I Wanna Be Like... Trends & Film.

[Maj.Nick Danger]

Quite a lot of short-lived trends here really,....

....and thankfully,most of them were short-lived. Personally, I'd like to see Stooge-Style come back. Porkpie hats, wide ties, roomy suits,and the sportswear!,......lol

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[K.D. Lightner]

A couple of other trends I recall:

Tom Hanks' character in Cast Away was stranded on a tropical island for four years with various objects that washed ashore shortly after he did, including a Wilson volleyball. He makes into a second self that he can talk to and debate with during his isolation. He calls the ball "Mr. Wilson."

When that film came out, there was a run on Wilson volleyballs, people were buying them left and right.

The same thing happened in ET with the Reese's Pieces that the little boy leaves for the alien. I read that the film makers wanted to do the scene with M&M's but the company would not give them permission to use their product in the film, so they went to Reese's.

A good move -- the sales of Reese's Pieces shot up and rivaled, for awhile, M&M's.

karol

 

[HadleyH]

The movie "They Won't Forget" (1937) made Lana Turner the first Sweater Girl, 'an informal look for young women which continued to be influencial into the 1950s, a first mayor style for youth fashion.'



The picture that made Lana "The Sweater Girl'

OOps!!!! [huh]

 

[LizzieMaine]

There was a wave of popularity for the Veronica Lake peek-a-boo hairdo in 1942, so much so that managers in defense plants had to ban their female workers from wearing it on the job -- loose hair could be lethal around spinning machinery. The story goes that Lake herself was persuaded to abandon the look in order to set the example for all her followers.

 

[katiemakeup]

Annie Hall

 

[Cricket]

I hate to admit it, but I am not a big Woddy Allen film fan. But do you suppose that Annie Hall may have inspired a revitalization of the menswear look on women? It seems that maybe more women starting breaking out the hats, ties, vests and pants.
Many may not like the menswear look, but when you wear it with confidence, you can't go wrong.

 

[Cricket]

Annie Hall

Sorry, I did not see this post. But on that note, I love the hats. But I never could pull off the ties. I would look so silly. But she pulls it off.

 

[SamMarlowPI]

did Grease do anything as far as bringing back 50s fashion? i wouldn't know...lol
i actually followed The Sandlot as far as t-shirts, jeans, and converse or pf flyers...actually a bunch of us did...i still kinda do...

 

[Bugsy]

Clark Gable did not wear an undershirt and sales of the T-shirt plummeted (and sales of deodorant sky-rocketed! -OK, I can't back that up.)

Bogart wore the trench and trenches were immortalized.

Ralph Lauren dressed 1974’s “Great Gatsby” and his entire career was made.

Indiana Jones restored some luster to the fedora.

When was the last time something like this happened? Trends tend to come from what young people are wearing on the streets. This seems to come mostly from musicians. You certainly don’t see young men dressing Hogwart’s prep, though they are definitely reading it.

Evidently, celebrity and film no longer inspire the sort of devotion to start a trend. Can anyone think of a recent film that started a trend?

The last big fashion influence I remember, and it's been a long time ago, was when The Great Gatsby came out.

 

[Edward]

Saturday Night Fever set off a host of unfortunate trends. Hair, necklaces, LEISURE SUITS.

Remember kids, disco is evil - don't let it happen again, as punk rock might not always be around to save us!

did Grease do anything as far as bringing back 50s fashion? i wouldn't know...lol

A lot of folks on the retro 50s scene here in the UK came to it after being exposed to Grease at one time and another. There are regular revivials, usually around an anniversary for the film, new DVD release (you can usually find one version for about a fiver too, which keeps it going), stage show, and such. I remember Grease, and consequently a bit of a fifties look, being popular amoung the trendy set at my Grammar school in and around 1988 / 89 after Kylie Mingoue had a hit with a cover of Tears on my pillow.

That said, to my inexpert eye, much of the clothing in Grease is off, the boys in particular. Their jeans are all much too narrow in the leg, and the suits in the school dance scenes are pure 70s.

 

[Brooksie]

http://www.fashionforrealwomen.com/articles/movies_for_fashion_lovers.html

Check out this site it talks about different movies effecting the fashion trends.

Brooksie

 

[Nathan Dodge]

I still lament the fact that stovepipe hats and wide, striped shirts didn't become fashionable for today's suburban "ruffians" after the release of Gangs of New York.

It's too bad that Chicago and The Aviator didn't influence fashion. However, I held out hope when an issue of Vogue from last Summer featured a 1930s-esque cover.

 

[Jack Scorpion]

I feel like the TV show House puts forth Hugh Lurie as a style icon. Though most of his tennis shoes, jeans, teeshirts, blazer and stubble style have been long standing as the young millionaire look. Maybe you can attribute the recent increase of motorcycle jackets amongst non-bikers to him.

 

[TheDutchess]

I have read that Breakfast at Tiffany's created a craze for black sheat dresses and orange tabby cats!! What can I say I have a black Holly Golightly dress myself and of course a pair of tortoise Ray Bans with green lenses.. I just need a tiara.

Ok im a total dork and will admit that i dress like Holly Golightly at least 3 days of the week. Especially when its cool out so I can walk around in my trench coat and big Ray Bans. lol

 

[Spitfire]

Not to mention the BBC series Torchwood, which almost cleaned out all surplusstocks of RAF Greatcoats!

 

[dhermann1]

On me, individually

Well, you can't call this a mass movement. but I had a pretty nice William Powell mustache for a while. Cut it off because the GF objected. But it might make another appearance some day. I'd emulate anything William Powell ever did.

 

[Quigley Brown]

I just read an article about a Turkish TV series called 'Noor' that's currently sweeping the Arab world. Apparently hospital maternity wards in the region are noting a large increase in babies being named 'Noor' and 'Mohanned' (the names of the main characters who are husband and wife.).

 

[Lefty]

If we're going to do the Wilson volley ball, we've got to do the red stapler from Office Space. Swingline didn't even make a red stapler at the time of the movie. They soon did, and it became their best seller.

 

[Darhling]

If we're going to do the Wilson volley ball, we've got to do the red stapler from Office Space. Swingline didn't even make a red stapler at the time of the movie. They soon did, and it became their best seller.

Mine

 

[Brian Sheridan]

I'd emulate anything William Powell ever did.

No truer words were ever written! Powell always looked so dapper and dashing from his bed clothes to his tuxedos.