{"id":14570,"date":"2024-09-13T11:54:33","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T11:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/khabarok.com\/entertainment\/14570\/"},"modified":"2024-09-13T11:54:33","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T11:54:33","slug":"screen-share-films-and-shows-that-sparkle-with-fashion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/khabarok.com\/?p=14570","title":{"rendered":"Screen share: Films and shows that sparkle with fashion"},"content":{"rendered":"

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So obviously Emily in Paris<\/i>is not a deep and meaningful dive into cultural differences and otherness. It is frivolous fun with fabulous fashion. The venerable Patricia Field, who clothed Carrie and her friends through 94 episodes and two movies of Sex and the City<\/i> and made Manolo Blahnik and Christian Louboutin household names, designed the first two seasons of Emily in Paris<\/i>.<\/p>\n

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While there has been some grumbling over Marylin Fitoussi (who took over from Field) trying too hard in Season 3 of Emily in Paris<\/i>, Season 4 features more hits than misses \u2014 loved that mesh shoe! Fields also dressed Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt among others in The Devil Wears Prada<\/i>. Apart from Streep\u2019s snow-white hair and weaponised handbags, it was glorious to watch Hathaway morph from earnest journalist into that sleek vision in black.<\/p>\n

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Costume dramas have the most chance of showing off their designer chops and there are a slew of them on screens big and small. In the last six months itself you have eye-popping silhouettes of Scarlett Johansson in the space race rom-com, Fly Me to the Moon <\/i>as well as Jessica Chastain and Anne Hathaway\u00a0slaying it with their pencil skirts, gloves, and purses in the atonal Mothers\u2019 Instinct<\/i>. <\/p>\n

The suits and dresses featured in Mad Men<\/i>, telling the life of an inscrutable advertising executive in the \u201860s, have achieved a cult following. The men\u2019s skinny ties and suits and the women\u2019s stiff, constricting lines give way to flowy silhouettes as the show progresses through seven seasons. This side of the pond, there is Bridgerton <\/i>set in an alternate Regency period with the siblings sporting lovely gowns with delicate detail and Downton Abbey<\/i>, set between 1912 and 1926, which is as much about the upstairs-downstairs lives in the stately house as it is about flapper fashions. <\/p>\n

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\nBridgerton. (L to R) Hugh Sachs as Brimsley, Golda Rosheuvel as Queen Charlotte, Adjoa Andoh as Lady Agatha Danbury in episode 302 of \u2018Bridgerton\u2019
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The Crown <\/i>about the reign of Queen Elizabeth II from 1947 to 2005 is very on point with fashion. Starting with the young Queen and her sister, Margaret\u2019s suits, to Lady Diana\u2019s Revenge Dress, all the fashion highlights of the era are faithfully recreated. <\/p>\n

Shows and movies about fashion icons, while being well mounted, are not so much about fashion as about the people behind it. So the melancholy The New Look <\/i>about Coco Chanel and Christian Dior is more about the effect of WWII on the fashion industry than Dior\u2019s celebrated New Look even though the clothes are lovely including the dolls\u2019 line when the war created shortages. <\/p>\n

Halston<\/i>, with Ewan McGregor taking a break from Jedi duties playing the designer who created the relaxed silhouettes for women in the 70s, featured some original costumes and others created for the show. Ridley Scott\u2019s House of Gucci <\/i>telling the story of the decline of the fashion house, while beautifully dressed with vintage pieces was more family drama than couture. <\/p>\n

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While clothes do not make a film or a show, there are some looks that remain in one\u2019s mind long after the credits roll, including Nicole Kidman\u2019s lovely blue top in The Perfect Couple<\/i>. And watching the shenanigans of lovely-looking people dressed in delicious outfits is just another kind of comfort watch.<\/p>\n

From The Hindu cinema team, a fortnightly column recommending films and shows tied to a mood, theme, or pop culture event.<\/i><\/p>\n

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Published – September 13, 2024 05:14 pm IST<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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