Thursday, 23 May 2013

 ACMI.....Hollywood Costume.....

Direct from the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, Hollywood Costume explores the central role costume design plays in cinema storytelling. Bringing together the most iconic costumes from a century of film making, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see the clothes worn by unforgettable and beloved characters in films from The Wizard of Oz(1939) to Titanic (1997), Ben-Hur (1959) to Casino Royale (2006)....book here

This groundbreaking exhibition unites classics from the Golden Age of cinema, including......


Scarlett O'Hara's green 'curtain' dress designed by Walter Plunkett for 
Gone with the Wind(1939
 The 'little black dress' designed by Hubert De Givenchy for Holly Golightly in
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) 
with costumes from the latest Hollywood releases including Consolata Boyle's outfits for 
Meryl Streep in 
The Iron Lady (2011) 
and Lindy Hemming's high-tech Batman suit for Christian Bale in 
The Dark Knight Rises (2012).

Hollywood Costume illuminates the costume designer's creative process from script to screen and reveals the collaborative dialogue that leads to the development of authentic screen characters.

Hollywood Costume is curated by eminent Hollywood costume designer Deborah Nadoolman Landis with Sir Christopher Frayling and Keith Lodwic...here



ACMI (Australian Centre for the Moving Image) is at Federation Square, Melbourne...

There is so much to see at ACMI, many other exhibitions ranging across the history of the moving image to the latest screen based art...however, I love this exhibition and it closes on 18 August....here

Enjoy this wonderful exhibition and the many others at ACMI.....Wendy


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