It’s Fashion Week! So, inspired by galadarling, I wanted to highlight some of my own fictional style icons.
5. The Hitchcock Blonde; Vertigo, Marnie, The Birds, etc.
The bubble-gum New Look aesthetic has been an inspiration to me for years and years. I’ve been absorbing it through Gina Lollbrigida, Sophia Loren, Catherine Deneuve, old screwball comedies, and vintage/consignment store raids. Wasp-waists and fuller skirts suit my body shape. It’s sort of hilarious to me that, since Mad Men, all of the things I love and have had to hunt down are now enjoying this amazing renaissance in retail stores. Don’t think I’m not stocking up.
Other “Hitchcock blondes” include: Mrs. Campbell in Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell, Lisa Helena Fellini in Come September, Betty Draper in Mad Men, Geneviève Emery in Les Parapluies de Cherbourg.
