Texts

Since 2006 we have written and commissioned dozens of essays on various aspects of fashion and costume in cinema. We have also interviewed artists and fashion and film curators about their practice.

Loving the Alien
Roger K. Burton
A black-and-white still taken from the film 'Amor Pedestre' (1914), showing the lower half of a woman. The fur-trimmed hemline of her black dress reaches her ankles. She also wears stockings, and pointy black velvet high-heels.

Shoes, Eroticism and Fetish
Christel Tsilibaris

Conversation with Mariann Lewinsky
Caroline Evans et al.

Dressing and Undressing
Alistair O’Neill

Qui Êtes-Vous, Polly Maggoo?
Pamela Church Gibson

On Shoes and Kisses 
Charles Musser

A black-and-white side profile of blonde actress Kim Novak, taken from the 1958 film Vertigo. Her hair is in a bun and she is wearing a blazer, clutching a handkerchief and small bouquet of flowers.

The Extinct Globe and the Found Glove
Petra Dominková and Václav Kofroň

Wardrobe Emergencies
Marketa Uhlirova and Bakri Bakhit

A black-and-white film still from the 1928 film 'Ghosts Before Breakfast', depicting four bowler hats floating in mid-air. They hover above a pavement that is lined with grass and wildflowers.

Fashion Records
Ed Barber

Assuming a Pose
Christel Tsilibaris

Four Beautiful Pairs of Legs – Essay by Sam Serafy

Shelley Fox 14 and I Feel – Essay by Penny Martin

Marcel Fabre’s Amor Pedestre – Essay by Christel Tsilibaris

Warner’s Corset Advertisement – Essay by Sam Serafy

The Wonderland of Fig Leaves – Essay by Marketa Uhlriova

‘The more artifice a person covers themselves with, the deeper the pain’: In conversation with artist Michelle Handelman – Interview by Aya Noel

In conversation with Alistair O’Neill, co-curator of Guy Bourdain: Image Maker – Interview by Marketa Uhlirova

Drag Glamour: Panel at MoMI –Discussion between Tate Modern's Stuart Comer, actor Agosto Machado, filmmaker Ela Troyano and Yale University's Ronald Gregg