Shawn L. Bird

I love beautiful clothes and jewelry, and classic pieces always make me drool. My husband and I went to see The Tourist yesterday. The movie itself wasn’t as good as we’d have liked, however, we enjoyed re-visiting Venice (the grand-dame never disappoints).  The real star of this movie, to my mind, is costume designer Colleen Atwood who created absolutely stunning, classically inspired looks for Angelina’s character of Elise. The looks were reminiscent, apparently of Irene Lentz who was well known in mid-century Hollywood.

See a slideshow of looks here.

I have some sewing to do, updating my wardrobe to include some of these looks- great suits, bias cut skirts, and long gloves (Believe it or not, I’d already purchased a long opera length pair in black velvet, and an elbow length pair in purple leather, a month before I saw this movie). First piece to sew will be a grey cashmere coat with 3/4 bell sleeves.  It’ll look great with those purple gloves…

Ahhhhhh. Love those classics.  🙂