Last weekend i found the time to watch The Virgin Suicides. I’m usually more of a print than screen person but the magic about film for me is the wardrobe. When i read the book (many years ago), imagining what the Lisbon sisters would be dressed in never occurred to me. Yeah that was a baggy-jean-wearing-Melly with track shoes. Well i was particularly charmed by Cecilia in the film, pretty ironic cos i was attracted to Lux’s character in the book. I’m blaming her lace dress because that’s all i can think about since that night. That’s all i search for on ebay. There’s no way i can pull off her innocence so i’m not even gonna try but this girl’s going into my book of girls – Wednesday Addams, Gwen Stefani (her No Doubt days), Claire Danes in R+J and so on…
If you’ve been like “whuut?’ during the whole chunk above, sorry!, here are some stills from the film. It’s all of Cecilia and her dress. I love it, i love how she wears it all the time and it’s grannyish but with some urg-yeah grunge rebellion thing going on. I don’t know, her boredom with life must give her more attitude.
I also put these together, some pieces to recreate Cecilia’s look.
1, 2, 4, 5 – i cant seem to find the cape on topshop.com but it’s selling for $99 if anyone’s asking.
The weather has been unfriendly lately and i know it’s only going to get worse so i’m not gonna say more. The 11th Hour is available for rent on iTunes now and i’m gonna make time to watch it. I do little on my end to save the environment and when i think hard about it, i don’t like the way it makes me feel.
Well watch it if you can, there’s something about documentaries that draw me in. I managed to see the Helvetica film over the weekend and although i don’t really glorify the font, hearing aficionados speak about it is wondrous. Wow i really managed to sidetrack, all i meant to do was post today’s outfit and also share a video i’ve been watching over and over.
Everything is remixed ‘cept for the clutch which came as a gift, it’s from H&M. I really dislike taking photos at the stairwell but i had to compromise because it had better lighting, sorry!
And enough of my talk, play this video, close your eyes and sway
There’s this Tattoo Remix thread going on in the Wardrobe Remix pool and thenewclotheshorse shared this awesome website with tattoos of cupcakes, where i found this one. Phew, that was a mouthful. Don’t you just love it?
These are from Alexander McQueen’s SS/05 collection. I had a close look at the two pieces that resemble American football attire at the Superheroes exhibition at The Met. The top left one has beautiful Jap-inspired waves as part of the design, something like those you see in Japanese tattoos. The waves are always at the back of my mind now and i’m waiting for the day i can have them tattooed on my lower calves.
It’s a pity i couldn’t find an enlarged image of it. So while searching, i browsed through the rest of the collection and i really adore the whimsical, carnival feel the clothes exude. There’s like a role behind each outfit, The Princess, The Footballer, The Walking Carpet, The Human Carousel, The Schoolgirl…
