Friday night is always a great time to watch an old classic. Since we didn't make it out to Reynolda House for Sound of Music on the lawn (next week is Moulin Rouge!), we decided to watch Bonnie & Clyde the old-fashioned way, free on TV.
I had read somewhere that Faye Dunaway literally cried herself to sleep during filming because she thought she looked terrible; since the movie is set during the depression she had to lose a ton of weight to play Bonnie Parker. I kept thinking about how things have changed, for the worse, with regard to body image (today it would be about looking too fat) but how they've stayed the same when it comes to fashion.
This film gets high high marks for style. The costumes are vintage 1930s but you can see 1967, the year it was released, peeking through. The movie says a lot about today because all of Bonnie's outfits would hang beautifully in a 2009 wardrobe. We have so many options and so many great decades to draw from that saying someone looks "dated" is becoming seriously outdated.
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