. . . a zesty pink number for holly

hi there! welcome to WISHFUL STYLING, a blog i created because i watch too many movies and envy too many of the looks that i see in those movies. since i am a stylist by profession, my envy is not that i wish to own the pieces of the looks i see, but rather i wish that i was the one who styled it. i admire the looks on movies and television more than i do the ones in fashion photographs, because with movies there needs to have a certain lived-in feeling with the clothes, it has to contribute to the character, the story of the character is the story of their clothes. i adore that.

to open, i am going to start this blog off with, what else, BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S. my fascination for cinema styling will always center with this movie. not because it is a kind of DUH! movie for fashionites (along with SEX AND THE CITY and DEVIL WEARS PRADA as you know) but rather, it is because the character is someone who yearns for glamour but unfortunately is of very little means. so she sort of fakes the glamour she wants (like we all do). but she is tactful in her faking in that she hides it with one color : black. her character is sort of an expert on what she wants, that she is an expert on hiding her flaws and getting away with it so much so that she can afford to be nonchalant about it. though there's only so much you can do to try and fake fake glamour when (yes, FAKE fake glamour) when Givenchy is in charge. 

what i love most about all this black-colored fake glamour is that the color is not only a supporting element to her character, but it is also somewhat of a visual echo to her emotions. she is dressed in a black, a color that represents a void. she is numb and unfeeling (heavens, is that a word?) but then as the story progresses and she continues her attempt at finding happiness, her color scheme relaxes. cheerful colors, say a bright orange coat, is introduced. she is happier and you can see it.

my favorite moment is when she appears on the screen wearing a bright pink dress (and pink everything else) alongside a very dapper Villalonga. she is happy and the dress screams to you that she is happy and all is well for her. it makes so much more impact to the scene that follows, in which she learns of her beloved brother's death and her happiness falls crashing around her.

i wish i styled this succulent pink look. pink is one of my favorite colors (it cheers you up on days that are so much less than cheerful, doesn't it?) and i love using it in my work. it is a color that never ceases to inspire me. the sugary moodboard at the start of this post was one for a shoot i did some months ago.