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Seberg, Belmondo and Godard’s Film de Cinéphile: À bout de souffle
A Paris where two lovers are overwhelmed by fate and where the image of Jean Seberg as Patricia Franchini strolling down the Champs-Elysées in The New York Herald Tribune t-shirt became an everlasting style headline and the star of the French New Wave. À bout de souffle was Godard’s film de cinéphile and Read More
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This Summer We’re Channelling: Alain Delon in “Plein soleil”
In Plein soleil, Alain Delon’s Tom Ripley and Maurice Ronet’s Philippe Greenleaf are more alike in looks, both physically and in the way they dress. The devil is in the details though, revealing the differences in class and wealth between the characters. This subtlety makes it more challenging for the viewer. Read More
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This Summer We’re Channelling: Mary Stuart Masterson in “Some Kind of Wonderful”
Of all the cool, rebellious, outcast teens from the other side of the tracks, Watts from Some Kind of Wonderful must be my favourite of them all. Played by Mary Stuart Masterson to perfection, Watts is a street wise-rebel yell-new romantic tomboy that flaunts the subcultural musical theme of the 1980s, Read More
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This Summer We’re Channeling: Brad Pitt in “Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood”
But it is Brad Pitt’s Cliff Booth who takes film costume beyond ‘60s fashion and transforms it into timeless style. It’s both his attitude and clothes, modern yet very much of those times that project this California cool vibe and that very much capture the decade’s uplifting, freewheeling spirit. Read More
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This Summer We’re Channelling: Melina Mercouri in “Never on Sunday”
It’s a dancer’s body you think of when you see Melina Mercouri blaze on the screen in Never on Sunday. When she dances, her black sheath dress dances with her. When she walks, her clothes walk with her. Her elegance is alive. Theoni V. Aldredge not only understood film costume, she understood costume construction. She rarely used ready-made dresses in her costumes. Read More
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