America Princess Meeka costume
Coming 2 America Princess Meeka costume detail
Coming 2 America Princess Meeka costume back detail
Coming 2 America Princess Meeka costume train detail
Coming 2 America Princess Meeka train detail
KiKi Layne plays Akeem's firstborn daughter, Meeka, who is denied ascension to the throne by masculine tradition, but by movie's end these outdated rules are changed.

Fans of the actress can also check out her screen-worn costume from If Beale Street Could Talk.

Coming 2 America movie billboard
Coming 2 America movie billboard