For once it wasn't just about them, but about what they're wearing.<br/> <br />London's Victoria and Albert museum is launching a major new exhibition, celebrating 100 years of costume design in film.<br/> <br />"Hollywood Costume" has brought together a treasure trove of some of the most iconic movie memorabilia for the first time, from Daniel Craig's Bond tuxedo to Kate Blanchett's period dress she wore as Queen Elizabeth I.<br/> <br />It's the symbiosis between the actors and their outfits which helps them make their character feel complete.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: Michelle Rodriguez, actress, saying (English):<br/> <br />"It's your character, it's your silhouette, it's your personality, it's pretty much everything. -- I wouldn't you know I've never had the opportunity to really play because I usually play these tomboy-ish roles where I am in jeans and a tank top you know most of the time. But I definitely fantasize."<br/> <br />The items on show have spent most of their post-productions lives either in the hands of private collectors or locked up in the wardrobe archives of the film studios.<br/> <br />Only occasionally do actors get to add them to their personal closet.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: Helena Bonham Carter, actress, saying (English):<br/> <br />"No, sometimes you don't keep them. I only got, I got 'Fight Club' bits because he's not -- if you really make friends with the costume designers which I usually do that means you can get to keep some."<br/> <br />The exhibition has got some 130 items on display. It's open to the public from October 20 until January next year.
