It is difficult to find a person who has not watched the cult film “The Fifth Element” at least once in his life. Jean Paul Gaultier acted as the costume designer for this picture and designed about 1000 models! The designer is known for his outrageousness, creativity, artistry, as well as elements of subtle self-irony and hooliganism. For the film "The Fifth Element" this is what was required.
So, Milla Jovovich appeared on the screens, tied like a mummy with elastic bands, then the courageous Bruce Willis in a tight orange T-shirt with a cleavage on the back. Gary Oldman, as the villain Zorgan, modeled Hitler and wore striped black and white rubber pajamas. And look no further than Chris Tucker's costumes - the leopard print suit or the suit with roses captivated the audience.
The main character Lilu in the first episodes was dressed in a white suit elastic bandages. She later donned a cropped white tank top, gold leggings, an orange suspender-shaped rubber band and combat boots. Lilu's costume perfectly complemented the image of her heroine.
It’s interesting that after the film adaptation of the action movie, many designers, inspired by Lilu’s costume, created similar dresses with bandage elements.
Many people remember Bruce Willis as the masculine Korben Dallas in an orange tank top, but few know that he had a feminine cleavage on his back.
Was originally invited to play the role of the extravagant Ruby Rose American musician Prince. The singer found Gaultier's sketches too feminine and refused the role, but Chris Tucker happily agreed to take part in the filming. And he did the right thing!
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The role of the eccentric businessman-tyrant Zorgan in a rubber suit went to Gary Oldman.
The secondary characters also received luxurious costumes. The flight attendants on board the ship appeared in white wigs and blue low-cut uniforms.
And this is what it looked like opera singer, blue-skinned alien Diva Plavalaguna.
Even the McDonald's workers of the future got their own unique uniform.
While I was writing this text, I wanted to watch the film again, and you?
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First time designing costumes for artistic productions Coco Chanel got involved in 1924: after meeting the team of Diaghilev’s “Russian Seasons”, at the suggestion of Jean Cocteau, she created costumes for the ballet “Blue Express”. The skirts presented there, just above the knee length, were considered a great liberty, which, however, did not stop Chanel from using this length for her collections of clothes, which were no longer intended for the stage, but for life.
Collaboration with Cocteau was not limited to the "Blue Express", and in 1930 Chanel began designing suits for main character Cocteau's film "The Blood of a Poet", which, despite the vague plot and poor quality, would later become legendary. The style of the outfits in the film does not in any way resonate with the style of the collections produced by her atelier of that time, and at the same time there is something elusive in them, reminiscent of Chanel. The main role in “Blood of a Poet” was played by Vogue favorite model Lee Miller, who turned into an actress for this film alone.
Coco Chanel's costumes for the ballet "Blue Express", 1924
Lee Miller in the film "Blood of a Poet"
Lee Miller in the film "Blood of a Poet"
After The Blood of a Poet, Chanel did not participate in such projects until the late 50s, when French director Louis Malle commissioned her to create the image of Jeanne Moreau in the film The Lovers.
The Lovers was followed by Last Year at Marienbad by Alain Resnais, which was released in 1961. Chanel was 77 years old at the time, but she still produced collections and willingly agreed to collaborate. The film turned out to be like a dream, as the director intended, largely thanks to the bird costumes of the main character: with any movement, the feathers on the sleeves and collars sway and hypnotize the viewer.
Jeanne Moreau in the film "Lovers"
Still from the film “Last Year in Marienbad”
Still from the film “Last Year in Marienbad”
Still from the film “Last Year in Marienbad”
In 1962, Chanel took part in the creation of the film “Boccaccio 70,” which was stitched together from four independent fragments by different directors. Chanel created the costumes for the main character of the third part - it was directed by the Italian Luchino Visconti. The designer had to not only dress the 23-year-old actress Romy Schneider, but also, if at all possible, teach her the laws of French elegance. It seems that the idea was a success: in some scenes, Schneider, in the famous Chanel jacket and with a string of artificial pearls, is indistinguishable from a regular client of the atelier on rue Cambon.
