I’m not a huge fan of horror. I prefer the first thirty minutes of a horror film before all the mayhem begins. For example, my favorite scene in Psycho is when Marion Crane buys a used car. It’s more pleasurable to follow Marion around shopping than seeing her get slashed to pieces at the Bates …
Category: Shopping From The Movies
Shopping from David Mamet: Hunting Suits
Apparently, I missed the news that filmmaker David Mamet started his own line of vintage inspired, outdoor clothing in 1999 under the Joseph Morse Company label. Here’s what I learned from the Cambridge Companion to David Mamet: Perhaps Mamet should have waited a decade to launch his clothing brand. Per earlier blog posts, I remain …
Filson Field Bags in Film: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (Eastwood 1997)
Bridle leather shoulder strap Cusack w/Filson medium field bag Friend Vaughn W. (of bike collection fame) sent me these cameo views of a Filson Medium Field Bag from the film, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (Eastwood 1997). Aside from the bag and Johnny Mercer/jazz soundtrack, I don’t remember much about the movie …
Knicker (Plus Two) Madness
Ever since I saw Liza Minnelli perform the Bye Bye Blackbird number in Liza with a Z, I’ve had knickers (or more accurately, plus twos or britches or breeks) on the brain. Now, as it turns out, knickers are re-emerging as a major fashion item on the cycling/bike messenger scene. On bike listservs like the …
Shopping From the Movies: A Woman Under the Influence
Netflix ought to facilitate a way for people to purchase props and costumes directly out of a film scene. Tonight we’re watching John Cassavetes’ brilliant Gena Rowlands vehicle, A Woman Under the Influence. Since we’ve seen this film at least ten times we’re primarily focusing on Gena Rowland (rather, Mabel Longhetti)’s hand gestures (for future …