This week I seem to have been watching many films,three of which were Roman Holiday, Breakfast at Tiffany's and Coco Avant Chanel. This has therefore made me long for old-fashion glamour to return to our streets again. Audrey Tautou (who played Chanel in the film) and Audrey Hepburn have such beauty on the screen (maybe something in a name?). What struck me about the films were the fact that both characters went against social conventions in their fashion. Chanel refused to wear corsets and hated over-embellishment of garments, with this in mind, she often wore men's outfits and started to make her own dresses out of what she has just to feel comfortable. And even though this was frowned on by the other women, she actually ended up looking the most glamourous person in the room. Also, with Audrey Hepburn and her outrageous dresses in Breakfast at Tiffany's and cutting her hair really short in Roman Holiday, even though it would annoy her family, she still was the most striking figure around.
I don't really know what point I'm trying to make, maybe that glamour today is not the way it should be, to me anyway. The term 'glamour model' is used easily today, but all this means is a half-naked women printed in newspapers on a daily basis. So does this mean minimal clothing equals glamour? I really hope not, because all the work that Coco Chanel, Audrey Hepburn and many others in the past will have all gone to waste.
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