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Filmgoers are buzzing about Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of The Great Gatsby, while fashionistas are clamouring to recreate the dazzling period costumes that colour the movie.Well before the movie's original release date last Christmas, the runways and racks were rife with styles channelling inspiration from the Roaring '20s. Designers including Tory Burch, Marc Jacobs and Ralph Lauren were seen embracing the esthetic, and items such as cloche hats, tiered skirts and drop-waist dresses re-emerged.Gatsby costume designer Catherine Martin worked in tandem with Brooks Brothers, which manufactured more than 500 ensembles for the film, mining the archive of the menswear brand for designs from which many of the movie's 1920s items were based. Tuxedos, sport coats, linen suits, boater hats and wingtip brogues are among the designs donned by Jay Gatsby and Co. in the film.The creative collaboration has led to a collection inspired by the opulent tale, the latest in a lengthy line of stylish period dramas and frothy guilty pleasures whose fashions have been coveted by consumers and inspired designers."The whole idea behind this capsule collection is to take the era inspiration and really make it very modern for today," Deepak Chopra of Brooks Brothers in Toronto said of the brand's limited-edition Gatsby line.Signature style touches indicative of the era such as peaked lapels, rounded-collar shirts, regatta blazers and Art Deco-inspired patterns are present. But Chopra said there are modifications in keeping with a contemporary take on the '20s, including lighter-weight linens used in ivory-hued and pinstriped suits, a mid-rise fit on pants and a modernized silhouette for suits.Toronto-based costume and set designer Sarah Armstrong isn't surprised to see the fashions on celluloid cropping up in consumer closets, citing the '20s in particular as an era rich with stylistic detail."It's given fashion designers a really big opportunity to create a different silhouette for women and for men," she said."I think also with the fabrics and the embellishments of that era - which are beading,Michael Kors Outlet, you have a lot of embroidery - and you have a lot of really beautiful, delicate close-up detail on clothing. "Well before the medium of TV even existed and film was in its infancy,michael kors canada, viewers have been mimicking styles donned by stars originally featured onscreen."Historically, the elites of pre-World War I were socialites and aristocrats. But after the '20s, it starts to be movie stars. It starts to be the celebrity culture in terms of Hollywood glamour," said Alison Matthews David, assistant professor in the school of fashion at Ryerson University."Young women and young men would aspire to look like stars they saw on the silver screen - even in a period like the Depression."Matthews David recalled the 1932 drama Letty Lynton and the famed gown donned by Joan Crawford as the film's titular character. The Adrian-designed white cot-ton organdy frock with its elaborate, fancifully ruffled sleeves became widely copied, with some 500,000 replicas sold at U.S. department store Macy's. Women would also purchase Letty Lynton patterns and create their own dresses, Matthews David said. |
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