Editor's Letter
From the elegance and beauty of Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Marilyn Monroe in Some Like It Hot, to the sexy, sophistication of Sarah Jessica Parker in the hit noughties TV show Sex and the City, these are just a few of the leading actresses who gave also become fashion icons. As American fashion designer Anne Klein once said, “Clothes aren’t going to change the world. The women who wear them will” and so, in this, the first issue of Tape magazine, what better to talk about than significant style/film icons from the past 100 years who have massively changed the way many people see fashion and how they use it themselves.
In the early years of film, actors and actresses became monumental fashion influences, utilising fashion designers such as Yves Saint Laurent to dress actresses such as Catherine Deneuve in the film Belle De Jour in 1967.
As the relationship between fashion and film grew, leading designers used film premiers in order to shine a spotlight on their brands and make a connection with the names of big film stars travelling the red carpet – Actress Emma Stone could be seen wearing Givenchy Haute Couture at the 2017 Oscars and Sarah Jessica Parker stunned everyone, wearing Vera Wang to the 2017 Golden Globe Awards.
In this issue, we explore not only how the way you and I wear clothes have been heavily influenced by film, but also how even today we can still see influences of the past in the most recent catwalk collections. Miucca Prada’s Miu Miu SS17 ready-to-wear collection had many influences of fashion from the past, showing us abstract prints from the 60’s and pinup girls in swimwear from the 50’s, completely reinventing the iconic decades and owning them.
When it comes to menswear, this special relationship is also just as potent: films like ‘This is England’ and ‘Quadrophenia,’ were both heavily influenced by the mods and rockers era during the 1960’s and 70’s. The rocker fashion was majorly influenced by Marlon Brando in the film ‘The Wild One,’ as well as James Dean due to their dangerous ‘bad-boy’ looks. This issue takes a peek at the modern day collections inspired by the fashion through history and also gives an insight into what fashion was like in some of my favourite films of the past.
Put your glad rags on and let’s walk the red-carpet timeline through fashion and film together!
Frances Lowe
