This is, hands down, the least controversial film on the list. But I'd like to reject the way the film is normally invoked. If Holly Golightly were just glamorous, the clothes would be dull. What is special about the character and her famous scene in front of the window at Tiffany's is the performance of glamour. Holly is playing at being rich and glamorous, dreaming of one day affording the jewels in the window. What is, or should be, inspiring about the fashion in the film is our ability to play around with our clothes, take on an alter ego, have fun. Not that we should lie to the hot homosexual living in the apartment building, but you know what I mean.
Breakfast at Tiffany's - 1961
This is, hands down, the least controversial film on the list. But I'd like to reject the way the film is normally invoked. If Holly Golightly were just glamorous, the clothes would be dull. What is special about the character and her famous scene in front of the window at Tiffany's is the performance of glamour. Holly is playing at being rich and glamorous, dreaming of one day affording the jewels in the window. What is, or should be, inspiring about the fashion in the film is our ability to play around with our clothes, take on an alter ego, have fun. Not that we should lie to the hot homosexual living in the apartment building, but you know what I mean.
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