Trenchcoat fashion
Leoni Cooper in the Guardian (19:11:07) tells us that
"Something stylish is happening on the streets of the UK. ... The rails
of Gap, Jigsaw and Topshop are heavy with trenchcoats, and Primark and New
Look are offering their own budget versions."
There are, she says, "corners of the internet devoted to film sirens in
belted rainwear" remiding us of:
- Lana Turner, in both The Bad and the Beautiful (1953) and
Another Time, Another Place (1958), favours a serious beige trenchcoat,
while
- Diana Dors makes the trench nothing less than glam in The Long Haul (1957).
- Ingrid Bergman in Stromboli (1950) sets off hers with a headscarf, roll-neck
and glum expression, while
- Kim Novak pulls it off in glorious Technicolor
with a flicked-up collar and killer heels alongside Sinatra in Pal Joey
(1957).
- Clare Muldaur, singer with up-and- coming New York-based
lounge-pop act Clare and the Reasons, gives the look a whirl on the cover
of her recent album The Movie. Resplendent in a tightly belted beige mac,
she stares, heavy lidded, through her peekaboo hair, a bold slash of retro-red
lippy lining her pout, ready to slip into a classic car. She's probably
about to speed off to Primark and nab a £3 beret to complete the
look."
Full article
from
Leonie Cooper
Monday November 19, 2007
The Guardian