Romy Schneider in the film "Boccaccio '70"
Romy Schneider in the film "Boccaccio '70"
Romy Schneider in the film "Boccaccio '70"
Romy Schneider in the film "Boccaccio '70"
In 1971, Coco Chanel died, but her fashion house remained in demand not only among clients, but also among directors. New designer Chanel Karl Lagerfeld, known for his irresistible desire to be involved in everything, must have taken great joy in creating costumes for nearly a dozen obscure French films.
Christian Dior
In the early 1940s, Christian Dior, who was then creating his own perfume laboratory, was already a famous designer and worked at the Lucien Lelong fashion house. At the same time, he first tried himself as a costume designer in passing films like “Love Letters” and “Bed with Columns.” But already in 1947, his legendary collection was released, which marked the beginning of the new look style, and Christian Dior began to have famous fans. Almost everything will be connected with one of them, the actress and singer Marlene Dietrich. further activities Diora in the cinema.
Actress and singer Marlene Dietrich
Marlene Dietrich in the movie Stage Fright
Marlene Dietrich in the movie Stage Fright
Marlene Dietrich in the film "There is No Highway in the Sky"
Marlene Dietrich in the film "There is No Highway in the Sky"
After filming historical painting"Parisian Waltz", where Dior was responsible for the costumes of the Napoleon III era, in the same 1950, Hitchcock's "Stage Fright" was released, where Marlene Dietrich performed main role and wears only Christian Dior. In addition to dresses, the actress wears trousers and jackets, which was a real turning point in the history of women's fashion. Next year, Dior again sews costumes for the new film “There is No Highway in the Sky” - Dietrich’s outfits finally establish the dominance of the new look in Europe and America.
Ava Gardner fitting for Christian Dior
Ava Gardner in the movie Little Cabin
Another muse and close friend of the designer was actress Ava Gardner. She is absolutely not like Marlene Dietrich, and for her Dior creates more feminine dresses that emphasize the figure without the help of a corset and full skirts, but due to the texture of the fabric. In 1957, a few months before his death, Christian managed to work with Gardner as a costume designer on the film “The Little Cabin.”
Hubert de Givenchy
Perhaps no designer has such a muse as Hubert de Givenchy. Acquaintance with actress Audrey Hepburn happened on film set: Givenchy created costumes for Hepburn's character in the film Sabrina, which was released in 1954. The designer received an Oscar for the design of Sabrina's dresses, and actress Audrey Hepburn forever remained a client of his fashion house.
The next time they met was on the set of the film Funny Face in 1957, where Hepburn again played the leading role. By that time, she had been sewing casual clothes only from Givenchy for three years and decided to invite the designer to create outfits for the new film.
Audrey Hepburn in the movie Funny Face
Audrey Hepburn in the movie Funny Face
Audrey Hepburn in the movie Sabrina
Audrey Hepburn in the movie Sabrina
In 1961, the Givenchy fashion house experienced a real triumph: the film “Breakfast at Tiffany's” was released, where Audrey Hepburn appears in that same little black dress. Three versions of this dress were created for the film, all of which now belong to private collectors. After Breakfast at Tiffany's, those who knew nothing about the actress learned about Hepburn, and those who knew her, but did not know Givenchy, learned about him.
One more famous film, for which Hubert de Givenchy worked on the costumes, was the film “How to Steal a Million” in 1966. The main role was predictably played by Audrey Hepburn: we remembered her by her lace blindfold, which, as her heroine believed, made her look like a gangster.
Audrey Hepburn in the movie "Breakfast at Tiffany's"
Audrey Hepburn in the movie "Breakfast at Tiffany's"
Audrey Hepburn in the movie "Breakfast at Tiffany's"
Audrey Hepburn in the movie "Breakfast at Tiffany's"
Audrey Hepburn in the movie How to Steal a Million
Audrey Hepburn in the movie How to Steal a Million
Yves Saint Laurent
Designer Yves Saint Laurent often created suits for theatrical productions, which cannot be said about movies. However, he is responsible for the clothing of the heroes of two legendary paintings by two legendary Frenchmen: Luis Buñuel and Claude Lelouch.
