Perhaps you don't know that there is a classic "suit" that is embraced by the goddesses one by one, which has created the classic image of the goddesses and allowed them to harvest beautiful love that can be sung and wept.
audrey hepburn
Goddesses made of a garment
and their classic love affair
During World War II, Warner Bros. Pictures wore trench coats for many of its film characters. The most recognizable of these is the three-time Oscar-winning Casablanca, a love story set in a wartime setting in which the cold trench coat becomes an indispensable character. The tearful-eyed ingrid bergman wrapped up the trench coat's back is resolute and moving, and the male protagonist Humphrey Bogart's image of wearing a trench coat in the wind and rain is still vivid, and his way of wearing the collar is still widely imitated.
Stills from Casablanca
"Soul Break Blue Bridge" is another trench coat highlight in film history. Myra, a delicate ballerina played by vivien Leigh, during the war, left the protection of her non-commissioned officer boyfriend, took off her delicate ballet skirt, and changed into a trench trench coat full of sullen and toughness, in order to show the strong and brave side of her heart. After the two reunite, the male protagonist puts the trench coat on the heroine's shoulder, and the tough and neutral costume reflects the delicate beauty of the woman at this moment.
Stills from "Soul Break Blue Bridge"
The eternal fashion icon audrey hepburn also has an indissoluble relationship with trench coats, and she shows her ladylike style in two personal representative works, "Beauty Walk" and "Breakfast at Tiffany". Especially in the "Ti" film, the scene with the male protagonist George Peppard wearing a trench coat and kissing deeply in the heavy rain is praised as a classic by later generations.
Stills from Breakfast at Tiffany's
Her innocent and noble image interprets the trench coat into a delicate and lovely ladylike demeanor, and the extremely neutral clothing also has an elegant and playful feminine temperament. On closer inspection, it is not difficult to find that many of the double-breasted and round neck details on the design of today's trench coats are designs that have been influenced by the image of hepburn in that year.
Audrey Hepburn and second husband Andrea Dotti
In the 1960s, as jetliners soared, the jet set boom began to make strong landings. Jet set style neat and modern style has become the favorite of aristocrats at this moment, designers have done enough work in silhouette and tailoring, firmly grasp the comfort of aerial dress, with a lighter, clearer and more simple shape for Metropolitan women to bring a new fashion style, and the overall silhouette of the trench coat coincides with the image advocated by the jet set style and is very popular.
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy often appeared at the airport in a khaki trench coat. The trench coat has indisputably won the favor of a fashion icon with its good texture, convenience and practical wear. Among them, there are many supermodels such as Jean Shrimpton and Twiggy, as well as film and television stars such as Elizabeth Taylor, Marilyn Monroe, goldie Hawn and so on.
marilyn monroe
jacqueline kennedy
jean shrimpton
twiggy
goldie hawn
Although the bones of the trench coat flow with British blood, the naturally fashionable French on the other side of the English Channel wear the trench coat out of another taste, the French delicate, feminine, mysterious femininity with the flowing corner of the clothes in the squares of Paris, the streets floating, bringing a hint of romance. In 1964, in "The Umbrella of Cherbourg", Catherine Deneuve wore a smoky gray trench coat and the male protagonist wandered the streets of Paris, interpreting a love story for the audience, and at this moment, the wind-dancing trench coat became the most sensational prop.
Stills from "The Umbrella of Cherbourg"
Jane Birkin, a star with the same resume as a trench coat, comes from a famous British family, but is a legendary woman who understands French style. Her sometimes sexy and feminine, sometimes neutral and free image is the best representative of conveying the essence of the trench coat. Even the two daughters are very popular, and her daughter Charlotte Gainsbourg once said: "The trench coat is too fashionable - as if it just belongs to Paris and movies." ”
The blonde brideté bardot's innocent eyes are full of temptation, and the plump figure full of primitive charm has intruded into the dreams of many men. Although in everyday life you can always see her wrapped under a trench coat. But her innate feminine charm was not obscured in the slightest. As designer Tom Ford mentioned when talking about trench coats, "to cover up is more sexy."
brigitte bardot
Today, enduring trench coats have long been an indispensable highlight of lists such as "10 must-have fashion items for every woman". In the drama series "Sex and the City", known as the "mobile fashion bible", sarah jessica parker plays columnist Carrie Bradshaw, who is a full-fledged fashionista, reading all the costumes, but when taking hard photos of the cover of her new book, she still chooses a trench coat to show her independent and strong urban charm. As the most popular fashion film "The Female Devil In Prada", the dexterous and intelligent female assistant Andrea and the dictatorial and experienced editor-in-chief Miranda, despite the great difference in age and social status, also interpret their own trench coat complex.
Andrea's trench coat look in "The Witch In Prada"
Miranda's trench coat look in "The Witch Head Wearing Prada"
The triumphant Cloak of Glory
During the First World War, Thomas Burberry developed a new twill cloth- gabardine, because of its light, strong, waterproof and breathable characteristics, the British army began to use veranda to make raincoats.
thomas burberry
By 1895, Thomas Burberry had designed a trench coat for British officers called Tielocken, which was characterized by open double-breasted closures, an additional cut on the right shoulder, and a belt of the same color, shoulder folds, sleeves, and D-rings, which is the prototype of today's trench coat.
Burberry Prorsum early advertising
After continuous improvement, the first trench coat in the modern sense was born in 1901 (the women's collection of trench trench coats was introduced in 1910). Founder Thomas Burberry submitted the style design of the waterproof military trench coat to the British War Office, and then Edward VII designated the burberry trench coat as the high-end military uniform of the British Army, and the British brand aquascutum also became a royal certified trench coat manufacturer.
Aquascutum early advertising
For wartime people, the triumphant non-commissioned officers aroused a strong sense of patriotism, and everyone longed to wear trench trench coats with heroic symbols - simple and cold clothes represented supreme glory, and in the series "Downton abbey", Matthew Crawley, an officer returning from the battlefield, was wearing such a heroic trench coat.
matthew crawley
Subsequently, the trench coat evolved into a short, single and double-breasted, shoulder cover and other functional details, as well as a trench coat with a warm and thick piece on the back, which further strengthened its function of combating the changing climate. In terms of color, it is no longer limited to a single earth color system, and began to add timeless colors such as navy blue, smoky gray and Burgundy red. It can be said that the trench coat is an accidental product of the war, it did not disappear with the smoke of war, but has survived to this day with its strong vitality.
Even though the origin of the trench coat from the military uniform has been rooted in people's stereotypes, the trench coat has quickly entered a new situation - it has become a virgin land to be reclaimed in the fashion industry. In the 1930s, the influential Hollywood began to drive the cultural trend, and the stars on the screen were regarded as a source of inspiration, and the fashion culture changed as a result. Men are attracted to the light but dashing costumed detective characters in crime thrillers, and the trench coat attire of the magnificent Marlene Dietrich in "The History of Berlin" has become a template for women to emulate, and their every appearance begins to greatly affect the dress style of the general public.