Cinderella Film Fashion & Berlin Exhibition

  Lily James is Cinderella and Richard Madden is the Prince in Kenneth Branagh`s action feature inspired by the classic fairy tale.


  The shimmering costumes were created by the Academy Award® winning costume designer Sandy Powell in collaboration with Swarovski, who provided over 1.7 million crystals to bring added sparkle to Cinderella’s magical world.


  Cinderella’s iconic slippers were created by technicians at the headquarters of the crystal house in Austria to Powell’s design. The dazzling slippers, which play such a pivotal role in the fairy tale, were hewn from solid crystal and feature 221 facets in light-reflecting Crystal Blue Aurora Borealis coating.
  The Cinderella Exhibition, presented by Swarovski, will take place at Kraftwerk Berlin and will be open to the public on Saturday 14 February and Sunday 15 February from 10 am to 6 pm. Admission is free.
At the centre of the exhibition will be Cinderella’s iconic slippers as well as 22 original costumes and hundreds of original props from the film, including the Fairy Godmother’s magic wand.

Location is Kraftwerk Berlin, Köpenicker Str. 70, 10179 Berlin

Pictures © 2014 Disney Enterprises Inc.

Cinderella is on release at German cinemas in March 2015.

Film Fashion: Swarovski`s 'Romeo & Juliet'

  Romeo & Juliet, the first feature film from Swarovski Entertainment, was released in the US and UK on October 11th.    Adapted for the screen from Shakespeare’s iconic tragedy by Julian Fellowes and directed by Carlo Carlei, the film stars Hailee Steinfeld and Douglas Booth as the tragic lovers.    With a history spanning 80 years on the silver screen, and having worked hand-in-hand with countless costume, jewellery and set designers on some of Hollywood’s most iconic productions, it was a natural evolution for Swarovski to move into film production.    Co-produced with Ileen Maisel of Amber Entertainment and Echo Lake Entertainment, Romeo & Juliet is the first screen adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic love story in 16 years, and the first traditionally told in a renaissance setting for 44 years.    Nadja Swarovski, Chairperson of Swarovski Entertainment and one of the film’s producers, commented: “Swarovski has worked with talents in costume and set design ever since the emergence of the silver screen, and we are committed to supporting creativity across industries such as fashion, jewellery, design, and film. Romeo & Juliet felt like the perfect project to deepen that involvement and collaborate with established visionaries like Ileen and Julian but also support today’s emerging talent. The young stars have a chemistry that translates beautifully onto the big screen and will captivate audiences around the world for years to come.”   Photos © Swarovski.
Hpw do you like the film costumes?

Film Fashion: Witches of Oz' sparkling costumes

  Michelle Williams and Rachel Weisz are primed for battle in 'Oz The Great and the Powerful' wearing dazzling costumes embellished with thousands of Swarovski crystals.

  As Good Witch Glinda, Williams sparkles in white as she confronts the wicked ruler of the Emerald City, Evanora, played by a darkly shimmering Weisz, in director Sam Raimi’s magical tale, which tells how dubious small-time magician Oscar Diggs from Kansas became the Great and Powerful Wizard of Oz before Dorothy’s arrival from dusty Kansas.

  Creating the fantastical world of Oz The Great and the Powerful was a dream project for costume designers Gary Jones and Michael Kutsche (Alice in Wonderland), the creative wizards behind the imaginative outfits that compliment the Land of Oz created by production designer Robert Stromberg.


  Over 260,000 Swarovski crystals were used to add depth and enchantment to Oz’s majestic throne in Emerald City and to the costumes and jewellery of the witches.
Pictures © Disney

How do you like the costumes? Do you prefer Glinda or Evanora?

Film Fashion: Mirror Mirror`s magical gowns made with Swarovski crystals

Evil Queen Ball Gown

Swarovski once again adds depth and dimension to the big screen - this time, one of the most beloved stories of all time, Mirror Mirror, a retelling of the Snow White legend.



Visionary director Tarsem Singh (Immortals, The Cell), who is known for featuring visually-stunning production design and intricate costumes on screen, reunited with the Oscar®-winning costume designer Eiko Ishioka (Immortals) and production designer Tom Foden (The Cell), who looked to Swarovski to add sparkle to the set.


Evil Queen Garden Party Dress

Ishioka put her imagination to the test. “The Swarovski crystals were used in Eiko’s designs in creating three spectacular handmade costumes for the Queen, adorned with over 100,000 Swarovski Elements in nearly twenty colours, including the outrageous golden costume ball and blood-red party dress, as well as the elaborate wedding gown,” said assistant costume designer, Martine Gagnon.



“It was such a natural partnership for Swarovski to support this reinterpretation of the classic Snow White film. We were excited to apart of the costume and production designers’ creative vision. Eiko Ishioka did an amazing job designing the spectacular costumes using crystal while production designer Tom Foder creatively incorporated Swarovski chandeliers to add allure to the grand ballroom,” added Nadja Swarovski.



In theatres March 30, 2012 in US, Mirror Mirror features Lily Collins (The Blind Side) as Snow White, a princess in exile, and Oscar®-winner Julia Roberts as the evil Queen who ruthlessly rules her captured kingdom.


Evil Queen Wedding Dress

Seven courageous rebel dwarfs join forces with Snow White as she fights to reclaim her birthright and win her Prince (Armie Hammer) in this adventure comedy.


Pictures: Jan Thijs. Copyright 2012 Relativity Media. All rights reserved.

How do you like the costumes? Which gown is your favourite?

Are the amazing costumes a reason to watch the movie?

Fashion history: The 80s/90s Yuppie

Yuppie was a 1980s acronym for 'Young Upwardly Mobile Professional Person'. The word was coined by the advertising industry to capture the essence of a particular type of work hard, play hard, ambitious minded city career person.

The hectic lifestyle of a yuppie meant that after long hours of work, rare free time was spent in a self indulgent way frittering away the cash earned on anything, from expensive perfume, to a bottle of fine champagne. Conspicuous wastage was part of the attitude. The term applies to men whose ages range from about 21 to early 40s.

Yuppie-style is always matching and usually upscale. They like to flaunt their good taste. Even if the young professionals are in debt to their ears, they work hard to maintain the image of success. For day they sported wide shouldered jackets and for weekends they wore a Barbour to effect a country aesthetic to assume the appearance of a more advantaged lifestyle.

The ultimate yuppie fashion film is American Psycho. The short clips will give you a more in-depth view of...

...the grooming and vanity



...the importance of conformity and status-symbols



How to dress like a Yuppie

1. Wear business suits. In your free time wear clothes that are considered casual, these are usually khakis and polo shirts. Make sure you see someone else wearing the outfit before - yuppies are conformists.

2. Spend money on an expensive watch and make sure that your sleeves are always rolled up enough for people to see it.

3. Look for outfits in neutral colours like grey, beige and olive. Yuppies do not like to stand out with bold colors. They may end up making an unintentional statement.

4. You should have neat straight hair that doesn't need too much hair product.

5. Carry a sweater with you by draping it over your shoulders and tying the arms loosely around the front. This should look very casual as if you put it there without a lot of though. And the sweater should never fall off or hang crooked.Sources: 1 2 3

I LOOOOOVE the look but what strikes me most is the aspiration to conformity. From today`s perspective its pathetic but it still has more class and effort than today`s fetish for "individuality" - that everybody expresses with THE SAME H&M "vintage" blazer...

What do you think? Love it? Hate it? Secretly attracted to it? ;)