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  • theetruscan
    Senior Member
    • Jan 2008
    • 2270

    Fashion and Style in movies

    Where does this belong? I'm sitting here doing some bookkeeping and letterwriting watching "Survive Style 5+" (I dunno, it's a japanese movie, the title is gibberish) and the costumes on the main female character (the dead wife) are just fantastic. Is that personal style? Anyway, in this movie, the aesthetic is not at all SZ, but it's just fantastic. The movie is a surrealistic tour de force as well, but I'm curious where discussion of attire in movies belongs.
    Hobo: We all dress up. We all put on our armour before we walk out the door, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that we’re trying to be someone else.
  • mass
    Senior Member
    • Sep 2006
    • 1131

    #2
    asano's trenchcoat is pretty dope as well.

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    • theetruscan
      Senior Member
      • Jan 2008
      • 2270

      #3
      Originally posted by mass View Post
      asano's trenchcoat is pretty dope as well.
      The faded one that looks like it must have been buried somewhere for at least 15 years, with the paisley prints on the lapels? I LOVE it.
      Hobo: We all dress up. We all put on our armour before we walk out the door, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that we’re trying to be someone else.

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      • Faust
        kitsch killer
        • Sep 2006
        • 37852

        #4
        In the Mood for Love. Her dresses are amazing.
        Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde

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        • J_J
          Senior Member
          • Apr 2008
          • 269

          #5
          polanski's The Tenant comes to mind. I loved Stella's 70's parisian girl vibe.

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          • airboyair
            Senior Member
            • Oct 2006
            • 336

            #6
            The Matrix and Gattaca are two movies that left an impression on me after leaving the cinema.
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            • Fade to Black
              Senior Member
              • Sep 2008
              • 5340

              #7
              Takeshi Kitano's Takeshi's is a stylish movie...while Yohji gets the credits for costume design, i am not sure if it was just the outfits of the "real" Takeshi or the other one as well - needless to say Beat-san wears the black jacket/white hawaiian collar shirt/black pants look to perfection.

              I also think Frank Booth's style in Blue Velvet is very slick...epitome of a depraved rogue look; if i was a psychopathic criminal i'd want to dress like that.

              While I think many of Wong Kar Wai's films tend to be a bit on the contrived side in terms of styling, i just watched Fallen Angels the other day and I think Leon Lai's hitman look was carried with an effortless ease. In Hong Kong, a lot of times the characters actors occupy appear much more stylish than the performer's real life look (Tony Leung in Infernal Affairs?)...and what I dig the most about it is, I think a lot of stuff the characters wear is very ordinary clothing that by itself most people wouldn't give a second look at, like stuff shopped for in Kowloon street markets or the like...since it is unlikely that kind of character would be shopping at Joyce much. What a disappointment when the celebrities end up stepping out in designer gear and come across as so much more bland.
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              • droogist
                Senior Member
                • Sep 2006
                • 583

                #8
                ^ Definitely a look, although I would hesitate to call it stylish. But he's one of these guys who makes everything look good.

                I would volunteer The Quick and the Dead. Yes, the Sharon Stone gunslinger flick.

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                • Faust
                  kitsch killer
                  • Sep 2006
                  • 37852

                  #9
                  Originally posted by droogist View Post
                  ^ Definitely a look, although I would hesitate to call it stylish. But he's one of these guys who makes everything look good.

                  I would volunteer The Quick and the Dead. Yes, the Sharon Stone gunslinger flick.
                  Mmmm, Leonardo...

                  The Matrix and Gattaca for sure.
                  Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde

                  StyleZeitgeist Magazine

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                  • Jorge Hache
                    Senior Member
                    • Sep 2006
                    • 457

                    #10
                    Takeshi Kitano's Dolls, is one really beautiful movie, the costumes are by Yohji (a frecuent Kitano's collaborator).

                    In a more playful way the costumes in The Fifth Element are amusing (all costumes design by Jean Paul Gaultier)

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                    • Yan
                      Senior Member
                      • Mar 2008
                      • 386

                      #11
                      Angel Heart was a seriously stylish film.

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                      • AKA*NYC
                        Senior Member
                        • Nov 2007
                        • 3007

                        #12
                        Jude Law does Afghanistan

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                        LOVE THE SHIRST... HOW much?

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                        • Faust
                          kitsch killer
                          • Sep 2006
                          • 37852

                          #13
                          Originally posted by AKA*NYC View Post
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                          Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde

                          StyleZeitgeist Magazine

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                          • guruguru
                            Junior Member
                            • Apr 2008
                            • 5

                            #14
                            Originally posted by Fade to Black View Post
                            While I think many of Wong Kar Wai's films tend to be a bit on the contrived side in terms of styling, i just watched Fallen Angels the other day and I think Leon Lai's hitman look was carried with an effortless ease.
                            Definitely agree with you about Leon. Michelle was stunning as the Agent too- those dresses!

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                            • guruguru
                              Junior Member
                              • Apr 2008
                              • 5

                              #15
                              speaking of WKW, how about Leslie Cheung in Days of Being Wild? talk about all-around style. and of course, the closing scene where Tony Leung is getting dressed is nothing less than epic.

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