As is often the way with costume designers, Stephanie Collie is something of an unsung hero. We will not reel off her entire back catalogue, but it does include South Riding (2011, TV), Telstar (2008) Peter’s Friends (1992) and perhaps most exciting of all, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998).
Now, anyone old enough to remember when Lock, Stock arrived will remember just what an incredible influence its Mod inspired costumes had on the world of fashion. You could not pick up a men’s magazine of the time without seeing some guy in slim trousers and a jersey polo shirt. Stephanie Collie invented this look, thus providing one of the clearest examples of how costume design can transcend a movie and become something more. We would go so far as to say Stephanie Collie helped define an era.
The young cast of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels wearing the soon...
Now, anyone old enough to remember when Lock, Stock arrived will remember just what an incredible influence its Mod inspired costumes had on the world of fashion. You could not pick up a men’s magazine of the time without seeing some guy in slim trousers and a jersey polo shirt. Stephanie Collie invented this look, thus providing one of the clearest examples of how costume design can transcend a movie and become something more. We would go so far as to say Stephanie Collie helped define an era.
The young cast of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels wearing the soon...
- 8/29/2013
- by Christopher Laverty
- Clothes on Film
Beginning in the late 1950s, into the 60’s, predominantly through the mid to late 70’s, then into the early 90’s, costume designer Stephanie Collie’s work for The Look of Love covers several distinct periods.
This is the true story of King of Soho billionaire Paul Raymond (Steve Coogan) told via the many women in his life. Helpfully these women confirm to a specific body type which is still relatable as the model ideal today, i.e. very slender or the ‘no-body body’. This means that all the garments on screen look fantastic. They are costumes above all but still relevant as fashion; the 60’s especially still informs contemporary style for women’s clothes. The 60’s and 70’s will always be one of the fondest eras to recreate on screen, yet also one of the trickiest. Potentially The Look of Love was only a feather boa away from being fancy dress.
This is the true story of King of Soho billionaire Paul Raymond (Steve Coogan) told via the many women in his life. Helpfully these women confirm to a specific body type which is still relatable as the model ideal today, i.e. very slender or the ‘no-body body’. This means that all the garments on screen look fantastic. They are costumes above all but still relevant as fashion; the 60’s especially still informs contemporary style for women’s clothes. The 60’s and 70’s will always be one of the fondest eras to recreate on screen, yet also one of the trickiest. Potentially The Look of Love was only a feather boa away from being fancy dress.
- 8/14/2013
- by Christopher Laverty
- Clothes on Film
Steve Coogan has featured in a new clip from The Look of Love.
The Alan Partridge actor stars in the true life story of Paul Raymond, an entrepreneur who became the richest man in the UK after building a £1.5 billion empire of gentleman's clubs, porn magazines and nude theatres.
Coogan teams up with his 24 Hour Party People and The Trip director Michael Winterbottom for the comedy project, which also stars Anna Friel as Jean Raymond, Tamsin Egerton as Fiona Richmond and Imogen Poots as Raymond's daughter Debbie.
Stephen Fry, Chris Addison, Dara O'Briain, James Lance, Shirley Henderson, David Walliams, Matt Lucas, Simon Bird, Kieran O'Brien, Miles Jupp, Peter Wight, and Matthew Beard also have appearances in the film.
The Look of Love opens at UK cinemas on Friday, April 26.
Watch an exclusive Digital Spy clip from the film below:...
The Alan Partridge actor stars in the true life story of Paul Raymond, an entrepreneur who became the richest man in the UK after building a £1.5 billion empire of gentleman's clubs, porn magazines and nude theatres.
Coogan teams up with his 24 Hour Party People and The Trip director Michael Winterbottom for the comedy project, which also stars Anna Friel as Jean Raymond, Tamsin Egerton as Fiona Richmond and Imogen Poots as Raymond's daughter Debbie.
Stephen Fry, Chris Addison, Dara O'Briain, James Lance, Shirley Henderson, David Walliams, Matt Lucas, Simon Bird, Kieran O'Brien, Miles Jupp, Peter Wight, and Matthew Beard also have appearances in the film.
The Look of Love opens at UK cinemas on Friday, April 26.
Watch an exclusive Digital Spy clip from the film below:...
- 4/23/2013
- Digital Spy
Anna Friel has said that the nudity in The Look of Love was "not such a big deal".
The actress, who stars opposite Steve Coogan in the Paul Raymond biopic, told Pa that she was not concerned about undressing in front of the camera.
Friel stars as Jean Raymond, wife of Soho porn baron Paul, who worked as choreographer for strip shows and appeared in X-rated photoshoots for men's magazines.
However, she explained that being naked around the cast and crew was not a problem for her.
The actress said: "For my part when I got to it, I was so used to it. It's not such a big deal, I think we've become a bit more relaxed now with our approach to nudity and nakedness."
Reflecting on the time period of the film, which follows the couple from the 1950s to 1980s, Friel said: "Strangely enough I felt more liberated,...
The actress, who stars opposite Steve Coogan in the Paul Raymond biopic, told Pa that she was not concerned about undressing in front of the camera.
