Superman ©Warner Bros/DC Comics/The Kobal Collection. Costume Design: John Bloomfield
Hollywood Costume
Nov 09, 2013 – Feb 17, 2014NewMarket and Altria Group Galleries
Organized by the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, Hollywood Costume explores the central role costume design plays in cinematic storytelling. Bringing together more than 100 of the most iconic movie costumes from across a century of filmmaking, it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see the clothes worn by unforgettable and beloved characters in films such as The Wizard of Oz, The Birds, My Fair Lady, Superman, Titanic, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince and The Dark Knight Rises.
The exhibition includes cinema costumes from private and archival collections in California. Most have never been publicly displayed or seen beyond the secure walls of the studio archives. The exhibition explores in detail how the design and use of costume has been central to the creation of some of the most iconic characters in popular culture and is a key component in what is arguably the greatest art form of the 20th century: cinema.
In addition to premiering Hollywood Costume in the United States, VMFA is the only East Coast venue for the exhibition.
Brokeback Mountain, 2005 ©Focus Features/The Kobal Collection. Costume Design: Marit Allen
Elizabeth: The Golden Age, 2007. ©Universal/Studio Canal/Working Title/The Kobal Collection/Greg Williams. Costume Design: Alexandra Bryne
Fight Club, 1999 ©20th Century Fox/The Kobal Collection/Merrick Morton. Costume Design: Michael Kaplan
Gladiator, 2000 ©Dreamworks/Universal/The Kobal Collection/Jaap Buitendijk. Costume Design: Janty Yates
Iron Lady, 2011 ©Film 4/The Kobal Collection. Costume Design: Consolata Boyle
Kate Winslet as Rose DeWitt in 'Titanic', 1997. ©20th Century Fox/Paramount/The Kobal Collection. Costume Design: Deborah L. Scott
Morocco, 1930 ©Paramount/The Kobal Collection/E.R. Richee. Costume Design: Travis Banton
Matrix, 1999 ©Warner Bros/The Kobal Collection/Jasin Boland. Costume Design: Kym Barrett
Moulin Rouge, 2001 ©20th Century Fox/The Kobal Collection/Sue Adler. Costume Design: Catherine Martin and Angus Strathie
My Fair Lady, 1964 ©Warner Bros/The Kobal Collection. Costume Design: Cecil Beaton
Ocean's 11, 2001 ©Warner Bros/The Kobal Collection/Bob Marshak. Costume Design: Jeffrey Kurland
Shakespeare in Love, 1998 ©Miramax Films/Universal Pictures/The Kobal Collection/Laurie Sparham. Costume Design: Sandy Powell
Superman ©Warner Bros/DC Comics/The Kobal Collection. Costume Design: John Bloomfield
Taxi Driver, 1976 ©Columbia/The Kobal Collection. Costume Design: Ruth Morley
The Birds, 1963 ©Universal/The Kobal Collection. Costume Design: Edith Head