Wednesday 26 January 2011

The Virgin Suicides Fashion Tribute

Continuing on from my previous post 'The Lost Boys', where I spoke about film inspiration to fashion and style, this time though focusing on another of my favourite films; The Virgin Suicides. An amazing book translated into a nostalgic, ethereal yet beautifully gloomy visual. This film emphasizes the angst of adolescent puberty and also natural gentle femininity and troubles that coinside with being both at the same time.

My favourite character is Cecila Lisbon, the youngest of the sisters, and the first to commit suicide. Cecilia's character is a romantic lost soul, and hopelessly love lorn for the dying animals and world that surrounds her and the delicate sadness of her desire of death. I found this chararcter completely fascinating and admirable, as her poetic and sensitive essence and sweet melancholy bound far beyond her years.
(all imagaes found on google.com)
 
Focusing on the delicate innocence of the Libson sisters and combined with awkward essences, I've collected imagery of numerous designers that I feel reflect the double entendre of innocence and grit, youth and death, beauty and depression. 
Florals and block nude colours consist throughout the style theme. School girl features such as collared shirts/blouses paired with pleated or ruffled skirts occur but with a less cute and sexy approach and more grit and grungey attitude. Oversized jumpers worn over dainty fabrics desexualise the girlyness. There's a uniform element to the clothes which are grudgingly worn in a solem way. Also trying to capture adolenscent awkwardness within the style where either the clothes are the too big, older sister 'hand me downs' or ones that the she is 'out growing' and appear small/cropped.
(all images found on style.com)

 (left - right: 3.1 Philip Lim Fall 2010, Spring 2009 and Spring 2010)

  (three images on left: Marc jacobs Fall 2010, image on right: Marc Jacobs Spring 2010)




 A Acne Spring 2010 B Alexander McQueen Spring 2009 C John Galliano Spring 2008 D Louise Goldin Spring 2010 E Vivienne Westwood Spring 2011

(left - right: Anne Valerie Hash Couture Fall 2004 x3, Anne valerie Hash Spring 2010 and Fall 2009)