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Post by BunnyWhit on Apr 28, 2023 18:40:51 GMT
I hope this thread will be where you come to post pics or descriptions of some of your favorite costumes from film. Whether you are interested in the entire aesthetic of the cast or simply one garment from a film that made an impression on you, let's see those threads.....in this thread. 
I'll start it off with Bette Davis as Margot Channing in All About Eve (1950). That chocolate silk gown with sable accents is beyond gorgeous. Bette looked confident (even powerful) in it, yet feminine and playful. Edith Head truly worked her magic with this gown, and with the entire film as well.
 
   
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Post by NoShear on Apr 28, 2023 21:12:00 GMT
Adrian's satiny yield for Norma Shearer in The WOMEN reminded me of the Miss Gulch/Wicked Witch morph costume in THE WIZARD OF OZ, BunnyWhit and Fading Fast:   |
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Post by sagebrush on Apr 28, 2023 23:30:25 GMT
I don't recall the name of the film, but I remember the gown Frances Langford wore in it!
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Post by galacticgirrrl on Apr 29, 2023 4:17:17 GMT
Ha - good one. As is this one  Letty Lynton (1932) Renowned Hollywood costume designer Adrian Greenberg once said, "Who would have thought that my entire reputation as a designer would rest on Joan Crawford's shoulders?"What I dream I had
Pressed in organdy
Clothed in crinoline of smoky Burgundy
Softer than the rainI love the dress, the designer, the photo, the romance, the myth, the magic. Legendary and award-winning costume designer Edith Head thought the dress was the "single most important influence on fashion in film history." The ‘Letty Lynton’ Dress Took Country By Storm How a frothy gown from a 1932 Joan Crawford movie tapped into the need for postwar romance and created puffy sleeves everywhere.
www.antiquetrader.com/collectibles/letty-lynton-dress-tapped-into-need-for-postwar-romance |
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Post by Fading Fast on Apr 29, 2023 4:57:20 GMT
I love the insane hats that Deana Durbin wears in 1945's "Lady on a Train." Not every actress could wear hats like those, but Durbin, IMO, looks great in them.
 
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Post by I Love Melvin on Apr 29, 2023 12:54:44 GMT
One of my all-time favorites is this outfit worn by Greer Garson in Random Harvest (1942), with the three sheer overlapping panels on the lapel. Costume design by Robert Kalloch.  |
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Post by Fading Fast on Apr 29, 2023 12:57:07 GMT
One of my all-time favorites is this outfit worn by Greer Garson in Random Harvest (1942), with the three sheer overlapping panels on the lapel. Costume design by Robert Kalloch. |
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Post by Swithin on Apr 29, 2023 12:57:14 GMT
You wouldn't catch me dressed like this, but I love Akim Tamiroff's outfit in Anthony Adverse (1936). It suits his character perfectly.  |
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Post by sepiatone on Apr 29, 2023 16:10:37 GMT
How about JEAN HARLOW saying she doesn't like to expose too much of her skin while wearing this in "Dinner At Eight"?  Sepiatone |
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Post by Andrea Doria on Apr 29, 2023 20:09:29 GMT
Joan Crawford wears many Adrian originals in, "Susan and God." Here, with all the white ropes hanging all over her during a pivotal dramatic scene, I can't tell if she's upset about the fight with her husband or the dress. The outlandish costumes, the loud patterns on the furniture, the cocktail table completely covered in dozens of booze bottles, the six dachshunds running across the yard in the opening scenes ... all ask, not only, "Is that what you're wearing? but also "What were you smoking?"
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Post by sepiatone on Apr 30, 2023 15:19:14 GMT
I'll say, it sure beats that dumb question, "Who are you wearing?"  I've had this fantasy scenario where at one of those award show "red carpet" segments, some gagster celebrity would walk up to Rivers or whomever wearing a way huge oversized black leather coat. And when asked, "Who are you wearing?" He'd answer, while outstretching the large coat.... "Can't you tell? YAPHET KOTTO! "  Sepiatone |
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Post by BunnyWhit on Apr 30, 2023 15:26:42 GMT
Summer Stock (1950)
For the most part, Judy Garland's costumes as Jane Falbury are quite dowdy in the film. They are a reflection of her character as a woman who has serious business to tend with no time to worry about her fashion sense. But then comes the barn dance. I can't tell you how much I adore the brown and orange dress she wears in this scene. The palette is firmly rooted in those popular in 1950 fashion, which serves to elevate Jane as a more fashion conscious woman. It looks like she wears simply a slim, orange tie around the neckline to accent her lovely face, but then when she swings out and we see that the orange extends to full gores down her back to the hem of the dress....look out! It's as if Jane is telling Gene Kelly's Joe Ross "eat my dust"! The dress moves beautifully. I've never been able to decide about the fabric content. It looks like it's ultra-lightweight tropical wool crepe, or a wool/silk blend, or rayon, or perhaps a wool/rayon blend. Dunno. What I do know is that I don't think I've ever actually watched Gene Kelly dance in this scene. It's always about Judy and the dress.
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Post by BunnyWhit on Apr 30, 2023 15:32:09 GMT
Joan Crawford wears many Adrian originals in, "Susan and God." Here, with all the white ropes hanging all over her during a pivotal dramatic scene, I can't tell if she's upset about the fight with her husband or the dress. The outlandish costumes, the loud patterns on the furniture, the cocktail table completely covered in dozens of booze bottles, the six dachshunds running across the yard in the opening scenes ... all ask, not only, "Is that what you're wearing? but also "What were you smoking?"
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Post by BunnyWhit on Apr 30, 2023 15:44:07 GMT
An interesting and apt connection, NoShear. I must admit that my mind always takes this shining garment of Norma's to a much more insect-y place.
Katharine Hepburn in Christopher Strong (1933), designs by Walter Plunkett and Howard Greer.
 
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