Oscar Fashion 2008

Admittedly, I only saw There Will Be Blood out of all the Oscar-nominated films this year, but I have at least noted my picks for best and worst Oscar frock:

Marion Cotillard's dress by John Paul Gaultier with its white scalloping inspired recollections of mermaids for this French chanteuse that won the Oscar for Best Actress in La Vie En Rose.

I still haven't seen Juno yet (although I read the script, which I downloaded off of the Fox Searchlight website, and unfortunately didn't like that much). Not a fan of Diablo Cody's penchant for leopard prints in Dior, especially matched with pirate earrings. Arrrgh. Whatever, not that it matters what the Oscar winner for Best Original Screenplay wears anyway, right?

If fashion designers had their way at the Oscars...

http://www.style.com/trends/stylenotes/022108

the industry of couture

An essay on the latest edition of Christian Dior by Marie-France Pochna:

http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200801/editors-choice

Print to Film

I just can't get into Alice Munro, even though Sarah Polley's film Away From Her was influenced by on one of her short stories. One of my favorite fiction writing publications is Zoetrope, Francis Ford Coppola's brainchild and better favored than his recent films. Here's a link to an excerpt of an essay by Polley in a past issue of Zoetrope on the repercussions of when she discovered Munro's "The Bear Came Over the Mountain":

http://www.all-story.com/issues.cgi?action=show_story&story_id=339

films and fashion!

http://nogoodforme.filmstills.org/blog/archives/2007/12/05/nogoodforme_cin.html

c'est la vie

TIME photo essay on Spring' 08 couture show in Paris

http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1706355,00.html

“Dark Shadows” BUST Magazine Oct./Nov. ’07 Issue

This shoot was inspired by “Dark Shadows”, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Shadows)
a gothic soap opera and cult classic in the 1960s based on romance novels.

Lead character Victoria Winters takes on a position a governess at an estate, unbeknown to her that its haunted by Barnabas Collins, a lovelorn vampire devastated with an untimely fate met by his true love long ago.














In the first and second shots of the BUST photo shoot, “Dark Shadows”, the character of Angelique Bouchard waits in a cemetery, distinctly aware of some unknown presence in her midst. Angelique and a character based on that of Barnabas Collins pose by a window in the following shot.

The fourth shot shows Victoria Winters wandering the halls of an antiquated estate. After that, Angelique Bouchard and Victoria Winters are posed with gothic romance novels from the 1960s. In the sixth shot, the character based on Angelique descends a staircase.
















The seventh and eighth pages of the shoot insinuate a love affair between that of Barnabas Collins and Victoria Winters.

The inspiration for the “Dark Shadows” shoot was based on the premise of the gothic soap opera, incorporating ‘60s mod, dark make-up and bright colors. I think this shoot was successful in inspiring a notion of camp or fantasy
and that its publication’s readership would find appealing. As far as everyday wear, the retro vintage pieces mixed in with the designer styles strike an eclectic chord.



BIOS
PHOTOGRAPHY: Danielle St. Laurent http://www.daniellestlaurent.com/
STYLING: Jennilee
MAKEUP: Candice Forness http://www.candiceforness.com/
HAIR: Vassilis Kokkinidis

Note: I’m assuming that it was shot at this location from the listing on the first photo:
ArtWing NY
http://www.artwingny.com
611 Broadway, Suite 718, NYC, NY 10012
info@artwingny.com
t : 212 / 655 5779 f : 646 / 485 7271

DESIGNERS
Hayden-Harnett http://www.haydenharnett.com/
Dominique Cohen for Target http://www.notcot.com/archives/2007/09/dominique_cohen.php
Urban Outfitters
Isaac Mizrahi for Target
H & M
John Fluevog www.fluevog.com
Naughty Secretary Club http://www.naughtysecretaryclub.com/shop/
Screaming Mimi’s http://www.screamingmimis.com
Sparkle and Fade
Bronx Bison www.bronx-diba.com
Arms and Armory www.armsandarmory.com
MarieMarie www.shopbebop.com
Vintage brooch, stylist’s own
Hue