With so many forum members absolutely killing it in our Favourite Fashion Era Outfit Challenge on the forum this week, I thought it would be fun to share a few costume design-themed links:
- From That ’70s Show to The Knick, Refinery29 rounds up The Best Period Costumes on TV.
- The Washington Post looks at How Empire charts the rise of hip-hop through fabulous fashion.
- Seven Hollywood costume designers share their L.A. shopping recommendations.
- Mad Men is back for its final seven episodes, and The Guardian investigates how the shift from the 1960s to the early 1970s will be reflected in the costumes.
- More ’70s fashion in this interesting article about how Inherent Vice costume designer Mark Bridges brought Thomas Pynchon and 1970 L.A. to life.
- Ever wondered where all the costumes go after TV shows wrap? Fashionista has the answer.
Fab Links from Our Members
French stylist and journalist Nathalie Croquet recreated fashion and beauty advertisements in an Instagram series called “Spoof“. Janet thought it was very well done.
Vildy liked Imogen’s post on how to wear various styles of white shirts.
Laurinda came across Tasmanian artist Sonia Singh who does “makeunders” of second-hand Bratz dolls for her site Tree Change Dolls.
Cheryle is very taken with The Directrice, a fairly new blog written by a lawyer who likes to add interest and personality in a “staid” work environment.
Suz directs us to this fascinating and moving video from AEON that shows us what happens to our clothes when we pass them along, and what the people who recycle them imagine it is like to wear them.
With our Fashion Era Challenge this week, Tanya thought this article was perfect timing, as it describes a characteristic dress for every decade of the 20th century.
Angie points us to Catherine’s post about nine ways to style vintage without it looking costume-y, and Sally explaining why finding wardrobe items that work with instead of against your body is a worthwhile project.
MuseumGal would like to share this NPR story about athleisure and men embracing the sweatpants look outside of the gym.
