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Oct 11, 2012 · Following its march through war, the grotesque sneaker/boot was snatched up by Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood. Despite its popularization by the fashion-forward collaboration of Westwood/McLaren, the brothel creeper will never be aesthetically pleasing.
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- Marilyn Monroe,Some Like It Hot
- Marlene Dietrich, Morocco
- Katharine Hepburn, Bringing Up Baby
- Rosalind Russell, His Girl Friday
- Ingrid Bergman, Casablanca
- Elizabeth Taylor, A Place in The Sun
- Audrey Hepburn, Roman Holiday
- Greta Garbo, Ninotchka
- Joan Fontaine, Rebecca
- Jean Harlow, Dinner at Eight
No list of memorable looks can be complete without Marilyn Monroe. Sure, her flowing dress in The Seven Year Itch is the stuff of legend. But before that scene cemented her into icon status, Monroe played Sugar in Billy Wilder’s Some Like It Hot. At the climax of the film, Sugar (Monroe) thinks she has been left by a millionaire, so she sings her h...
For the era she lived in, Marlene Dietrich truly pushed boundaries for being a sexually liberated, working woman. Her work with director Joseph Von Sternberg is remarkable, especially since she often plays a femme fatale. Morocco makes this list because it perfectly exemplifies Dietrich’s role in cultivating androgynous style, and it got Dietrich n...
Even if she is best known for her work in The Philadelphia Story, Katharine Hepburn is also notorious for stubbornly wearing trousers in an age when ladies were expected to don more ladylike apparel. Hence, Bringing Up Babyis the ideal movie to showcase Hepburn’s signature trousers. They perfectly fit the role since her character Susan spends half ...
In terms of professional outfits, Rosalind Russell’s pinstripe separates are ideal in terms of femininity and function, which fittingly is what Russell’s character struggles with throughout His Girl Friday. For coming out in 1940, the film has some impressively feminist moments. Hildy (Rosalind Russell), a ball-busting, journalist, intends to leave...
Ingrid Bergman’s iconic trench coat and hat are inextricably linked to one of the most famous and heartbreaking scenes in cinema history. Since her character Elsa is both fleeing the Nazis and leaving behind her true love Rick (Humphrey Bogart), her outfit reflects her need for secrecy — there’s a reason private eyes are associated with trench coat...
Looking for an outfit that encapsulates both the heightened awareness of purity and fashion in the 1950s? Elizabeth Taylor’s gorgeous strapless white gown is it. Playing socialite Angela Vickers engaging in an ill-fated romance with George Eastman (Montgomery Clift), Taylor’s debutante dress went on to influence prom dresses for decades, thanks to ...
You can blame your shirtdress obsession on the flirty outfit from Roman Holiday. Famed costume designer Edith Headcame up with this outfit for Princess Ann (Audrey Hepburn), a runaway princess who meets journalist Joe (Gregory Peck) trying to cover the story of her flight. In the iconic scene where they share a vespa ride, Hepburn sports a classic ...
Although the plot of Ninotchkaexplores the comedic differences between communist Russia and the capitalist west, the clothing provides a brilliant way to manifest the opposing philosophies. “How can such a civilization survive which permits their women to put such silly things on their heads?" This is what Communist envoy Ninotchka (Greta Garbo) wo...
Hitchcock's Rebeccaprovides another example in which the wardrobe is hugely significant to the character. The unnamed protagonist (Joan Fontaine) falls in love with and marries a mysterious, wealthy man, but she finds herself overwhelmed by the ubiquitous presence of his dead wife inside her husband's mansion. Thanks to the bad advice of a maid who...
Jean Harlow was essentially the OG "blonde bombshell" thanks in large part to her racy role in Hell's Angels. Her platinum locks and sensual look definitely helped cement this title. Still, it's her barely-there white, satin gown featured at the dinner party scene in Dinner At Eight that was such a hit that the "Jean Harlow dress" would become a fa...
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- Gloves. Gloves have had a hands-on role in the lives of women since the days of the Egyptian pyramids. These days, people who brave the winter months wear them to protect their hands.
- Handkerchiefs. So, sweat happens. If you’re like me and wiping your face with your sleeve during all seasons, then handkerchiefs (or pocket squares) are a really elegant solution.
- Personal Parasols. Doesn’t the romantic but perfectly functional parasol remind you of John Singer Sargent paintings? Parasols as we know them originated roughly 4,000 years ago in ancient China, Egypt, and Assyria, where they were made from eucalyptus, tree leaves, and palm branches.
- Folding Fans. Like handkerchiefs and parasols, this fashion statement is for the warm-blooded. I’m not kidding when I say that I carry a fan in my purse everywhere during the summer.
Lily Avnet. ARTICLES. Music. Defibrillator: Bob Dylan, "It's Alright Ma, I'm Only Bleeding" (1972) The first time I heard “It’s Alright Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)” was admittedly a bit unorthodox for a Dylan epic — it played during the final episode of the Sopranos.
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Jan 24, 2013 · Lily Avnet. Lily is a writer, blogger and screenwriter who still tells people she’s the first person to pursue a writing career in New York City -- and insists this joke once made Jay-Z laugh.
