femme fatales!

I have started looking into film noir, and from the off loved what i discovered! being a big fan of burlesque style and women, the film noir femme fatales bring together all the emlements i love....power, sexuality and strength in a mixture with femininity!

I first looked into Film noir as a whole and there found the femme fatales and now im following along this path, looking into this further, so i went to find some secondary research and came across a wonderful magazine i had never known about! LOVE. In my opinion edgier and quirkier than Vogue, LOVE looks at the more shall we say 'over the top' fashion, truly unique and the style of photographic shoots i found in this mag are, some what edgier, obviously still containing the main bigger brands, gucci, valentino on and on.... there just seemed to be a darker edge and feel to this magazine, that really inspired and captured my eye!  It gfave me great ideas to continue on with my femme fatale ideas!

 

This image from Gucci A/W '11, in my opinion captures many elements of the film noir femme fatales-sex, power, femininity, but uses colour....not present in film noir! which then gives me ideas, that for a modern day take on film noir! does it have to be black?













Being a lover of classic styles/shapes, i need to find a way to bring the film noir femme fatales into 2011, looking at the editorial fashion soots from this magazine, i have already gathered much inspiration on how i may do this, but being true to myself i want to keep a key element of the past in my own work, so will reference the film noir sirens of the past!