Italian Movie/Fashion Fixation Weekend

The one thing I do love about the U.S. is Netflix. I missed Paris a lot, mainly for the fashion. So I became inspired by these movies that I saw over the weekend.

I was very impressed with Woody Allen while watching "Interiors." Now I understand why Ingmar Bergman is his favorite director because you can call this an ode to the director. The timing, the subject matter, and even the look of the film was classic Bergman. I was obsessed with Diane Keaton's watch in the movie and was gladly appreciative of the continuation of her style and how she mixed articles like in Annie Hall. To me, she is up there with Katherine Hepburn as one of my favorite female icons.

"The Duchess" was itself a decently good movie. But what knocked me out was the costumes and how Kiera Knightly looked like a portrait from a gallery. I was absolutely in love with her hair mounds of curly hair. I have the same glint in my eye similar to when I wanted to have Jenny Shimizu's hair cut. What struck me most was the attention to proportion that had to be given to her hair and her clothes so that it will work. If I do plan to go ahead and curl my hair, I am going to have to transition my clothes to make it more proportion-friendly to the new "do." So many women forget that when they do something drastic with their hair.

An Italian gem is "Swept Away." I loved the actress Mariangela Melato, who looks exactly like Monica Vitti from Michelangelo Antonioni's L'Avventura. The 70s style hair and make-up is so classic that I feel like this "rich bitch" could have walked down Milano and no one would have blinked. I loved the head kerchiefs and the black turtleneck sweater. What was even better, I loved the story and how much it swept me away. One of those movies that I wished would play on forever.

The next movie I saw was "I am Love." I adore Tilda Swinton, ever since her days of Orlando, which is another fashion icon film. This movie kinda kicked off my Italian film binge and I just marvel at how well the color-blocking serves to create this very luxe, refined and yet artistic style of dress that is very Italian. I saw these pants and immediately ran through all the color combinations I could do with a good pair of pants in the right, fresh color. Again, great Italian style.