Friel stars as Jean Raymond, wife of Soho porn baron Paul, who worked as choreographer for strip shows and appeared in X-rated photoshoots for men's magazines.
However, she explained that being naked around the cast and crew was not a problem for her.
The actress said: "For my part when I got to it, I was so used to it. It's not such a big deal, I think we've become a bit more relaxed now with our approach to nudity and nakedness."
Reflecting on the time period of the film, which follows the couple from the 1950s to 1980s, Friel said: "Strangely enough I felt more liberated,...
- 4/20/2013
- Digital Spy
Anna Friel wanted the men on 'The Look of Love' to get naked. The 36-year-old actress plays Jean Raymond, the wife of British porn baron Paul Raymond, in the biopic and had to get nude on screen to re-enact a photo shoot her character took part in for the adult magazine Men Only. She thinks it's a shame all the nudity in the movie is of the female variety and wishes some of her male co-stars - who include Steve Coogan - had stripped off. Talking at the film's premiere at The Curzon cinema in London's Soho district on Monday...
- 4/16/2013
- Virgin Media - Celebrity
Anna Friel wanted the men on 'The Look of Love' to get naked. The 36-year-old actress plays Jean Raymond, the wife of British porn baron Paul Raymond, in the biopic and had to get nude on screen to re-enact a photo shoot her character took part in for the adult magazine Men Only. She thinks it's a shame all the nudity in the movie is of the female variety and wishes some of her male co-stars - who include Steve Coogan - had stripped off. Talking at the film's premiere at The Curzon cinema in London's Soho district on Monday night (15.04.2013), she told Bang Showbiz: 'I remember when I was posing, I thought wouldn't it be funny...
- 4/16/2013
- Monsters and Critics
Steve Coogan's The Look of Love has premiered a new preview clip exclusively through Digital Spy.
The comedy-drama centres on the true life story of Paul Raymond, an entrepreneur who became the richest man in the UK after building a £1.5 billion empire on gentleman's clubs, porn magazines and nude theatres.
Coogan reunites with his 24 Hour Party People and The Trip director Michael Winterbottom for the film, which also stars Anna Friel as Jean Raymond, Tamsin Egerton as Fiona Richmond and Imogen Poots as Raymond's daughter Debbie.
The Look of Love will open in UK cinemas on April 26.
> 'Look of Love trailer: Steve Coogan back with Michael Winterbottom
> 'The Look of Love': Steve Coogan plays porn baron in new poster
Photo gallery - 'The Look of Love' in pictures:...
The comedy-drama centres on the true life story of Paul Raymond, an entrepreneur who became the richest man in the UK after building a £1.5 billion empire on gentleman's clubs, porn magazines and nude theatres.
Coogan reunites with his 24 Hour Party People and The Trip director Michael Winterbottom for the film, which also stars Anna Friel as Jean Raymond, Tamsin Egerton as Fiona Richmond and Imogen Poots as Raymond's daughter Debbie.
The Look of Love will open in UK cinemas on April 26.
> 'Look of Love trailer: Steve Coogan back with Michael Winterbottom
> 'The Look of Love': Steve Coogan plays porn baron in new poster
Photo gallery - 'The Look of Love' in pictures:...
- 4/12/2013
- Digital Spy
Los Angeles, March 5: "Limitless" actress Anna Friel faced an embarassing moment when she accidentally ended up sending her father pornographic images while researching a role.
Friel is to play Jean Raymond, the wife of porn baron Paul Bradley, in new movie "The Look of Love". She made the error while trying to send her father images of Jean, reports dailystar.co.uk.
"I sent an email to my dad with some pictures of Jean Raymond. He called me afterwards and said, 'I think you're going a bit far on this one'," she told Easy Living magazine.
"I wondered what he meant and then I realised I'd sent him an email attachment of.
Friel is to play Jean Raymond, the wife of porn baron Paul Bradley, in new movie "The Look of Love". She made the error while trying to send her father images of Jean, reports dailystar.co.uk.
"I sent an email to my dad with some pictures of Jean Raymond. He called me afterwards and said, 'I think you're going a bit far on this one'," she told Easy Living magazine.
"I wondered what he meant and then I realised I'd sent him an email attachment of.
- 3/4/2013
- by Leon David
- RealBollywood.com
Washington, Mar 4: Anna Friel recently found herself in an embarrassing situation when she accidentally sent her father pornographic Images while researching for a role.
The British actress will be seen playing the role of Jean Raymond, the wife of a porn baron Paul Bradley in her new film 'The Look of Love' and she made the error while trying to send her father images of Jean, Contactmusic reported.
Freil told Britain's Easy Living magazine that she didn't realise that she sent her father an e-mail, which had the pictures from the actual porn shoot that Raymond had done, and she only got to know about it when her father told.
The British actress will be seen playing the role of Jean Raymond, the wife of a porn baron Paul Bradley in her new film 'The Look of Love' and she made the error while trying to send her father images of Jean, Contactmusic reported.
Freil told Britain's Easy Living magazine that she didn't realise that she sent her father an e-mail, which had the pictures from the actual porn shoot that Raymond had done, and she only got to know about it when her father told.
- 3/4/2013
- by Lohit Reddy
- RealBollywood.com
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