Hubby and I just got back from the new Woody Allen movie, Midnight In Paris. It's a really good movie with lots of laughs. It's very clear what Woody Allen thinks of Tea Partiers, stupid Americans and pedants (don't worry that'll all make sense when you've seen the movie).
I absolutely loved the fashion in this movie and predict an Oscar nomination for the costume designer, Sonia Grande. In particular, every one of Marion Cottillard's costumes were absolutely beautiful. They were apparently sourced from antique shops all over the world to ensure the authenticity of the time period. Hubby was grousing over Owen Wilson's apparent inability to tie his tie correctly. It was always too short through the entire movie but I think is was appropriate for his rumpled novelist wannabe character.
Go see the movie, even if you're not a Woody Allen fan. This is probably the least neurotic of his films. He does follow his standard format of man caught between more than one woman, questioning his identity, wondering if something better is out there. I was a little irritated that he still includes that stupid Hollywood rule that a woman who follows the same path must be punished because, well she's a woman and she should never be with more than one man. That was really the only flaw I found with this movie. Well, that and everyone's insistence on referring to "Adrianna", Marion Cotillard's character as a "costume designer" when she introduced herself to everyone as a student of fashion design. There is a difference between costume and fashion design. Sometimes the two mix but usually there are distinctly different ways these careers are practiced.
When I first saw this dress, I thought it was embroidered in thread and thought it was so cute. It wasn't until a different camera angle caught a glint of light that I realized that the red embroidery is all beadwork. Even more stunning. It's so delicate and would be a perfect summer dress today!
I was so enamored of this gorgeous flapper dress. The hair and makeup were perfect and the multi-directional beaded embroidery was just stunning from every angle of this dress.
I haven't been able to find a better front view of this dress (this picture just doesn't do it justice) but it was probably my favorite one of her costumes. She wore it in the first scene she appeared in. The butterfly at the neck is a sheer embroidered piece set into the dress in a reverse applique. The simplicity of the single wide strip of beads (or sequins) down the center front and back and along the hem made what would have been a simple black dress, just stunning. The more you look at the dress, the more you like it.
I absolutely loved the fashion in this movie and predict an Oscar nomination for the costume designer, Sonia Grande. In particular, every one of Marion Cottillard's costumes were absolutely beautiful. They were apparently sourced from antique shops all over the world to ensure the authenticity of the time period. Hubby was grousing over Owen Wilson's apparent inability to tie his tie correctly. It was always too short through the entire movie but I think is was appropriate for his rumpled novelist wannabe character.
Go see the movie, even if you're not a Woody Allen fan. This is probably the least neurotic of his films. He does follow his standard format of man caught between more than one woman, questioning his identity, wondering if something better is out there. I was a little irritated that he still includes that stupid Hollywood rule that a woman who follows the same path must be punished because, well she's a woman and she should never be with more than one man. That was really the only flaw I found with this movie. Well, that and everyone's insistence on referring to "Adrianna", Marion Cotillard's character as a "costume designer" when she introduced herself to everyone as a student of fashion design. There is a difference between costume and fashion design. Sometimes the two mix but usually there are distinctly different ways these careers are practiced.
When I first saw this dress, I thought it was embroidered in thread and thought it was so cute. It wasn't until a different camera angle caught a glint of light that I realized that the red embroidery is all beadwork. Even more stunning. It's so delicate and would be a perfect summer dress today!
I was so enamored of this gorgeous flapper dress. The hair and makeup were perfect and the multi-directional beaded embroidery was just stunning from every angle of this dress.
I haven't been able to find a better front view of this dress (this picture just doesn't do it justice) but it was probably my favorite one of her costumes. She wore it in the first scene she appeared in. The butterfly at the neck is a sheer embroidered piece set into the dress in a reverse applique. The simplicity of the single wide strip of beads (or sequins) down the center front and back and along the hem made what would have been a simple black dress, just stunning. The more you look at the dress, the more you like it.
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