How can one forget her costume in the last scene of Princess Dairies movie. Girls must had envied Anne a zillion times for the off white satin dress.
From the massive wardrobe of Anne for Princess Dairies 2, i got instant gratification to my eyes when i saw the red ball gown. I felt red gets extra Royal when it is on Anne. She even wanted to keep the dress for herself, but Disney would not allow her to do so :(
One cannot miss out Devil wears prada when talking about Anne's on screen fashion. While the movie itself is based on fashion, Anne's boring first scenes are metamorphosed into a Fashionista's lifestyle. Here, i cannot help but remember Miranda presley's pro-fashion argument. This one scene has increased my respect for fashion immensely.
Miranda Priestly: [Miranda and some assistants are deciding between two similar belts for an outfit. Andy sniggers because she thinks they look exactly the same] Something funny?
Andy Sachs: No, no, nothing. Y'know, it's just that both those belts look exactly the same to me. Y'know, I'm still learning about all this stuff.
Miranda Priestly: This... 'stuff'? Oh... ok. I see, you think this has nothing to do with you. You go to your closet and you select out, oh I don't know, that lumpy blue sweater, for instance, because you're trying to tell the world that you take yourself too seriously to care about what you put on your back. But what you don't know is that that sweater is not just blue, it's not turquoise, it's not lapis, it's actually cerulean. You're also blithely unaware of the fact that in 2002, Oscar De La Renta did a collection of cerulean gowns. And then I think it was Yves St Laurent, wasn't it, who showed cerulean military jackets? I think we need a jacket here. And then cerulean quickly showed up in the collections of 8 different designers. Then it filtered down through the department stores and then trickled on down into some tragic casual corner where you, no doubt, fished it out of some clearance bin. However, that blue represents millions of dollars and countless jobs and so it's sort of comical how you think that you've made a choice that exempts you from the fashion industry when, in fact, you're wearing the sweater that was selected for you by the people in this room. From a pile of stuff....
This movie has changed my outlook on fashion as a whole. Earlier, i was the one would say "How come a lady ends up with numerous accessories and why cannot my friend gets satisfied with two or may be three pairs of shoes". Now i understand the urge and my thirst for fashion rose since then ( I own more than 15 pairs of shoes now, although it is comparatively less for a twenty something lady :))
(Okaaay, moving on, totally not going there!) my personal favorite look from the movie is the black boat neck top by David Rodriguez worn over a white shirt from Miu Miu ( I love layers). The costume was completed with Anne wearing a Chanel newsboy cap and white pearls necklace.
The frosting on the cake is the leather jacket seen on her in the movie before closing credits. (I got hold of similar jacket from GAP!)
Not only movies but her red carpet style is also equally stunning. Though her Oscars'07 appearance wasn't appreciated that much, her emergence on '08 carpet as a goddess is breath taking. She wore a goddess-style red gown by Marchesa. One would definitely wonder if the gown added glamor to her or she added glamor to the gown.
And she did not stop giving surprises on Oscar red carpet since then. Oscars '09 has seen her in a silver Armani Prive gown as she walked the red carpet in Casadei 1616 pumps in a custom silver tone. This look was completed by a beautiful smile brought by her nomination in Best Actress category for her role in Rachel Getting Married.( loved her acting in the movie)
Recently, she has been spotted in London for the Royal world premiere of Alice in wonderland. I could not help but soak up in Anne's shimmering bronze Vivienne Westwood. What a vision! There is no second thought in saying that she can pull off almost anything.
Here is a picture of her from The Met's Costume Institute Gala. Anne looks quite the bombshell in her purple poofed and zippered frock. The dress is OK but her bouffant '60s hair and smoky eyes are what really stand out(though i think the hair is just not right). Love the silver criss-cross sandals.
And now the Oscars'10 is round the corner i can barely wait to watch her spread the magic yet again.She can truly claim the red carpet diva status. In my view she epitomizes "comfortable yet sophisticated fashion". There are only two people who can carry on the "Modern Day Audrey Hepburn" image. One being Leighton Meester, other, of course, is Anne Hathaway.
