that beret

Theadora Van Runkle, the self-taught costume designer who created Faye Dunaway's iconic look in Bonnie and Clyde, has passed away. There are two great obits over at the NYTimes and the Guardian. My favourite part of both is Edith Head's advice to Van Runkle, while she was shopping nervously for fabrics:

"She said, 'What are you doing?' " Ms. Van Runkle recalled.

"I said, 'It's the '30s and they're escaping from a bank robbery.' "

"She said: 'Oh darling, do everything in chiffon. You'll have no problems.' "

(Source)

Much as I adore Ms. Head, I'm glad her advice was not taken.

The originals - Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow

Photos: 1, 2

fairest of them all

Speaking of Charlize, the new Snow White trailer is out, and it looks promising. I preferred the evil Queen to Snow White in the original, and probably will here too, but a Snow White in armour is an idea I can get behind. Also, the braids on both women are stunning. The costume, hair and makeup people must have had a lot of fun with this.

The shapeshifting into crows reminds me of Madonna's video for Frozen, a personal highlight of 1998 for the moodiness, mehndi, and gothic Olivier Theysken's designs...

golden glamour

My heart skipped a few beats when I first watched the new J'adore Dior film. This woman is perfection (the other three aren't bad either)...

Who knew Charlize, Grace, Marlene and Marliyn would go so well with Beth Ditto? Inspired on all fronts.

tango lesson

I'm looking forward to seeing the full version of Time Doesn't Stand Still, a short dance film directed by Asa Mader starring Benjamin Millepied (choreographer of this as well as Black Swan) and Léa Seydoux. Despite being visually different, TDSS reminds me of Wong Kar-Wai's 2046 with its sexually charged atmosphere, minimal dialogue and carefully selected and painfully covetable wardrobe (in this case, constructed from Ralph Lauren's spring collection and house archives by stylist Aleksandra Woroniecka). Trailer below...

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