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DavidS - Oct 04, 2009 10:45:08 am PDT #4329 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Anyone have any opinions about fashion in movies? The first thing that came to my mind was the LBD in Breakfast at Tiffany's.

There's a Paul Newman/Joanne Woodward movie from the early sixties about a fashion editor in Paris (with the requisite fashion show in the middle of the plot).

Some time in the sixties, largely because of Givenchy's relationship with Audrey Hepburn, there was a movement away from studio costume designs (Edith Head, Gowns by Adrian) and to name designers. The spy movie I just tivoed, Dandy in Aspic, notes that Mia Farrow's clothes are by Pierre Cardin.

Though there's still also the reverse trend where a movie influences fashion, notably the twenties inspired clothes that came in the wake of Bonnie & Clyde, and the anti-fashion, thrift shop chic of Annie Hall.


Daisy Jane - Oct 04, 2009 11:17:51 am PDT #4330 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

Though there's still also the reverse trend where a movie influences fashion, notably the twenties inspired clothes that came in the wake of Bonnie & Clyde, and the anti-fashion, thrift shop chic of Annie Hall.

This is more along the lines of what I was thinking, though where I get off track is talking about me personally (Breakfast at Tiffany's, Pretty in Pink, Reality Bites) and in general (though I personally was not influenced by Annie Hall or Bonnie and Clyde, I know that "people" were).


Daisy Jane - Oct 04, 2009 11:18:55 am PDT #4331 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

Eh. Now that I look at some of D's posts, I see that he mixes a bit of the two also. So maybe it's fine, and I'm over thinking.


Atropa - Oct 04, 2009 11:21:37 am PDT #4332 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Anyone have any opinions about fashion in movies? The first thing that came to my mind was the LBD in Breakfast at Tiffany's.

The Matrix simultaneously borrowed a lot from goth/industrial club fashions AND inspired those same subcultures. You saw a lot more people wearing cassock-style trench coats and a lot more pvc.

Zoolander is one big fashion in-joke, down to Mila last-name-I-can't-spell (she played the evil henchwoman); her entire wardrobe in the movie was reproductions of Thierry Mugler couture designs.


Daisy Jane - Oct 04, 2009 11:25:28 am PDT #4333 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

What I mean by the LBD being the first thing that came to mind is that I just knew I had to have a dress like that. Maybe not that exact dress, but a dress that I could throw on for anything. My LBD is a DvF black wrap, but it's the same idea.


Daisy Jane - Oct 04, 2009 11:26:37 am PDT #4334 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

And Jilli, I'm blaming you for introducing me to polyvore and thus having it eat my whole evening last night.


Atropa - Oct 04, 2009 11:28:11 am PDT #4335 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

And Jilli, I'm blaming you for introducing me to polyvore and thus having it eat my whole evening last night.

I'm ... sorry? Yeah, Polyvore is insanely addictive.


Daisy Jane - Oct 04, 2009 11:30:22 am PDT #4336 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

To bring it back to the topic at hand, I pretty much recreated a modern version of Marylin's outfit in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.


megan walker - Oct 04, 2009 11:33:41 am PDT #4337 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

The pink dress? Or something else?

Speaking of Audrey Hepburn and fashion, I naturally think of Funny Face.


Daisy Jane - Oct 04, 2009 11:39:42 am PDT #4338 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

Pink dress, yes. I know Funny Face is on "the list" but I haven't seen it and don't feel like I could write about it in the post-though I don't know why I'm being so hard on myself, because without me, D would have to do it and I don't think he's given half as much thought to fashion in movies as I have.