Fashions And Famous Movies
August 27th, 2007 Subscribe To Our Feed
Regardless of the decade, fashion is a mainstream of contemporary culture. Regardless of where you go or where you travel you will always find some kind of fashion on display, whether it is someone wearing it, or something you see in a store window. It is even integrated into different parts of the media, which is more than proven by various famous movie fashions.
Case in point — Gone with the Wind
This 1939 epic movie about a Southern Belle during the Civil War had two particular memorable costumes that are forever part of period fashion history. One of these dresses was known for being beautiful, and the other dress was known for being comically bad.
The dress that was known for being a beautiful example of a period of fashion that is seen at the very beginning of the movie, and is known as “The Barbecue Party Dress.” The bodice of this dress was made of organza with a floral print, and the low-plunging neckline was made of velveteen ribbon that curved up to the shoulders. The skirt was a hoop skirt, as was typical of the day.
The dress that was an example of comically bad period of fashion and was known as “The Curtain Dress.” In this part of the movie, the war has ravaged everything, and Scarlett O’Hara is in desperate need of money. She knows that Rhett Butler is being held at a prison nearby, and so she decides that she is going to ask him for money. She has no proper clothes to wear, so she decides to make some from green velvet curtains. The result is a disheveled dress, complete with a gold tassel belt and hat.
My Fair Lady
In this classic movie, the dress that stood out from among was the fashion dress worn beautifully by Audrey Hepburn as Eliza Doolittle, when Eliza is presented as a lady at the Ascot races. The dress, designed by Cecil Beaton, was a lovely form-fitting white lace dress, complete with black and white ribbons and a decoratively plumed hat. This fashion dress was auctioned off in 2004 for about $100,000.
Never Old
Gone With the Wind and My Fair Lady are two of the most popular movies of all time, and are just two examples of how fashion is often an important part of movies. The wonderful thing about movie fashion is that, no matter how many years pass, it never gets old. That is because the fashion is lived each and every time that someone sees one of these classic movies.
Always Young
My Fair Lady and Gone with the Wind are two of the most popular movies ever created, and are only two such examples how very often fashion is an important segment of movies. The great thing when it comes to movie fashion is, regardless of how many years have passed, they never get old. This is due to the fact that the fashion is relived each and every instance that a person watches one of these classic movies.
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