Friday, August 21, 2009

Fall Fashion: English Lit Edition


Have art directors been reading English classics this season?

The proof is in the text-iles.










Above: Virginia Woolf channels her heroine Orlando. A secret: she’s wearing one of these under her jacket.


Jane Eyre and Blanche Ingram engage in a tête à tête. But are they debating Mr. Rochester’s finer points? And what is this Chanel? Must have come from Edward’s Parisian ward, the poppet Adele.

9 comments:

  1. You need this Woolf to go with it all! http://wendybrandes.com/pro-detail.php?id=479&collect=true

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  2. I promise you--it's already there (in gold)! Just follow my embedded link.

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  3. Have you seen the Isabel Toledo ads of various literary figures (like Hester Prynne)? It's great.

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  4. Wuthering Heights:


    http://evilmonito.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/ruben-toledo-emily-bronte-cover-penguin.jpg

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  5. Many thanks, TF--I didn't know RT was illustrating books (or their covers) but I have taught with Dame Darcy's illustrated Jane Eyre.

    http://www.slate.com/id/2151318/

    These novels are so wonderfully rich to interpret!

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  6. I love this literary take on advertising.

    Miss Cavendish, what do you think of those new Chanel looks?

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  7. Well, they'd be lovely for wandering upon the blasted heath, pondering a dark hero's character, but perhaps a tad too costumey for day . . . What do you think, enc?

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  8. Something about the Nordstrom ad also has me seeing Oscar Wilde. Do I need glasses?;-)

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  9. glad to see that some of that liberal arts education surfaces every once in a while! though it *would* be nice to see less imperialist/colonialist-on-safari/romanticizing-the-primitive editorials every spring!

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Thank you for your thoughtful comments!