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Thanks to all who came to the 7th annual Fashion in Film of TCMFF at the Hollywood Heritage Museum last week! As always, it was a delight to spend time with you and share my insights into some of the movies from this year's programming. We delved into the stories behind the style - of both men and w read more

 Join me May 5 as I introduce George Cukor's classic film Holiday (1938) and explore the many stories behind its style. The movie is being presented in 35mm by the Film Society of Screwball Comedy as part of their Screwball Sundays series at the historic Camelot Theatre.Sunday, May 5, 2024 read more

 The theme of the 2024 TCM Classic Film Festival (TCMFF) is "Most Wanted: Crime and Justice in Film" and that is just some of what will be shared in the 7th annual Fashion in Film of TCMFF event!Wednesday, April 17Fashion in Film of TCMFF 2024Hollywood Heritage Museum7:30 - read more

 Happy New Year! 2024 is the 100th anniversary of Columbia Pictures and I'm excited to announce I have my own featurette included in a 4K boxed set that will be released February 13 to celebrate the studio's centennial. I spoke about His Girl Friday (1940) and its costume designer Robert Kalloc read more

 Thanks to all who came to the final event in my Film Noir Style series for the American Cinematheque! It was such a pleasure meeting so many new people and spending time with good friends through the series - and all of it because of our shared love of film noir. Much love to Jeff Mantor and S read more

On Sunday, September 10, my 4-part Film Noir Style series at the American Cinematheque comes to a conclusion with The Post-War Years 1947-1950. After my presentation, we will screen Out of the Past (1947) starring the mysterious Jane Greer and featuring costumes by Edward Stevenson. Sunday read more

 Thanks to all who came to my third Film Noir Style event for the American Cinematheque - "The Year of Transition 1946"! Everyone said they had a wonderful time and it was such fun celebrating the peak year of film noir style. Gilda, The Killers, The Postman Always Rings Twice, and The Big Slee read more

 On Saturday, July 29, my 4-part Film Noir Style series continues at the Aero Theatre with The Year of Transition 1946. After my presentation, we will screen The Killers (1946) starring the sensual Ava Gardner and featuring costumes by Vera West. Saturday, July 29The Year of Transitio read more

 Thanks to everyone who came to last Sunday's Film Noir Style "The War Years" event at the American Cinematheque! The Aero Theatre had a very full house - even more than the first event in the series - and the responses to both my talk and book have been wonderfully overwhelming. I loved that f read more

 On Sunday, June 25, my 4-part Film Noir Style series continues at the Aero Theatre with The War Years. After my presentation we will screen Laura (1944) with the luminous Gene Tierney and costumes by Bonnie Cashin. Sunday, June 25The War Years 1942-1945 and Laura (1944 read more

 INCREDIBLE. That's the word that keeps coming to mind to describe my Saturday night. Last weekend I introduced The Philadelphia Story (1940) to a packed house of 1,000 people for the Los Angeles Conservancy's beloved Last Remaining Seats screening series. I have to thank everyone who came read more

 I'll be introducing The Philadelphia Story (1940) at the historic Los Angeles Theatre as part of Last Remaining Seats on June 10! It's a real honor to be invited by the Los Angeles Conservancy to be part of this beloved series. An additional honor is that they're allowing m read more

 Thanks to everyone who came to the first event for my Film Noir Style series at the American Cinematheque! Packed house, people raved about my talk, and lots of books signed and sold for the Larry Edmunds Bookshop. And I made it on the marquee! Wow. The second event of read more

This year the Met Gala was a tribute to Karl Lagerfeld and coincided with the Costume Institute's exhibition "Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty." Though he was a controversial choice for the Met's theme, no one can argue that the designer had a career that is unmatched in fashion. It's difficult read more

 Thanks to the Hollywood Heritage Museum and everyone who came to Fashion in Film of TCMFF 2023! It was pure joy to be with Oscar-winning costume designer Mark Bridges once again AND to spend our time celebrating the incredible influential costume design of everyone from Orr read more

 This year has been filled with exciting events, and as a result I am a bit behind on sharing everything I should here on the site. So I'll start catching up with some of the cinema connections - dresses that show the influence of classic costume design - and a couple other observations I made read more

 At long last, I'll be back in person at the American Cinematheque for 4 events celebrating Film Noir Style! The summer series mirrors my book Film Noir Style: The Killer 1940s, and each event will include a presentation followed by a film screening. It all begins Sunday, May 7.S read more

2023 started off with a real bang for me. The Costume Designers Guild has a great series called CDG Movie Night, and each event features a film screening followed by an interview with its costume designer. Back in January I was invited to interview 2-time Oscar-winning costume designer Mark Bridges read more

 The theme of the 2023 TCM Classic Film Festival (TCMFF) is "Celebrating Film Legacies" and that is just some of what will be shared in the 6th annual Fashion in Film of TCMFF event! This is the first year I will be doing the event in person since the pandemic and I am thrilled to also be welco read more

 Last summer Turner Classic Movies celebrated film costume design with its Follow the Thread series. Inspired by the Met Exhibition, fashion designers, costume designers, and historians spoke to the complexity and impact of costume design in film. The films in the three-mont read more