In 1966, Buñuel invited Yves Saint Laurent to the filming of Belle de Jour, where the fashion designer met Catherine Deneuve (repeating the story of Hepburn and Givenchy). For the surreal film, Saint Laurent dressed Deneuve in clothes from his 1966 ready-to-wear collection. And in 1967, he had to create costumes for Annie Girardot, Yves Montand and Candice Bergen - actors in the film “Living to Live” by the iconic director Claude Lelouch, who, in order to repeat resounding success“Men and Women” needed to be an almost perfect film about love.
Catherine Deneuve with director Luis Buñuel on the set of “Belle of the Day”
Catherine Deneuve in the film "Beauty of the Day"
Catherine Deneuve in the film "Beauty of the Day"
Catherine Deneuve in the film "Beauty of the Day"
Catherine Deneuve in the film "Beauty of the Day"
Still from the film “Live to Live”
Paco Rabanne
If you are making a science fiction film or a film about the world of the future, you cannot do without the help of Paco Rabanne. People started talking about Raban in the 60s, when one after another he released collections made from “modern materials”: metal, plastic, paper. Since then, he has never turned to the classics and continued to experiment. In parallel with the release of seasonal collections in 1967 and 1968, Raban created metallic swimsuits for Robert Enrico's The Adventurers and Jane Fonda's legendary costumes for Roger Vadim's Barbarella. Also in 1967, the designer created several memorable costumes for Audrey Hepburn, who starred in the film “Two for the Road.”
Ralph Lauren
In the mid-1970s, Ralph Lauren took part in two film projects as a costume designer. It must be said that the tasks in these two films were completely different. The first film is another film adaptation of Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby. Loren's task was to create men's suits in the spirit of the 1920s: it was necessary to show gangsters at a social reception and in the light of a home. Lauren's impeccable suits and soft jumpers were perfect.
In 1977, the second film, for which Lauren worked on the costumes, was released, Annie Hall. It was Woody Allen's first "almost serious" film starring him and Diane Keaton. Lauren dressed the man and woman in almost identical clothes, so it is not always clear whether we are looking at a pair of main characters, or two Woody Allens.
Still from the film "Annie Hall"
Still from the film "Annie Hall"
Still from the film "Annie Hall"
Still from the film "Annie Hall"
Still from the film "Annie Hall"
Still from the film "Annie Hall"
Still from the film "The Great Gatsby"
Giorgio Armani
If you start and count how many items by the Italian designer Giorgio Armani were used on the set of the most different films at least in the 1990s, the number will tend to infinity. After Armani worked on the look of Richard Gere, who played the title role in American Gigolo, in 1980, the designer began to be approached as a men's wardrobe specialist. Armani jackets, trousers, shirts, individually and all together, have appeared in so many action films and melodramas that it is impossible to count. However, it is very rare that Armani acted as the designer of the entire wardrobe, as in the 2004 film “Honeypot” (Giorgio Armani created all 38 items of clothing for actor Kevin Kline and several dresses for Ashley Judd in the role of Linda Porter). More often than not, he just added basic details like turtlenecks and jackets for Sean Connery in " Rising sun"1993. Armani clothes were also worn by Liv Tyler in Stealing Beauty (1995) and the characters in The Untouchables (1987). Only James Bond remained unconquered: contrary to expectations, Agent 007 never appeared in Armani in any episode (for now he only wears Brioni).
