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I don't think one movie would have the entire fashion industry return to another decade of fashion.

A lot of 1960's-esque styles came back after Mad Men became popular... now granted, that was an entire show and after a few seasons, but still.

that's true. Mad Men kinda opened the door for a lot of other 60s-set media too.

iirc, the 1974 version of The Great Gatsby influenced fashion a fair amount.

I think the reason the 1920's aspect never really took off was that it wasn't really a proper "costume drama" - I'm no expert but a lot of the clothing looked way too modern to be 1920's (or at least more 1940's than 20's), and the music was mostly if not completely modern. So it was hard to appreciate that. It captured the chaos of the time, but was still mostly about Gatsby. So people didn't have an inclination to delve further into a time that was alluded to more than properly visited.

Looked like the extreme flapper wear my great aunts wore, to me.

You do realize that the whole theme of the book is "the Jazz Age sure is empty and spiritually deadening," right?

I think you do (little small text I saw after starting this) but I saw a Tiffany ad selling Gatsby-inspired jewelry and I kind of wanted to punch it. Twenties fashion is awesome, but don't like it because of The Great Gatsby! That's like me getting really into 1930s cars because The Grapes Of Wrath made me want to go on a road trip.

"That's like me getting really into 1930s cars because The Grapes Of Wrath made me want to go on a road trip."

Love it. Thanks for the laugh!

As if fashion cares about that. Fashion people make photo shoots about oil spills and women writers' suicides. Why would they stop at that?

I sincerely doubt they're pro-oil spills and pro-women writers' suicides. While that Vice shoot was awful, fashion photographers are artsy. The person who shot that image probably really liked Virginia Woolf.

There's nothing wrong with liking 1920s fashion. The 1920s were neat! It's just odd to like it because of The Great Gatsby. But you can like 1920s fashion and like The Great Gatsby at the same time. I certainly do. Same as I like both The Grapes of Wrath and 1930s fashion. Same as I can think Southern antebellum dress and architecture is really neat while knowing it came from a horrifically flawed culture.

Show us on the dress form where fashion hurt you.

Edited 2013-06-23 21:51 (UTC)

Nah, but just the idea that people would somehow care about the 'message' of the novel if it ever got in the way of 'ooh pretty' and even more importantly 'let's sell people shit.' I don't mean that they're pro or con anything. I think they just don't give a fuck - that fashion is built on an...abyss... of shallowness... wait that doesn't work. But you know.

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(Anonymous) - 2013-06-23 23:23 (UTC) - Expand

To be fair, after reading The Grapes of Wrath, I had the strongest urge to go out Californey way.

And have a drink of water.

I was wondering if someone was going to mention this. F. Scott Fitzgerald purposely wrote this book with the intention of talking about the corruption of the wealthy in the 1920s and how the impoverished class was left with cleaning their messes up. In fact, the entire theme of the book was about the deconstruction of the American Dream, and how the wealthy will never see you as "one of them", even if you achieve financial success through hard work.

That's why there was so many parallels to white as purity and yellow as corruption in the book too. And why one of the main characters, Daisy, seemed like she was a sweet, innocent person, but was corrupted enough to do a hit and run on a girl and let Gatsby take the blame for it without batting an eyelash. The Great Gatsby was never about glamorizing the 20s or about a love story. It was about obsession, class interaction, and how the corrupt can be hidden in plain sight.

her body was so underwhelming in Shame

I never had any interest in seeing Black Swan and never did, but boy did I appreciate the ballerina trend it inspired the year it came out. Frills and feathers and pearls oh my!

So I totally get you.

[Picture is a group of characters from the film "The Great Gatsby", dressed elegantly at a party.]

I'm really bummed that this movie wasn't more well-received. Not because I really care about the book or anything, I just hoped it would explode and fashion would start to lean more towards a 20's-inspired style again. Just because I want to be more like Carey Mulligan. She's perfect.

Secret because that's really shallow and stupid of me.

Not about your secret but the movie wasn't well-received? Okay then my tumblr dash lied to me. Also I thought the movie is really good.

It got a very mixed reaction from critics but it seems to have been very well received by the average moviegoer? From what I've seen. Though I haven't actually seen the film myself, so I can't say who I side with.

But isn't 20s-esque fashion already kind of in? At least with all the ridiculous accessories I see in mall stores. Idk though I'm not really the pinnacle of high fashion...

Everytime i read/hear a character is flawless or perfect it keeps me from having any and all interest in that character. Nobody is perfect, we have all flaws, and if there's a chara without flaws, to me that means said chara is completely boring and pointless.

I assume OP meant that Carey Mulligan's character is perfect-looking. Because if you saw the movie or read the book, she's a vapid ass who killed a girl in a car accident while drunk and then figured it was ok to let her beau possibly take the blame (it was his car).
So... rather shitty person.

I really wish those jeweled and feather headbands like she's wearing in the pic would make a comeback. Sooooo pretty!

So no one here knows that the 20s have already come back? Part of why Gatsby got such a big push is because the 20s are in as a fashion reference. It's been going strong for around two years, give or take a few months.

Also, OP, if you want to get decked out in 1920s fashion, go ahead and do it. Following trends is fun but it's more fun to start them... or buck them.

I'm feeling you, OP. I didn't think much of the film tbh (bar the total love vibes from Nick to Gatsby) but a push for more 20s fashion is always welcome.

Any film/tv show that does well has the power to influence what's popular imo. I remember when Life on Mars was airing in the UK and the 70s were suddenly cool. I mean, nobody wanted to touch the 70s with a barge pole a couple of years before that.