Sentences with phrase «london dressmaker»

Brilliant but poor London dressmaker Ada Vaughan thinks her luck has finally turned when she meets the suave and charming Stanislaus von Lieben, a Hungarian aristocrat.

Daniel Day - Lewis, in what he has said will be his final film role, doesn't disappear into London dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock so much as he builds him from the impeccably shined shoes on up.

Analysis: Daniel Day - Lewis is Reynolds Woodcock, a London dressmaker - to - the - stars who falls for a younger woman.

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I loved the fact the dress was made in London and I had the pleasure of meeting my dressmaker in person at both of my fittings.

The film tells the tale of renowned dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock (Day - Lewis), living in London in the 1950s.

Reynolds Woodcock, played by Daniel Day - Lewis, is a world - renowned dressmaker living in London in the 1950s.

Every bit as fastidious and demanding as his character, Day - Lewis plays a 1950s London master dressmaker catering to the highest of society with ruthless efficiency and unbridled dedication — until a charismatic waitress (Vicky Krieps) becomes much more than his prized model.

During their conversation, they talk about how the film came about, Daniel Day - Lewis» process and preparing to play a dressmaker, the challenges of filming in London when you need dailies, how the crew reacts when you cross the line (the invisible 180 - degree mark of a shot / reverse - shot), and much more.

The Phantom Thread: Daniel Day - Lewis plays a famed dressmaker in 1950s London in Paul Thomas Anderson's fascinating, inexorably creepy movie that Day - Lewis has stated will be his last.

According to Phantom Thread's brand - new synopsis, Day - Lewis plays the character Reynolds Woodcock, a renowned dressmaker who, along with his sister Cyril (Lesley Manville) «are at the center of British fashion,» dressing 1950s, post-war London's royalty and socialites «with the distinct style of The House of Woodcock.»

«Set in the glamour of 1950's post-war London, renowned dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock (Day - Lewis) and his sister Cyril (Manville) are at the center of British fashion, dressing royalty, movie stars, heiresses, socialites, debutants and dames with the distinct style of The House of Woodcock.

Day - Lewis plays Reynolds Woodcock, a celebrated dressmaker in 1950s London and a swinging, if strictly regimented bachelor, who keeps his lines and ladies perfectly arrayed until the day he falls for a headstrong young woman named Alma (Vicky Krieps).

Ten years later, the pair have reunited for Phantom Thread, a film about an English dressmaker at an elite fashion house in post-war London.

Set in the 1950s in London, the sensual story is about renowned dressmaker named Reynolds Woodcock, as played by Day - Lewis, whose «carefully tailored life» is disrupted by love.

Set amid the glamour of 1950s London, Phantom Thread tells the story of renowned dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock, who designs gowns for everyone from the Royal Family to film stars, sewing hidden messages into the linings of his dresses.

Anderson's eighth feature, Phantom Thread, is a strange, lavish romance set in 1950s London about a master dressmaker and his sphinx - like muse.

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Day - Lewis plays dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock, whose glamorous bachelor's life in 1950s London is upended after he falls for a headstrong young woman (Luxembourgian actor Vicky Krieps).

Phantom Thread's high - end fashion designer Reynolds Woodcock, who custom - makes dresses for royalty and hoi polloi in London circa 1950s, is as much a model of obsessive - compulsive mania as Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood (2007); this master - dressmaker works in softer and more pliant materials than the wildcat oilman, but is similarly uncompromising about his process and results.

Day Lewis plays Reynolds Woodcock, a much sought after, London based, 1950's era dressmaker / designer to the wealthy and royalty, who is self absorbed, obsessive, arrogant and demanding.

He plays the almost - genius, an elite London - based dressmaker named Reynolds Woodcock whose work gets thrown off its axis when a woman he meets, Alma, complicates his life with her love.

Quick Pitch: It's London in the 1950s, and dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock (Daniel Day - Lewis) is the cock of the fashion walk.

Story: Set in the glamour of 1950's post-war London, renowned dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock (Daniel Day - Lewis) and his sister Cyril (Lesley Manville) are at the center of British fashion, dressing royalty, movie stars, heiresses, socialites, debutants and dames with the distinct style of The House of Woodcock.

In Phantom Thread, he turns his lens on the world of fashion, telling the tale of Reynolds Woodcock, a dressmaker working in post-World War II London.

Set in London in the 1950s, Reynolds Woodcock is a world - renowned designer and dressmaker.

The official synopsis reads: «Set in the glamour of 1950's post-war London, renowned dressmaker...

Paul Thomas Anderson's eerie Gothic drama about the relationship between a dressmaker (Daniel Day - Lewis) and his muse (Vicky Krieps) in post-war London has the clearest thesis of any of the writer - director's post-Punch-Drunk Love work, though it's expressed in mysterious terms, characterized by ellipses and contradictions.

The film will take place in the fashion world of London during the 1950s and will see Day - Lewis» character as a dressmaker for the royal family.

Set in the glamour of 1950's post-war London, renowned dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock and his sister Cyril are at the center of British fashion, dressing royalty, movie stars, heiresses, socialites, debutantes and dames with the distinct style of The House of Woodcock.

Paul Thomas Anderson's Phantom Thread devotes a significant amount of time to acclimating us to the House of Woodcock, ostensibly run by Reynolds Woodcock (Daniel Day - Lewis), a renowned dressmaker in 1950s - era London.

Plot: Set in 1950's London, Reynolds Woodcock is a renowned dressmaker whose fastidious life is disrupted by a young, strong - willed woman, Alma, who becomes his muse and lover.

The scene is 1950's London, where fashion designer Reynolds Woodcock (Daniel Day - Lewis) is regarded as one of the best — if not the best — dressmaker in the couture world, running his business with his sister Cyril (Lesley Manville).

Other stars taking part in Celebrity Paws are Level 42 lead singer and bassist Mark King, actresses Melanie Hill and Angela Lonsdale, Gardeners World host Alys Fowler, London 2012 shooting gold medallist Peter Wilson, author of A Street Cat Named Bob James Bowen, star of The Apprentice Jaz - Ampaw Farr, dressmaker Thelma Madine, author Jennifer Gray, and artists Melissa Hemmings, Clive Meredith, Eve Poland and Chris Wright 2.

The other stars taking part in Celebrity Paws this year were Gardeners World host Alys Fowler, London 2012 shotgun gold medallist Peter Wilson, author of A Street Cat Named Bob James Bowen, Dancing on Ice star Frankie Poultney, The Apprentice star Jaz Ampaw - Farr, dressmaker Thelma Madine, author Jennifer Gray, actresses Melanie Hill and Angela Lonsdale and artists Melissa Hemmings, Clive Meredith, Eve Poland and Chris Wright 2.

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