After her nightmarish 13th birthday party in the 2004 film “13 Going on 30″, Jennifer Garner’s character Jenna Rink wishes she could finally be grownup, cool, and “thirty, flirty, and thriving”. As she slowly adjusts to life at age 30, she realizes she’s not quite the woman she wanted to become because she’s feared [...]
By Caroline Elizabeth, Women’s Style Editor
Costume designer Sonia Grande was in charge of the costumes for Woody Allen’s Academy Award nominated film “Midnight in Paris”, and she especially did a brilliant job with the 1920’s character of Adriana played by Marion Cotillard. Present-day Gil, personified by Owen Wilson, is on his honeymoon in [...]
By Caroline Elizabeth, Women’s Style Editor
The 2007 Masterpiece Theater movie “Northanger Abbey” is a must see, and not just because of the exquisite Regency era clothing. The chemistry between Catherine Morland, played by Felicity Jones, and her love interest Henry Tilney, played by JJ Feild (real spelling), is adorable as [...]
By Caroline Elizabeth, Women’s Style Editor
The 2011 indie flick “Restless” is an endearing movie about youth, life, death, and love that’s meaning will long stay with you after you watch it. Brilliant Mia Wasikowska (who played Alice in Tim Burton’s rendition of “Alice in Wonderland”), stars as Annabel Cotton alongside her quirky [...]
By Caroline Elizabeth, Women’s Style Editor
The 2007 flick “Across the Universe” is definitely known more for its music than it’s costumes. The movie uses covers of songs by The Beatles to create a storyline for each new scene, as well as naming its characters- Lucy, Jude and Prudence- after the beloved [...]
By Caroline Elizabeth, Women’s Style Editor
The wonderful thing about Director Tim Burton is that he never compromises his imaginative, unique and often dark artistic vision, while creating movie after movie that become blockbusters or blockbuster cult favorites among millions of fans.
I remember the general anticipation surrounding the 2010 Burton movie “Alice In [...]
By Caroline Elizabeth, Women’s Style Editor
Though the 1964 film “My Fair Lady” starring Audrey Hepburn as Eliza Doolittle has several memorable fashion moments, my favorite is the Ascot Racecourse scene when the entire crowd is outfitted in to-die-for black and white outfits.
In fact, this is one of my all-time favorite fashion in [...]
By Caroline Elizabeth, Women’s Style Editor
Reese Witherspoon’s sweet, talented, and stylish portrayal of June Carter makes it easy to see how she won the affection of Johnny Cash, played by Joaquin Phoenix in the Cash biopic “Walk the Line”.
When June and Johnny first meet in the 1950’s in the [...]
By Caroline Elizabeth, Women’s Style Editor
I’m excited to combine two of my favorite things in this column I’m guest blogging for this summer, fashion and movies. Because I’m a big fan of period films, some outfit inspirations will be much less literal, but I’ll start with one that is.
I chose to [...]
My friend Ashley LaFerriere just got engaged. Among the many social media themed wedding finds I’ve thrown her way lately, here’s one more- “something blue” Twitter themed heels. These $225 shoes are hand painted by Nora Karen, a designer located in Boca Raton, Florida.
What can I say? These are stylish [...]
