2016 has come and gone already, and it has left me with a wide array of movies to look at: some good, some bad and some simply mediocre. Here I will not be looking at the quality of the movies themselves but at the quality of their costume design. And in that regard, 2016 has unfortunately been generally bland. That doesn't mean that there haven't been good costume designs. It just means that there haven't been spectacular ones. For that same reason, this will not be a top 10 so it's just as a top 7 list. Also, the order is rather random. All of the designs mentioned below stand on their own and I don't think they can really be properly listed. And so, I begin. I- FASHIONABLE REVENGE: The Dressmaker designs by Marion Boyce and Margot Wilson This indie Australian movie broke box office numbers earlier this year and that was, in great part, because of its amazing Costume Design. The movie has a ton of narrative and tonal problems, but whe...
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