oh daisy

so in the mood of films and costumes let's go back to my beloved 'great gatsby'. since writing about it last time i saw it once more, this time in 2d. well... it doesn't feel as spectacular as in 3d (you know it was filmed to be in 3d so that's understandable). 

oh and there are some elements that are just too much, all that 'green screen' stuff and dreams literally appearing in the clouds was an absurd. in 2d that's much more visible.

but going away from the general idea, let's discuss daisy buchanan, portrayed by carey mulligan.

as you can see perfectly well even from the posters she's the 'it' girl in this film. i mean, it's pretty obvious, especially if you know the story. and all this 'itness' is shown in her costumes. she's in general a brilliant example of how diverse the 20's really were. hearing 'the roaring twentees' always reminded me of low waist and brilliant head pieces. but when i looked into it more while reading the book and as a preparation for my english classes, i discovered how much more there was to the fashion of that time.

it turns out that people were so amazed by the golden years and the boom, american dream was coming alive, that clothing exploded with many new styles. the dropped waist was definitely a trend but the a shaped dresses were also very big. the evening clothing became very luxurious, with fur and crystals in details. i think that as women in general became more significant in the life of a society, they sort of became more like men (you can see that very clearly from the career of a short haircut at that time), but the again i think that they didn't want to lose themselves in all that 'freedom'.

let's go back to daisy. oh sweet sweet daisy.

i think that a lot of people will disagree with me but my favourite dress of hers wasn't actually the party dress, filled with crystals, but the lavender day-time dress she wore when she was reunited with gatsby.

the lace shows just as much as it should and the frilly arm pieces are very fashionable for that time, you know the whole extenuating your arms thing. her hair is also very nice in that scene, let me just throw that out there. also the significance of the muted violet is very big, she sort of goes through a drastic change right there and then. 

and now the star of her wear, the party dress. this is actually an old prada design, the 'chandelier dress' from the spring/summer 2010 collection. it looks really cool in the party sequence, the light bounces of the crystals in a very pretty sort of rainbowy way but not really. i mean, just pay attention to it. 

the last thing i need to talk about are the headpieces. as you probably know, hair accessories were very in back then and it definitely shows in the costumes. in almost every scene women have something on their head, either a hat, a little pin or a scarf like daisy is rocking below.

i don't really have a lot to say about these. as a person in love with her bowler hats and any other headpieces, i just think that this style can compliment a lot of faces and looks. just try a hat for a change, i feel like not enough girls (or even guys for that matter) pay attention to headdress and many possibilities a hat gives.

hope you enjoyed that, 

let me know what you think about daisy's wardrobe.

next up: 

i went on sales

love,

qofr

ps. photos not mine, obvs

movie night (month?)

i've been watching a lot of films lately. i mean loads.

it started with an obsession over jesse eisenberg. i know. not your usual hottie but i find myself attracted to these kinds of guys. like he's just nice and seems like a shy but passionate fast talker (i guess my 'type'). so i watched 'now you see me' (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1670345/) like 5 times in 2 weeks (i know i'm crazy, but i also have a nice and cheap cinema near me and know my discounts). it's not great, i mean it's an action thriller about criminal magicians, pretty interesting concept. i found that it took my mind off a lot of things and jesse is amazingly hot with a stubble and a deck of cards. 

sidenote: for some reason i kinda feel dirty posting this. i'm so twisted. 

it's like confessions or something. 

i hope he never finds this... 

sorry, i'm just weird.

carry on.

then my next encounter with his acting was in re-watching 'the social network' (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1285016/) for this first scene in the pub. wonderful, everybody should watch that. it has a really interesting way of showing the story of friendship and creating the biggest social network in the background. oh yeah, facebook.

to my surprise i got so obsessed with jesse that i watched my first zombie movie just to see him and woody harrelson in their first piece together (they are both in 'now you see me'). and it was a good choice. and to throw my 'fashion' opinion, the makeup was brilliant, a little over the top but very appropriate for the atmosphere of the film. i forgot to mention it's 'zombieland' (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1156398/), i also stars emma stone!

then came 30 minutes or less (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1622547/), adventureland (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1091722/) (kristen stewart isn't actually that bad here, don't throw things at me! just watch it!) and some other ones.

then i discovered 'the living wake' (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0489212/), a wonderful story. 

and the best costumes ever. i might do a review of this and the costume part in a separate post. btw would you like to hear my thoughts on films in general or just the costumes? i mean like an additional corner for movie geeks that like the sort of suff i watch (and believe me, i watch some weird pieces sometimes). 

ok. i just added photos and i guess it turned out to be a 'jesse eisenberg appreciation post'. meh, i'm fine with that.

i provided the imdb pages to all those films, in case you'd like to read more. they're not just some random pages ;]

so let me know what you think about 'the film corner with a crazy person that just enjoys going to the cinema' (that's just a draft title, don't worry, the real one is going to be much more ridiculous) and go watch all or at least a few of those pieces.

we good?

good.

love you all and see you soon,

qofr

p.s. not my images, obvs.

the great gatsby

so let's begin.
i had this promise i'll read the book first. i mean the original. i fail at that a lot of the time (cloud atlas, the hobbit and almost any film i saw based on a book). but now i was very set on the idea and did it. kinda. i read it the day it came out here, loved the book. even though it was kind of dragging sometimes, especially in the end, i really liked it. i liked it so much i even started reading a story about zelda fitzgerald, scott's wife, who inspired him. i mean not for this book (although i think that their story is a bit similar to daisy and jay's) but in general and later. anyway... where was i...
oh yeah...

the story
i hope you sort of know what's going on there, if not there are better sources for that then me (and i recommend the book, it's only like 200 pages long). i don't know, google it. i can give you just a very brief concept.
so there's this guy, nick carroway. he moves to the long island, his neighbour is jay gatsby. nick has a cousin, daisy. she was in love with jay but married another guy, tom. so they all live there and jay wants to renew his relationship with daisy. meanwhile tom has a romance with a married woman. story continues, bunch of things happen. we know the story from nick's point of view, it's like he's the writer. jay is madly in love with daisy, he wants her to leave tom and come live with him, get married in her hometown blah blah blah. to impress her he throws these famous big parties in his house. they're spectacular, especially in the film.
spoiler alert!
jay eventually dies, nobody comes to his funeral, turns out jay was only posing as this rich man, nick is depressed. daisy stays with tom, his romance ends tragically.
spoiler alert over!

the book is very thoughtful and gives a fresh perspective on some things, especially the classics in general, at least from me. i was sort of tired of all these good endings and 'and they lived happily ever after' which happens in most modern books, at least in those that i read.

anyway, the 'book side' of this is maybe for another time.
let's talk costume!

(as i think of it now, i'll probably do a series, this is real and to long for a one post. i'm thinking gatsby, tom, nick one post, daisy one and the rest one. good?)

the costumes in general were designed by catherine martin, baz luhrmann's wife and a great production designer. she won two oscars for moulin rouge, one of the most beautiful films (in the visual sense) i have ever seen. she collaborated with miuccia prada, making 40 pieces from her past collections into more roaring twenties looks.

i love the twenties in general, want to know why? let me know!

till next time (probably this week)

love,

qofr

p.s. good links:
the great gatsby prada costume preview
miuccia prada on designing costumes for the great gatsby
miuccia prada designs costumes for the great gatsby
first look at miuccia pradas great gatsby costumes
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