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Though only six years old, the site hosts over
2,000 web pages and 3,500 images. The Costume
Gallery is divided into eight main departments
to better assist the viewer in referencing material.
Some of the departments located within this site
include:
- Fashion Foto-Date is a service offered to
date photographs sent in by different individuals.
A time frame is given based on the clothes worn
by those depicted in the photograph.
- Designer’s Hall is an ever-evolving directory
that allows costume designers to network and
exchange information.
- Product Palace offers links to other websites
that specialize in the fashion and costume industry.
From auctions to purchasing specialty magazines,
this web department holds a vast selection of
contacts.
- The Library is filled with biographies, articles,
and full texts from periodicals and books related
to fashion and costume. What the site may not
carry itself, is easily found through one of
its recommended links.
- The Courtyard offers viewers the chance to
see pictures and images of costumes taken from
magazines, books, videos, movies, and other
sources.
Overall, this website is full
of vital information for the true fashion and
costume enthusiast. Costumegallery.com
is a definite top competitor within the industry
for its vast source of knowledge.
Reviewed by FIDM Library staff member Francisco
Murillo.
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Publisher: Magnolia Media Group
3451 Boston Avenue
Ft. Worth, TX 76116
817.560.6100
ISSN:
Published: Quarterly
Web Site:
www.shuz.com
Subscription Rate: $19.95/ per year
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Looking for the perfect shoe
store in your area? How about the perfect Summer
sandal? Do you want to read an interview with
the hot design team of Siegerson Morrison? This
is just a sample of what you will find within
the pages of Shuz magazine, the magazine
for the shoe lover in all of us! Shuz is
published quarterly and features the season’s
hottest footwear along with regular departments
such as news, beauty, resources, and retailers.
Every issue features "the
guide" which covers the most up-to-date styles
in such categories as:
- Loafers and flats
- Pumps and sandals
- Couture
- Evening
- Fashion sport
Although footwear is the main
focus, Shuz also ventures into the world
of accessories. There is even a regular column
dedicated to beauty products with an emphasis
on foot care, of course. This magazine is required
reading prior to searching for that new pair of
boots, loafers, pumps, or slides. You are guaranteed
to make a well informed choice if you consult
your Shuz "guide" before hitting
your nearest mall.
Reviewed by FIDM
Library staff member Monika Earle.
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Author: Stella Bruzzi
Publisher: Routledge
11 New Fetter Lane
London, EC4P 4EE
ISBN: 0415139570
Copyright: 1997
Pages: 226
Price: $22.95 (paperback)
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In Undressing Cinema Bruzzi asks if
clothing contributes meaning to movies or if films
define their characters through the fashion design.
How is sexuality expressed or repressed by the
costumes designed for a film? Examples cited include
gangster cinema like Pulp Fiction and Casino,
the understated sexuality of the costume dramas
The Age of Innocence and The Piano,
and femme fatale flicks such as Basic Instinct
and Single White Female. Bruzzi also
ventures "Beyond Gender," into cross-dressing
and androgyny, from Marlene Dietrich clad in a
tuxedo to Robin Williams dressed in female attire
with hilarious results in Mrs. Doubtfire.
Haute couture in the movies
is also explored. Some designers accommodate "their
styles to the narratives and characters"
(specifically Ralph Lauren’s menswear for
The Great Gatsby), while others specially
design "wildly eclectic" pieces (such
as Jean Paul Gaultier for The Cook, the Thief,
His Wife & Her Lover) that become as important
to the story as dialogue or other forms of character
development. Bruzzi is at her best with updated
examples of femme fatales that adeptly challenge
the prevailing notion that women’s fashions
in films are directed at male eyes exclusively.
The arguments and references
in Undressing Cinema are sound and the
examples (including more than 40 still frames
from the featured films) are well chosen. The
emphasis on fashion and traditional gender roles
in film is clarified for anyone who has seen some
of these popular films and thought about the meanings
of their costumes.
Reviewed by FIDM Library staff member Jon Worona,
S.F.
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