Michele Clapton

Michele Clapton Instagram – Conrad suits. Ok you might be bored of me showing these costumes by now.. but if you are then look away! I just love to go back and remember/enjoy our work, as it’s sometimes so hard to do so in the thick of filming. These are fitting photos so the costumes are unfinished.
We loved our fittings with Harris Dickinson who played Conrad. It’s often difficult for younger actors used to wearing sports wear to feel comfortable in period cut clothes, especially the stiff high collars, so we spend time in fittings with the choreography of a costume, how it makes you walk and stand.. it’s a real aid. Harris bought so much to this role and ended up loving this style…he really made the costumes his own and we loved that his body shape was so good for the period cut.. the modern muscular shoulders and arms are more difficult to accommodate in these narrow suits.. Matthew Vaughn the director is obsessed by the cut and fall of mens suits so he really kept us on our toes. We made some suits in our work room cut by the wonderful Tim Perkins and others were made by the incredible Campbell and his team at Huntsman. The final suit here was one of my favourites and much lighter weight, it was the most unusual, quite American in cut, I liked it for the scene in Sarajevo. It was really difficult fabric to work with and we had to make multiples for the stunt scene.. Campbell was not impressed! But it turned out great! Shoes by George Cleverley complete the looks and glasses made to our design by Cuttler and Gross. Klaire Jamin on buying duty again killed it..along with assistant designers Alex Fordham,
Sophie O’Neill, Emma O’Loughlin, illustrator Simon Thorpe
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