Smart move, Cannes people, for putting Diane Kruger on the jury and guaranteeing us all some serious fashion perving for the duration of the film festival. My only question is … where is Pacey?
Also, I wish I was there. Lucky Donald.
In a funny coincidence – or, perhaps not seeing as she’s currently in the whirlwind that is promotion for Martha Marcy May Marlene – it’s while working on a feature by the inimitable Donald Clarke on Elizabeth Olsen that I come across this cover of Asos magazine … perfection.
It’s funny to think that, despite what feels like five years of hype, most of us have yet to see the youngest Olsen sister act. I am, of course, the exception to that rule, having seen her star turn in Martha Marcy May Marlene, which is beyond brilliant. I highly recommend it. In fact, I’ll go see it with you again when it comes out on February 10th!
Those capital letters are equal parts for Ciara, who hates when I shout, and for Louis vs Rick, my favourite new thing on the internet. (My favourite old thing, obviously, is Cute Overload.)
This amazing sweater is courtesy of Cocorosa, who found them. But it did make me think, what did Disney films teach me? (And, before you ask, this is totally fashion related, because Disney sells wedding dresses and wedding dresses are fashion and wasn’t Jasmine really the most fashionable of them all etc etc)
1. Singing is important. If you can’t sing, you’ll have to make do with cleaning your own house and you’ll be lonely for-evah. Plus, if you’re a really good singer you will eventually defeat Ursula the sea witch by singing at her. Or something. (Am I confused about my Disney films? Say it ain’t so.)
2. Life is unnerving for a servant who’s not serving. The next time your cleaner comes over and you feel tempted to make her a cup of tea – why is it that I insist on working for my cleaner? Seriously, I can’t sit still when she’s there. I’m all cups of tea and biscuits and long chats about life in Moldova – just don’t. She’s happier cleaning. Disney says so.
3. Without a man, you will be doomed to stay in your house and see and do nothing forever. Seriously, forevah-evah. Men can show you the world (shining, shimmering, splendid) and open your eyes! Without them, really, all you’ll do is obey daddy and be pretty. I know that’s all I’m doing until a man comes to rescue me.
4. He might be really, really mean to you – but he’ll come around. And when I say mean, I mean locking daddy up in a dungeon mean. Keeping you in his house as ransom for your ageing father and refusing to feed you unless you consent to eating at the table with him and making small talk. But don’t be scared; he’s a good guy, underneath it all.
5. Love will save the day. Seriously. I can’t find a link to that because, really, it’s in every Disney film you’ve ever seen. Happy Friday!
So I had a pretty eventful weekend – and by that I mean I went to the cinema and watched a whole lot of X Factor before spending my whole Sunday working. I know, rock ‘n’ roll! But on Friday I went to see Crazy, Stupid, Love. If you haven’t seen the trailer, it’s worth a look:
But what I really, really want to talk about is the fashion in the film: amazing! Click through for more . . . (more…)
This photograph is kind of eery – it’s Vogue, with Michelle Williams as Marilyn Monroe, from the upcoming feature My Week with Marilyn which looks, well, it looks amazing. See for yourself.
The other night, in a true display of spinsterdom, I watched Bridget Jones’s Diary with a friend, and relived the joy of seeing that movie for the first time in a way, as I hadn’t seen it in YEARS. SUCH a great film.
But it reminded me that (a) I haven’t seen Renee Zellwegger around in ages and (b) she must be so teeny if she put on a rake of weight for that film, because she’s really quite normal sized. Anyway in this photograph, taken this week at an awards do in Germany, Zellwegger looks lovely. It’s definitely a “gown”, and possibly too much for some, but it’s a gorgeous colour on her and she looks so happy, not to mention healthy. Thumbs up!
This year’s fashion film, following on from the success of The September Issue in 2009, is Bill Cunningham New York, a film following street style photographer Cunningham and charting his impact on the “scene”. It’s easy to forget that street style photography was around long before the Sartorialist and Face Hunter and Garance Doré (great profile in this month’s Elle on the latter, incidentally).
Last week, I went to see Valentino: The Last Emperor in the delightful Denzille Lane cinema, courtesy of The Gloss magazine and Moet & Chandon champagne (I abstained, GO ME). I loved the film – more, I think, than I loved The September Issue. If you have an interest in haute couture, you should 100 per cent see this movie. It’s such a hilarious and touching insight into a quite enigmatic (and bizarre) man, and really well done, despite the fact that it’s not quite as slick as The September Issue in its production. Just brilliant.
A friend and I were recently leafing through the pages of Time magazine* when we spotted Julia Stiles at a red carpet event, dressed in some sort of “gown”, with her hair scraped back off her face and minimal make-up. “For Gods’ sake,” quoth my friend. “Can’t she dress up just once?!”
Well her wish is . . . someone’s command, because here’s Stiles at the Screen Actors Guild Awards:
Gorgeous, no? Gorgeous dress, gorgeous flowing locks, gorgeous stance – and, gorgeous face.
Not that her face isn’t naturally gorgeous (and something does irk me about the usually kooky Stiles’s Barbie resemblance here), but sometimes, when on the red carpet, it’s worth making the effort. Top marks! Oh, and:
Steps ain’t no square dance! A ha ha ha!
P.S. Bianca Lawson is now to be seen playing a 16-year-old in Pretty Little Liars. Won’t she ever age?!
So how many of you went to see Black Swan this weekend? (I can’t help but think it a pity for the Mulleavy sisters that the film itself is receiving so many accolades – the chances of their costumes being centre stage grow slimmer with each five-star review.)
Well the influence of Aronofsky’s dance-themed psychological thriller is being seen far and wide on the fashion scene, and this shoot in Vogue Russia is but one of the balletic editorials out there at the moment. Tutus and tulle are going to be big news for S/S 2011 – but what say you? Is it a do or a don’t?
via Fashion Copious, which has the shoot in full
The other night, I watched Avatar for the second time. I enjoyed the FernGully-esque multicolour of Pandora for the second time; I enjoyed Sam Worthington; I worshipped Zoe Saldana that little bit more, and I thought of how nice life would be if I was a Na’vi, and how far she’s come from being Britney’s sassy little friend in Crossroads.
And now here she is. In her underwear, for a fat paycheque, more notoriety – and what? Le sigh.
