Fashion for Film

This is taking it to the next level, and I wish I could add some extra pages to my thesis!

Gucci, the Italian fashion house with a thing for film (see here, here and here), has designed 3D-glasses! And I know it's not hard to top the traditional ones, but these aviator glasses look supercool. I remember that during Avatar we discussed the fact that in the future everyone would own their own pair of 3D glasses, and I would eagerly join since the ones you get in the cinema often are broken or too damn greasy, which ruines the experience. The Gucci glasses apparently are $225 and the idea of going green and recycling just might win me over...

Update: Armani apparently came up with the same idea...

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Getting ready for Sex and the City 2

So tonight, my sister and I are finally going to see Sex and the City 2 at our local theater. We've got tickets for a so called 'Ladies Night' so I'm curious to see what all the fuss is about that kind of events.

Only thing is that my sister has a fever and she's been sleeping on our couch for the whole day now, but she still wants to come along. Hopefully the movie will exceed my expectations so she'll be able to think less about her feeling bad, and more about all the clothes (read: product placement) she wan't to have...

Since I'm in a Tiffany blue kind of mood today, I decided to try out the Chanel Le Vernis Riviera-nailpolish, also because I hate wearing 'matchy matchy' colors (Nouvelle Vague is practically identical). The color is perfect, I always love raspberry-inspired nail polish.

Il Gattopardo

During the final presentation of my Fashion-vs.-Film-thesis, I need to convince the jury that the subject I researched was relevant in a scientific way. Well, yesterday I found a new 'reason why' to add to the list.

Fashion and film are two area's that are constantly on the move, and when both domains unite they create a powerful and dynamic synergy. And here's another example of how they are constantly evolving;

Only last week I handed in my thesis and yesterday already I found another great example that I could've mentioned in the study: Apparently Gucci is a dedicated contributor to Martin Scorsese's Film Foundation! With the money the fashion house donated the film director digitally restored Visconti's Il Gattopardo (1963), which is a masterpiece of the Italian neo-realism film. Next project: La Dolce Vita by Fellini.

Frida Giannini said that Gucci has a long history with film dating back to the 1940's and that they are proud to keep these vibrant, timeless films alive.

Well done, Gucci.

Cinema

The other day we all went to the movies to see Cameron's Avatar, when my sister spotted the poster of Alice In Wonderland! And off course we had to take a sneaky picture. The quality of the photograph is low, due to the poor lighting at the cinema complex, I know, but I just had to share this.

I have pictures of all four posters, but their quality is even worse, so I checked imdb.com and you can find the Mad Hatter-versions there.

In case you are wondering how Avatar was, well, you shouldn't go see it for the interesting story, since it lacks just that. However, thumbs up to the special effects/graphics team. The world of Pandora looked magical, even though little 3D effects were incorporated -in my opinion. The whole scenery reminded me of one of my favorite platform games of all time: Rayman.

Rayman fragment vs. shot of Pandora

Anyhow, enough about video games. Tomorrow I'm finally starting to

study my Costume and Fashion course, and I'm pretty sure that with

every page I turn, I'll have plenty of material to put up a new post here.

I'm excited.