From Cher’s famous yellow striped plaid skirt-suit to Holly Golightly’s THE little black dress. Costumes, turns out, do maketh the movies. Well, not really but you get the idea. If not, let us explain. Films featuring period pieces intact with apt costume designing like Anne Karenina or more aptly Memoirs of a Geisha are memorable. Even if your easily forgetful memory forgets the character names or even the storyline, a good costume will be hard to forget. So, to honour great costume designing, we give you a list of movies that showcased incredible costume designing. Coco before Chanel Coco Chanel made fashion simpler for women. Ever wondered what made Coco the Chanel we know of today? She got rid of everything that restricted movement and proved crisp white shirts and tailored pants could be women’s wear. God, we thank her for that. Clueless Cher maybe clueless about things but fashion is not one of those things. Of course every one of Cher’s costume reflects her innate fashion sense, but the yellow and black checkeredskirt suit is as iconic as her “As if”. The Great Gatsby Gatsby, the name itself is heavy with glamour, elite and luxury and the costumes did it justice. The Roaring 20s called for gold fringe dresses, gloves, suits galore and the film gave us exactly that. Gentlemen like Blondes Gentleman Like Blondes features some of the best costumes and Marilyn Monroe with her iconic pink dress finished with period elbow gloves gives it the right dose of oomph that’s present throughout. Cleopatra Elizabeth Taylor went thorough 65 costume changes and the costume is not apt to the Egyptian period as such, but groundbreakingly expensive and dripping in gold embellishments and popularized snake rings, headgear and maxi dresses and the iconic Cleopatra eyes. Black Panther Breakfast at Tiffany’s Holly Golightly’s in the opening scene wears perhaps the most sublt, yet iconic dress in all cinematic history, Givenchy’s little black dress, operatic gloves, pearl necklace, while on a window-shopping stroll and eating a croissant. Rebel Without a Cause Ever wondered where does the white t-shirt black jeans was made famous? Rebel without a Cause had James Dean wore the combo, made an ultra-simple look ultra-attractive and here we are, fanning ourselves over the simplicity of a fashion statement that white t-shirt and blue jeans can state. Anne Karenina Tolstoy’s novel was birthed and tumultuous relationship of Anne Karenina’s tumultuous aristocratic relationship was depicted with perfection via incredible costume designing. In the instrumental dancing scene, Anne’s tulle dress that she wore dancing with the Count was kept black as it was a significant costume in literature.
