If you haven't yet checked it out, I highly recommend the Hollywood Costume exhibition at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image in Federation Square, Melbourne.
As the online catalogue says:
The greatest movie characters of all time.
Direct from the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, Hollywood Costume explores the central role costume design plays in cinema storytelling. Bringing together the most iconic costumes from a century of filmmaking, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see the clothes worn by unforgettable and beloved characters in films from The Wizard of Oz (1939) to Titanic (1997), Ben-Hur (1959) to Casino Royale (2006).
There's something in this exhibition for everyone - film fans, aspiring film makers, amateur seamstresses and budding fashion designers. In addition to the amazing clothes, there's a nice AV installation of recorded interviews with filmmakers and their designers - the highlight for me was the clip of the incomparable Edith Head (the inspiration for The Incredibles' Edna Mode), talking about designing for Alfred Hitchcock. This is the woman who gave us Kim Novak's extraordinary grey suit in Vertigo and Grace Kelly's negligee in Rear Window. Neither of which, unfortunately are in this exhibition. Nor is Ursula Andress' white bikini from Dr No or James Dean's red jacket from Rebel Without a Cause.
Dang.
Needless to say, it's still pretty amazing and takes no more than an hour to enjoy. There are three days left before it's gone, so Dusty says go go go.
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