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| Wardrobe inspired by the movie Two for the Road, 1968 Red Turtleneck, Allude / Jeans, Acne Belt, Vero Moda / Suitcase, Diane Von Furstenberg |
Every good actor gets at least one chance in their career to show their true mastership and the maturity they developed during years of making the wrong or right choices both in professional and personal life. In my opinion, Stanley Donen's 1967 movie "Two for the Road" offered that chance to Audrey Hepburn. When I first watched this feature a few years ago, I quickly assumed it was quite a boring road trip story with incredible visual fashion designs from Mary Quant and Paco Rabanne, presented on the perfect cinematic model, Hepburn.
Some time passed, and I gained a broader view of romantic relationships, more profound disappointment with the rom-com genre and a massive appreciation of great dialogue in a movie. Now, I fully appreciate the bitter-sweet story of 12 tumultuous years of a relationship between Joanna and Mark Wallace. I do not think any Hollywood movie of the sixties, stamped with a "romantic comedy" label was so brutally honest about the subject of "living happily ever after."
Stanley Donen was innovative and brave enough to show what happens when the pink glasses fell of the lovers' noses, and the reality gets gray even when you spend your vacations in the most beautiful parts of Italy and France. There is a lot of time and road travel in this movie, flashbacks, moments of joy and grief and betrayal. Although the clothes and the vistas are glamorous, the reality of when a "woman loves a man" scenario makes you feel like you want to punch Him in a face and tell Her to send him to hell so many times when you watch this movie.
Audrey in this role is capable of using her life experiences to show a variety of human emotions which she did not portray in characters like Holly Golightly. She even curses, which is so not Audrey! One of my favorite quotes from the movie is the following dialogue:
"-What people have rows about?
-Money, sex.
-Sex, money. He wants, she does not want.
-She wants, he does not want."
Fashion in this movie is legendary and timeless. I was watching it thinking that I would wear almost everything that Joanna was wearing. Therefore, I decided to recreate 3 of my favorite looks from Two for the Road.
If you are tired of sugar-loaded Hollywood romantic comedies and hungry for refreshing fashion inspirations, try this one, and I am sure you won't be disappointed.
P.S. Stanley Donen's first choice for the role of Mark was Paul Newman, but unfortunately, he declined it. I would never punch Paul in the face...
Some time passed, and I gained a broader view of romantic relationships, more profound disappointment with the rom-com genre and a massive appreciation of great dialogue in a movie. Now, I fully appreciate the bitter-sweet story of 12 tumultuous years of a relationship between Joanna and Mark Wallace. I do not think any Hollywood movie of the sixties, stamped with a "romantic comedy" label was so brutally honest about the subject of "living happily ever after."
Stanley Donen was innovative and brave enough to show what happens when the pink glasses fell of the lovers' noses, and the reality gets gray even when you spend your vacations in the most beautiful parts of Italy and France. There is a lot of time and road travel in this movie, flashbacks, moments of joy and grief and betrayal. Although the clothes and the vistas are glamorous, the reality of when a "woman loves a man" scenario makes you feel like you want to punch Him in a face and tell Her to send him to hell so many times when you watch this movie.
Audrey in this role is capable of using her life experiences to show a variety of human emotions which she did not portray in characters like Holly Golightly. She even curses, which is so not Audrey! One of my favorite quotes from the movie is the following dialogue:
"-What people have rows about?
-Money, sex.
-Sex, money. He wants, she does not want.
-She wants, he does not want."
Fashion in this movie is legendary and timeless. I was watching it thinking that I would wear almost everything that Joanna was wearing. Therefore, I decided to recreate 3 of my favorite looks from Two for the Road.
If you are tired of sugar-loaded Hollywood romantic comedies and hungry for refreshing fashion inspirations, try this one, and I am sure you won't be disappointed.
P.S. Stanley Donen's first choice for the role of Mark was Paul Newman, but unfortunately, he declined it. I would never punch Paul in the face...
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| Wardrobe inspired by the movie Two for the Road, 1968 Moto Jacket, G-Star / Blouse, Jade24 / Leather Pants, Helmut Lang |
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| Wardrobe inspired by the movie Two for the Road, 1968 Gold Vintage Dress, 1st Dibbs; Glittered Pumps, Marc Jacobs Gold Circle Earrings, Herve Van Der Straeten |
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