Back again with my film/fashion tribute this time with another of my all time favourite films DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN. This 80s cult classic starring Madonna is truely inspirational to me and my love of 80s music and fashion. Although these days my style favours more ethereal and gothic tones, the 80s and its trashy, rainbow coloured, sequins and glitter, multitude of accessories with entourage of back combing and hair spray, will always remain close to my heart.
(all images above are from google.com)
This decade is the most fun and playful of all the styles I love. With bright colours and playful prints and combination of feminine sexy dresses and underwear as outer wear paired with boxy oversized men's blazers and tee's. This style screams playful attitude. Denim resides throughout for it's casual, laid back essence. Stealing your boyfriends clothes is a necessity for achieving this look, whether its their tee's that you've rolled the sleeves up and tied a knot in the waist, or their blazer jacket. Head scarves and bows achieve that vital Madonna esque vibe this style epitomizes. Clothes are a 'mish/mash and trash' style with a thrown together, yet making an effort in a can't be bothered fashion.
(all images below are from style.com)
A Vivienne Westwood Fall 2006BVivienne Westwood Spring 2007 C Miu Miu Spring 2006 DAshish Spring 2010E same as D F same as D
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 2010B Alexander McQueen Spring 2009 C John Galliano Spring 2008 D Louise Goldin Spring 2010E Vivienne Westwood Spring 2011
(left - right: Anne Valerie Hash Couture Fall 2004 x3, Anne valerie Hash Spring 2010 and Fall 2009)
How happy is the blameless vestal's lot! The world forgetting, by the world forgot.
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is one of my all time favourite films ever. It's such a beautifully sad film. It evokes every emotion from love to hate, laughter to pity. I always always cry whilst watching it. As it always reminds me of my own life and relationship. Here's the trailer: I wish I could erase my memory. Sometimes certain memories are too unbearable and I just wish they would disappear. It would make life so much easier if you could. You could move on without all those painful memories stinging you every time you hear a particular song, or smell their scent, or every time you eyes you're haunted by their face. To just forget it all, right now I'll do anything to erase that stabbing sensation. Even though in the film it didn't work, as after both Joel and Clementine erased each other from their memories they still managed to find each other as fate drawn them back together. Hopefully the sun will help melt away my tear stained eyes.
I love Kate Winslet's character 'Clementine', I can really relate to her and kinda see myself in her. She's openly kooky and proud to be individual, she wears her heart on her sleeve, is self proclaimed as being high maintenance, is super paranoid and impulsive, she escapes her vulnerability and loneliness by creating an erratic personna to hide behind, and completely lives in her own little world. Sounds familar? lol
There's sooo many awesome lines Clementine comes out with but there's one where I actually shouted out "OMG that's me!" upon hearing. Here's the quote:
"Too many guys think I'm a concept, or I complete them, or I'm gonna make them alive. But I'm just a fucked-up girl who's lookin' for my own peace of mind; don't assign me yours."
This is so me; I am a fucked up little girl and I'm just trying to find out who I am and really all I want from life is to be happy. I have dated guys before who thought that I was something super special and that I could save them from their self destructiveness. And of course I couldn't save them, because obviously I'm not some special saviour. I can't even save myself. If anything I'm la one who needs saving!
My head hurts and my heart is heavy, and bank people are super smelly. I think I need hummus and poppy seed bread in my belly.
I spotted these images on Curiouser and Curiouser's blog that came from I♥FAKE magazine and they remind me of Clementine with her green hair when she first met Joel.
I found this picture onYes, Nefariousblog, which I thought was a super Clementine picture, that turquoise hair is immense;
