Friday Night Fashion Flick #1: Three Days of the Condor

I have always loved fashion, playing dress up, reading about fashion, buying fashion... My early interest in fashion came from two sources: Vogue and films.  In fact, one of my favorite shows at the Costume Institute was Hollywood Costume: Glamour!  Glitter!  Romance!  (You can tell from all of the explanation points Diana Vreeland was in the house when this show was produced in 1977.)

So every Friday (more or less : ) I am going to suggest a fashion flick for your weekend enjoyment.  I just watched Three Days of the Condor and the fashion look is so 70s super cool. Almost nothing special -in fact, Robert Redford basically has one outfit the entire film.  But sometimes one perfect outfit is all you need.  Robert Redford's jeans are tight, a perfect shade of faded blue, he wears them with a faded blue western style shirt, a sweater over, a sort of chunky tie and a fitted tweed jacket with 70s typical wide lapels.  Later into the film he adds a peacoat, some mirrored aviator sunglasses.  It is the kind of outfit men probably dream about... 

and then there is Faye Dunaway.  We were first see her in a black beanie, a Missoni style coat, burgundy shoulder bag getting into a beat up jeep.  Super cool too.  Later she wears my favorite look;  her outfit is all shades of oatmeal: a coat with wide lapels, another beanie - nude colored this time, a full below the knee skirt and tall leather boots.  Like Redford she wears her coat collar up.  Other characters in the film don't fare so well fashion wise but Redford and Dunaway are definitely still inspiring our weekend wardrobe...

Enjoy!

Three Days of the Condor

1975.

Starring Robert Redford and Faye Dunaway.

Costumes by Joseph G. Aulisi

xo, Juliana

Happy Birthday Faye Dunaway!

After I saw Chinatown for the first time, I ran out and bought myself a bright red lipstick.  I  loved the way Faye Dunaway looked in Chinatown: soigné and sexy, riding horses bareback in her thin white blouse, tan leather belt and jodhpurs.  

And it just got better.  Later she showed up for dinner with Jack Nicholson's character, Mr Gittes, in a black dress with a plunging neckline, a long strand of big milky white pearls and a snug black hat with a veil.  And red lips.  

The costumes were by Anthea Sylbert, who also did the costumes for Mia Farrow in Rosemary's Baby and Jessica Lange in King Kong.  Not quite sure what happened to her because she stopped doing costume design in the late 1970s...

In 1967, there was Bonnie and Clyde and Faye Dunaway with her blonde bob and just looking incredibly beautiful.  

Later there was The Three Musketeers and Network.  She always looked amazing.  Truthfully, other then getting to kiss Steve McQueen, the best accessory a girl could ask for, I did not love the wardrobe from The Thomas Crown Affair.  I much preferred Rene Russo's Michael Kors costumes from the 1999 version.  

And then of course there was Mommie Dearest with Faye Dunaway as Joan Crawford percolating coffee in her bathroom, scrubbing her nails clean, washing her face, rinsing it with water from a bowl filled with ice cubes - and then her glass doored walk in closet... it was too too fabulous - and as I live in a wire hanger free home too, I was all about Mommie Dearest : )

Happy Birthday Faye Dunaway!  

xo, Juliana