Film Fashion Friday 19. Claude Rains’s Double-Breasted Tuxedo in “Notorious” from 1946; “A Dapper Villain” for The Second Annual Claude Rains Blogathon

Today is Friday, so it's time for another Film Fashion Fridays. Every week, I choose a different costume from a Code film (1934-1954) made in America, and I describe how it can be reproduced with items from Amazon. Thus, I hope to encourage my readers to adopt a vintage fashion as their regular style. There …

Round up the Usual Suspects! “The Second Annual Claude Rains Blogathon” is here!

  Gather 'round, everyone! "The Claude Rains Blogathon" is here at last! Do not be alarmed. This is merely "the customary round-up of refugees, liberals, and, of course, a beautiful young girl for Monsieur Renault, the prefect of police." Over the next three days we will be celebrating this great star of the cinema as …