The horror film Last Night in Soho (roughly translated: Last Night in Soho, directed by Edgar Wright) besides the impressively designed set, the film’s highlight also lies in the costumes.
Colors, scene design, actors’ performances, camera angles, makeup, hair… are the bright spots that help the horror film Last Night in Soho “score” with the audience, especially those with Who has never enjoyed a “strange” work like this film by Edgar Wright (director Shaun of the Dead – 2004, Baby Driver – 2017). But the costumes are the most dazzling and worth mentioning when discussing the movie Last Night in Soho . British costume designer Odile Dicks-Mireaux collaborated with Edgar Wright to create “talking” costumes in the film.
The dress made from newspaper appears at the beginning of the film
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The film is set in two parallel scenes in modern England and the 1960s. The girl Eloise (played by Thomasin McKenzie) moves to London to pursue her fashion dream, renting a room from an old woman played by Diana Rigg. Every night, Eloise is caught up in strange dreams, dreaming of returning to the 1960s and witnessing the life-changing journey of female singer Alexandra Collins ( incarnated by Anya Taylor-Joy ). But the dreams became increasingly bloody and one day, Eloise discovered a terrible secret and had to pay with her life. With two overlapping story lines like that, the costumes in the movie, with Odile Dicks-Mireaux, are like a continuous game as the characters constantly ” travel through time ” and witness each other’s fate.
Because it is a classically inspired film, the costumes of the work carry that spirit, but unfortunately Odile Dicks-Mireaux has never watched horror movies. Therefore, Edgar Wright had to give her a list of a series of movies from the 1960s and 1970s so that the designer could visualize the spirit of the work. She told Vogue earlier this month: “I watched Darling in 1965 with actress Julie Christie, Beat Girl in 1960 and movies from the 1970s that I had never seen before because I had never seen a horror movie.” weird”.
The white plastic jacket worn by Alexandra Collins in the 1960s (previous photo) and Eloise in the present
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Julie Christie wears a coat in the movie Darling
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For example, in the newspaper dress that Thomasin McKenzie’s character Eloise wears at the beginning of the film, the designer said she consulted many outfits of the 1950s and looked through many photos of female model Jean Shrimpton to find inspiration. creative. She said she and her crew started making this outfit early and shaped the dress to be as airy as possible so the actress could move easily. But when Eloise dreamed time-traveling dreams and accidentally met Alexandra Collins, the outfit Eloise wore became sophisticated, personal and lasted throughout (the newspaper dress only appeared for a brief moment).
Like the white vinyl jacket worn by Alexandra Collins in the 1960s and worn by Eloise today. This design is inspired by actress Julie Christie’s coat in the movie Darling . Initially, the designer planned to make this outfit black, but after watching the movie Darling , she changed her mind and changed it to white, according to the New York Post on October 29. Although the black outfit was finished, when changing it back to white, the designer made everyone in the crew admire because the outfit was suitable for both characters at both times.
Actress Anya Taylor-Joy’s hair is inspired by the hair of French artist Brigitte Bardot (pictured below)
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Actress Anya Taylor-Joy wore a peach chiffon flare dress
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Actress Anya Taylor-Joy – horror movie “muse” ( The Witch – 2015, Split – 2016) – was noticed by director Edgar Wright through the work The Witch and became his “muse” in the film , wore many outstanding outfits. In addition to the white jacket, there is also a peach chiffon flared dress that looks like it was made specifically for Anya Taylor-Joy. In the movie, the scenes where she wears this dress gliding up the stairs look poetic. Or there is a scene where she dances crazily to the 1960s Land of 1000 Dances music by The Walker Brothers, which is wild and sexy.
Anya Taylor-Joy’s hairstyle was inspired by the hair of beauty icon Brigitte Bardot and this style was worn by the female artist throughout the film. Brigitte Bardot often shapes her hair in the half-up bouffant, adding height to the back of the hair and creating a slightly messy look, looking attractive and a bit rebellious, and this has been done. Anya Taylor-Joy performed in the film.
Movie icons and casual outfits
There are 3 icons of movies of the 1960s and 1970s appearing in the film and their roles, although not given as much space as those of the two main actresses, still leave an impression: Diana Rigg, Terence Stamp and Rita. Tushingham.
With Diana Rigg, Odile Dicks-Mireaux intended for her to look gorgeous in every scene, but the female artist just said: “I want to feel comfortable.” “Therefore, the only thing that adorned her character was lipstick” – Odile Dicks-Mireaux shared on Vogue .
The late star Diana Rigg just wanted to feel comfortable on set, not wearing flashy or elaborate costumes.
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Actor Terence Stamp in the film
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Male artist Terence Stamp is equally simple, he allowed Odile Dicks-Mireaux to use the clothes he collected to dress his character in the film. The crew even reused one of his jacket styles for actor Matt Smith in the work. “That’s really exciting,” she exclaimed to the New York Post .
The work Last Night in Soho was popular with academic critics and mass audiences, scoring 75% on Rotten Tomatoes. This is the 8th film that Edgar Wright directed, marking the last time Diana Rigg appeared on the silver screen because she passed away in 2020.