So Christmas is come
and gone and the New Year is finally here. Most of us have indulged just a
little too much this festive season and now, need to make and keep our new year’s
resolutions, which will no doubt include, diet and fitness for a healthy
lifestyle.
It is all well and
good keeping fit, but if like me you are already feeling the January blues and
need a bit of pick me up. Well, check this out.
The British Heart
Foundation commissioned a survey for the film costume rated the most
iconic of all time. This was done of course, to highlight and raise awareness
on coronary heart disease which is the UK’s biggest single killer. The poll showed
that the colour ‘RED’ is the key when making a lasting style statement and
red is one thing that most of the outfits chosen in the survey, have in common.
The foundations campaign
encourages everyone to wear something red; make up, clothes, shoes or even to throw a
big red party, on the 7th of February to “Ramp Up The Red” and as it
is on a Friday, we truly do not see any problems with that. So look at the
costumes that made the list and then watch the films again. Nothing like a feel good movie and popcorn in a warm cosy spot to help banish your post festive season blues. Don’t say we don’t love you.
PS// However you decide to help the British Heart Foundation raise awareness for coronary heart disease, please
remember it is all for a good cause. Drink and be merry….sensibly
MOST ICONIC
SCREEN/FILM COSTUMES EVER....
The first
spot goes to everyone’s (well, mostly everyone’s) favourite of all time;
Marilyn
Monroe’s Seven Year Itch Dress.
The
white halter neck created by designer, William Travilla in the 1955 film was
made famous by Marilyn, when she paired it with bright red lips and stood over
a subway grill with a gust of wind blowing it up. It is admittedly, one of the
most iconic images in most people’s minds when they think of Marilyn Monroe and
so, can rightfully claim that top spot.
2.
2 There’s no
place like home, there’s no place like home’…. Most people I’m sure, remember
the ‘Wizard of Oz’ and the adorable Dorothy (played by Judy Garland) and her
crew. With such fond memories, it is no wonder that Dorothy's bright red
slippers and her blue gingham dress made it into the number 2 spot of this
survey. Let’s be fair though, it is really
a heartwarming sight that is and oh, the memory it brings….
3. Olivia
Newton John’s outfit as the character, Sandy in the 1978 film, ‘Grease’, with
John Travolta, made the third entry in the survey. Oh yeah girls, we do remember
bad, naughty sandy. When she’s good, she’s good, but when she’s bad…..ooooh!! Every good girl wanted to be sandy in her skin
tight all black second skin get up. Except for her shoes of course. They were
bright red mules. Need we say more??
4. Number
four is every girls dream. Well, any girl who has ever, like me, dreamt of
being a 007 girl. Oh yeah, Ursula Andress was the envy of every bond girl
wannabe in ‘Dr No’. She may not have
worn red, but we believe every man saw red when they saw her…and so did most girls
too, come to think of it!
5. Audrey
Hepburn's black Hubert de Givenchy cocktail dress in the 1961 film, Breakfast at
Tiffany’s made number five on the list. I know what you are thinking; the
accessories…but you really cannot imagine that dress without seeing necklace in
your minds eyes now, could you? I rest my case.
6. Thanks to
Pamela Anderson and the girls of Baywatch, Bright red swim ‘onesie’ costumes became
a cool sex symbol outfit. Coming in at number six, it is truly, very memorably
iconic.
7. When we
hear Thriller, we think M.J, in that cool all red (and black) get up. Now there’s
an image that’s as iconic as they come. Yep, Michael Jackson's Thriller video
outfit made it in at number seven on this survey. Remember how scary they were?!!
9. Pair a
black micro mini skirt with a thigh high patent leather boots, and what do you
get? Julia Robert’s character’s ensemble in the 1990 flick, Pretty Woman, with
Richard Gere, at number 9, made us all dream of our very own prince charming too. Go on, don’t
deny it.
1 Grace
Kelly was always regal looking on screen and quite frankly, no one dress said
it better than her black and white gown in the 1954 film, Rear Window.
Showcasing her figure to perfection, at number 10, she is firmly one of our style favourite of all time.
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