Film Noir Style

Film Noir Style: The Killer 1940s looks at the fashions of the femmes fatales who were so good at being bad, and the suits and trench coats of definitive noir actors such as Humphrey Bogart and Alan Ladd. Hollywood fashion expert Kimberly Truhler explores twenty definitive film noir titles from 1941 to 1950 and traces the evolution of popular fashion in the decade of the ’40s, the impact of World War II on home-front fashion, and the influence of the film noir genre on popular fashion then and now. Meet not only the fabulous women of noir, including Betty Grable, Veronica Lake, Gene Tierney, Lauren Bacall, Barbara Stanwyck, Ava Gardner, and many others, but also the costume designers that created and recreated these famous stars as killers—and worse—through the clothes they wore. See how Hollywood sold sex and sin in the 1940s through the ingenious style and symbolism of Hollywood’s most talented costume designers.

Film Noir Style: The Killer 1940s se uita la moda femeilor fatale care se pricepeau atat de bine la rau, precum si la costumele si paltoanele unor actori negri definitivi precum Humphrey Bogart si Alan Ladd. Expertul in moda de la Hollywood, Kimberly Truhler, exploreaza douazeci de titluri definitive de film noir din 1941 pana in 1950 si urmareste evolutia modei populare din deceniul anilor '40, impactul celui de-al doilea razboi mondial asupra modei de acasa si influenta genului film noir. pe moda populara atunci si acum.