How to wear takes: Iconic images from movies
We already toldAbout the current alternative to the Bini cap, which is able to protect the head from the icy wind, - take it. But berets did not always take on themselves only a functional role: they often became a symbol of an era or a certain culture. It is not surprising that from time to time the heroines of films also appeared in them, starting with silent films. We take lessons from the great ones - we find out how the characters Lauren Bacall and Mia Farrow wore berets.
Casablanca
Michael Kurtitz, 1942
Although the famous costume designer Orry-Kelly did not receive his honored Oscar for “Casablanca” and even, ok, was not nominated for it, this film is written in the history of the costume forever. Even the difficult relationship between him and the main actress of the film - Ingrid Bergman - did not prevent this. The scene in which Ingrid Bergman appears in the beret is not the key one for the film - the wide-brimmed hat in the episode of farewell is imprinted in the memory much stronger. But it was the beret who had a much stronger relationship with reality - from the wardrobe of Ilse, most of the spectators at the time of the film's release could only afford it. By the time the movie was released (1942), the martial situation in the world dictated that they should deny themselves elementary - the girls painted seams imitating stockings. What can we say about the chic sets of the main character.
Deep dream
Howard Hawks, 1946
Thanks to the Hollywood divas, the surge in beret fashion was observed in the 30s and stayed in the 40s. Katherine Hepburn, Marlene Dietrich, Jean Harlow, Greta Garbo - you can find hundreds of photos of the gossip of the time, where they appear in the beret. The redundancy of the 30s was replaced by asceticism - no embroidery, veils, brooches. It is in a simple black beret that Lauren Bacall appears in the movie "Deep Sleep," recognized by the world classics of cinema. Cage-pita, a handbag of a rigid form, takes and a soft wave look very trendy today.
The postman always calls twice
Tay Garnett, 1946
The original film "The Postman Always Rings Twice" in 1946 gives another lesson in wearing a beret with the help of Kora's femme fatale - the heroine of the luxurious Lana Turner. Snow-white takes to match the suit, silk blouse and gloves - monochrome has never looked so deceptive. The task of the film's costumer, Iren Lenz (another big name in the history of cinema), was to show the contrast: to make a negative character — an unfaithful wife who decided to get rid of her husband with the help of her lover — look ambiguous. White color is always identified primarily with positive features, and it is not associated with a self-serving killer.
Crazy about weapons
Joseph H. Lewis, 1950
"She believes in two things - love and violence" - the slogan of a criminal noir, a harbinger of a whole genre of films about criminal love. In the history of two crazy shooters, in love with each other almost as much as in the weapon, the driving force is the greed and self-interest of the main character. Takes as the most powerful stylistic statement is on the young Peggy Cummins in one of the main scenes of the film - about the same in almost twenty years will be on Faye Dunaway in "Bonnie and Clyde." It’s worth noting to collect the “Crazy with Weapons” cash desk in due time in order to be surprised and to be convinced - the classic combination of a beret and a simple turtleneck also works almost seventy years later. And how else - just remember the fashion shows of the autumn collections.
Gentlemen prefer blondes
Howard Hawks, 1953
A pink dress with a lush bow in which Marilyn Monroe performs "The Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend" is an outfit that is primarily associated with Howard Hawks' most beloved musical comedy in Russia about the duet of two singers. What else is worth a closer look when watching - what does the heroine of the most famous film blonde and her partner in crime Jane Russell look like (in the course of the movie their outfits duplicate each other) in everyday life. In a pair of modest beret should be attached a huge collar or, at worst, a satin scarf - girls from the cabaret and behind the scenes want to be visible from afar.
Bonnie and clyde
Arthur Penn, 1967
When it comes to berets, the first thing that pops up in memory of anyone who is even superficially familiar with the classics of world cinema is Faye Dunaway in the movie “Bonnie and Clyde,” based on real and romanticized cinema history. The appearance of Bonnie is misleading: it’s hard to believe that without knowing the essence that the elegant tomboy girl in a pencil skirt and playful berets over a golden bean is a relaxed burglar capable of murder. Subsequently, her controversial image was exploited countless times, and the beginner (at that time) film dresser - Theadora Van Runkl - received an Oscar. It is believed that the unexpected success of "Bonnie and Clyde", whose plot unfolds in the 30s, led to another wave of popularity of berets in the second half of the 60s.
Rosemary Baby
Roman Polanski, 1968
Puppet sundresses, bright colors, turtlenecks and Vidal Sassoun's cult hairstyle - “Rosemary Baby” - the abyss of simple and clear elements of the 60s style. The modest heroine Mia Farrow in the film appears in the beret only once - on a winter street in New York in a scarf and a dress with the same print. From this moment on, Rosemary’s dramatic, hysterical image gradually reaches its apogee - she begins to feel a tormenting pain and dislike of her eccentric neighbor. In the phone booth, Rosemary also finds out that her only close person is in a coma. The denouement is close: soon she will believe in the thought that her husband and those around her are participants in a satanic conspiracy. During the remaining time, her oppression will only worsen, the struggle will lose its meaning, and thoughts will take on reflections about their own hopelessness. And all this - in the magnificent costumes of Anthea Silbert.
The dreamers
Bernardo Bertolucci, 2003
Alessandro Michele, creative director of Gucci, presented the second birth to the autumn headdress. Games with erasing gender boundaries and perfect styling after the first show helped Michele to win the favor of critics. But what definitely helps (and already helps) the designer to make the brand commercially successful is noticeable, easily recognizable accessories, such as bright red beret. Guessing about the sources of inspiration for exits with a red beret is easy - this is still the same 60th and 70th age that designers love, not giving up their positions for the season already. Only the lazy one didn’t compare Gucci with the fact that he was at the freedom-loving heroine of Eva Green at the very beginning of “Dreamers”. A velvet sea-green dress, a cigarette and a catchy beret are a fascinating feminine image of a period of student unrest. Thus, the film reinforced the cliché of the “Frenchwoman in the obligatory beret”, which for a long time does not hold water.
Kingdom of the full moon
Wes Anderson, 2012
Each Wes Anderson film is full of characters whose stylistically balanced appearance is a complete and unconditional reflection of their inner world. The main heroine of the film "The Kingdom of the Full Moon" Susie, a teenage girl with a difficult character, - the very display of the encyclopedia on the style of the 60s. Perhaps, short dresses with collars "Peter Pan" and earrings with beetles for one reason or another were remembered by the viewer a little more than the crimson beret - the same color as Pushkin's Tatyana. It is he who turns on her at the moment of pseudo-wedding with her lover, thus playing the role of a kind of veil.