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Submitted by on Fri, 2008-01-11 15:07. AfterElton.com Readers' Choice: What are the Best Male Movie Costumes?
Yesterday, we looked at a survey of the best film costumes of all time, a list that lacked any iconic men's costumes (as Gwen noted in the comments). Now to some degree, that could be seen as an example of how women's fashion allows for more experimentation, but there are a number of male film costumes that have had an impact on our culture and it seems a shame not to give them credit.
Thus, here are a few suggestions for men's movie costumes that deserve a place among the greatest film costumes of all time, and a poll inviting you to cast your vote for the best. Some of them are from recent films (though nothing as recent as Keira Knightley's Atonement dress) while some are images that have stood the test of time, but they're all memorable. Tell us what you think of these suggestions in the poll that follows! Jack Twist's shirt
Jack's shirt is the cornerstone of Brokeback's touching, closing scene where Ennis discovers his dead love's clothing intertwined with his. That reminder of lost love was a powerful image and when the shirts were put up for sale they pulled in over $100,000. The buyer, actor and activist Tom Gregory, called them "The Ruby Slippers of our time" (referring, of course, to the iconic costume pices from The Wizard of Oz) and swore to keep the shirts together, as they appeared in the film. James Dean's Jacket James Dean showed have quite a bit of media savvy in one popular story about Rebel without a Cause. The story claims that Dean's character, Jimmy Stark, was originally supposed to wear a leather jacket but when Dean learned the film would be in color, he suggested his character wear something more colorful. The red, nylon jacket Dean wore became an iconic image for the classic film and for Dean himself. Rebel also featured an unrequited homoerotic relationship between Stark and Sal Mineo's Plato, with the red jacket playing a role in their relationship's final moment. Daniel Craig's squarecut trunks
One image key to marketing of the prior Bond film, Die Another Day, was the image of Halle Berry stepping out of the water in a bikini. With the arrival of Craig's Bond, however, we got a change in how Bond was marketed to audiences: this time it was Bond walking out of the surf looking sexy in a swimsuit. The movie poster showed Craig in Bond's traditional tuxedo, but Craig's buff body in revealing swimwear was the image we most frequently saw when the media discussed the film. It was the first time Bond's barely-clad body (as opposed to that of a "Bond girl") was the film's most lasting imagery. Submitted by on Thu, 2008-01-03 15:20. Two Gay Guys New and Improved: The Gay Villain EditionYou'll notice that this week's Two Gay Guys vlog contains some fancy shmancy upgrades! Freed from the tyranny of being tied to our desktop computer, we actually shoot on location and use all kinds of l Inspired by the coded gay subtext in the new western 3:10 to Yuma, Brent and I discuss Hollywood's long, ignoble history of using gay stereotypes and cliches to make villains that much more dastardly. And perhaps we reenact some clips from Brokeback Mountain along on the way. We're practically dead ringers for Heath and Jake after all. If you squint. And have vision that is 800/800. And glaucoma. Oh, shut up! Submitted by on Sat, 2007-09-08 09:13. |
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