Showing posts with label I'm Her. Show all posts
Showing posts with label I'm Her. Show all posts

30.12.10

I'm Her: The Women of Inglourious Basterds

Quentin Tarantino is a favorite director of mine, partly because his dialogue is witty, and partly because he manages to make his violence humorous and cartoonish. He directed Uma Thurman in Kill Bill, raising her to goddess status in my mind, and last summer he released a movie he had been working on for nearly ten years, Inglourious Basterds. The movie is about Nazis, World War Two, and a (fictitious) group of American soldiers who travel around Europe scalping Nazis. Brad Pitt is the commander of the Basterds, Melanie Laurent is the breathtaking Shoshanna, Diane Kruger is the bubbly Bridget von Hammersmark, and Christoph Waltz gives one memorable performance as a cunning, sadistic Nazi.

Everything about this movie is fantastic, but the costumes were, to me, especially worth mentioning.

Bridget von Hammersmark is a 1940s German actress, a double agent. She wears traditional Hollywood 40s garb, lots of browns, blacks, and greys.


Shoshanna, on the other hand, glows as the only surviving Jew in her family. She creates a grand scheme to kill Hitler and all Nazi commanders by burning them alive in her theatre. Throughout the movie, she dresses plainly, blending into the film's gritty scenes.

Her dress for the finale, however, was stunning.


Definitely a movie worth seeing, if you can stomach it.
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22.12.10

I'm Her: Marla Singer/Helena Bonham Carter

One of my favorite actresses is the lovely Helena Bonham Carter, and when I say favorite actresses, I mean that I adore every role she's portrayed and I think she is fascinating and charming in interviews and photos. I've chosen to juxtaposition the way she dresses in real life with the way one of her greatest characters dresses.
Marla Singer: the desperate, isolated, and somehow human woman who interrupts the Narrator's tour of the city's support groups dresses the way she feels. The first scene we meet her, the Narrator tells us his disdain: "If I had a tumor, I'd name it Marla." Her head comes up, those sunglasses revealing her eyes like she would turn you into stone if there was a connection, the cigarette smoke curls around her face, and she exhales.
(Shudder.)

Marla wears what we would call "vintage" clothing--she just steals them from the laundromat. We see her in an old pink stained prom dress, a black fur stole, outfit after outfit ill-fitting, falling off her shoulders, her mysterious, spiked hair... All of this fits into Marla's devil-may-care, anti-consumerist, pessimistic personality. It also all fits into the theme of Fight Club, which is that we all die eventually--why not die with a few scars (or stories) to show and tell?

Don't forget your "Hello, my name is" name tag with a pseudonym and a fake back story about your prostate cancer.

Helena, however, has been on more "Worst Dressed" lists than Mariah Carey herself. Somehow, the memo that a celebrity should appear a certain way never reached her desk--and I am thankful for it. She shows the same nonchalance in her outfits, but without the negativity. Her style is whimsical, crazy British cat lady piling on every item of clothing she owns.
See what I mean? Now, no fashionista would dare call her a style icon--but I love it. It's like dressing from a folk tale every day.


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19.12.10

I'm Her: Luna Lovegood

What you may not know about me (or believe about me) is that even though I dress like a twelve year-old lumberjack most of the time, I really enjoy fashion. I don't necessarily pull off every item of clothing (hello 34DDD), but I love clothes, love outfits, and love how my sister Hannah can take ten bucks to a thrift shop and make an amazing, one-of-a-kind look.
I've been wanting to somehow do a fashion section on my blog, but something has stopped me. Call it fear, call it what you will--but in an attempt to truly continue to evolve, I am doing what I want.
It's my blog.
I am definitely not good at this. For further proof of that, come look in my closet. But it's just for fun.
One of my favorite things to do as a child was to blurt out, "I'm her!" about any Disney character or cartoon girl I thought was beautiful. Hannah and I made it a competition. "I'm her!" "Then I'm her!" "No, you're her." "Okay, then I get to be her."
So, I proudly present... the "I'm Her" series. Taking inspiration from my favorite characters in movies, books, and real life, I am piecing together outfits using Polyvore, a fantastic fashion/accessory website that lets you make murals.

Today, I am showing you Luna Lovegood.
 

Now, this character from the Harry Potter books and movies is a little wacko, and it shows up in her wardrobe choices. Even though she's attending school, she manages to make it all work. I wish I could pull off this mixture of bright colors, patterns, and random objects for jewelry.
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