Richard Gere in the movie "American Gigolo"
Kevin Kline in the movie "Pet"
Sean Connery in the movie "Rising Sun"
Jean-Paul Gaultier
Over the past twenty years, perhaps the greatest contribution to the creation of costumes for films has been made by Jean-Paul Gaultier. It is not known how the process of developing outfits for other designers goes, but the sketches drawn by Gaultier, selections of fabrics, drawings and photographs from the shooting are enough for entire exhibitions. And the films with which Gaultier collaborates naturally become cult.
Gaultier's first experience as a costume designer came in 1989, when he was invited by Peter Greenaway to film “The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover.” Gaultier had to bring to life the director’s plan, who divided the scenes of action in the film by color: the characters were dressed in costumes that matched the color of the room. If now this is easy to do with the help of computer technology, then Gaultier had to sew the same dress in several versions and colors.
Jean-Paul Gaultier and Peter Greenaway
Still from the film “The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover”
Still from the film “The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover”
Still from the film “The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover”
The next director to call Gautier was Pedro Almodóvar. For his film “Kika”, Gianni Versace created the costumes, and Gaultier had to work with only one heroine - of course, the main one. For Victoria Abril, who played the role of a journalist filming the program “The Worst of the Day,” the designer designs grotesque outfits that hint at constant work with blood and violence.
In 1995, director Jean-Pierre Jeunet turned to Gaultier for help: he asked the designer to dress the entire cast of the film “City of Lost Children” from head to toe. most which, of course, are children. The director's idea was that the time of action is not known to the viewer: it is only clear that everything is not happening now, but when exactly is not clear. This film no longer required plastic blood splatters and exploding chests, as in Kik, and Gaultier had to try to ensure that the clothes did not look boring. In the film there is a hint of the designer's favorite Breton stripes: many children's suits turned out to be striped.
Pedro Almodóvar, Victoria Abril and Jean-Paul Gaultier
Still from the movie “Kika”
Still from the movie “Kika”
Still from the movie “Kika”
Still from the film “City of Lost Children”
Still from the film “City of Lost Children”
Still from the film “City of Lost Children”
In 1997, Luc Besson's The Fifth Element was released and almost immediately became a legend. Milla Jovovich, bound like a mummy with elastic bands, Bruce Willis in a tight orange T-shirt; Gary Oldman, who looked more like Hitler if he were a clothing designer and wore striped pajamas; Chris Tucker in a skirt, exactly like Gaultier himself - these and other images in the film were invented and embodied by Jean-Paul Gaultier. Even the McDonald's workers of the future got their own uniforms.
Still from the film “The Fifth Element”
Still from the film “The Fifth Element”
Still from the film “The Fifth Element”
Still from the film “The Fifth Element”
This film, filled with humor and unexpected plot twists, was so loved by the audience that they can’t stop watching it again and again. But many interesting details remain unnoticed!
Faktrum invites its readers to take a closer look at some scenes.
1. At the beginning of the film, each hieroglyph has 5 lines, and on Lilu’s tattoo there are 6
Is that how it was intended? Movie blooper? We can only guess.
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2. “Present” tense is miscalculated.
1914 + 300 = 2214.
3. By the way, March 18 is Luc Besson’s birthday
4. The rabbi, cardinal and priest just relax behind Cornelius's back
Why bother when they can solve everything for them.
5. Adorable cat rug in Korben's apartment
6. An empty box of Gemini croquettes, the product that sponsored Corben's trip to Floston Paradise
8. Judging by the thick lenses in his glasses, this specialist has serious problems with vision, although he himself can create a person in the laboratory from almost nothing!
Maybe glasses are just part of his style?
9. The Atlas statue from the movie is very similar to the one in Rockefeller Center
10. According to these signs in the movie, McDonald's serves 65 trillion customers.
McDonald's stopped counting the number of customers it served in 1994, three years before the film's release. At that time, the number stopped at 99 billion.
11. Cornelius has a wide variety of religious paraphernalia at home
A man with controversial religious views!
12. During a phone call, Korben touches the Earth garland and Finger starts talking about saving the planet.
Interesting hint...
13. Corben reads the manga "Sanctuary"
14. Zorg Corporation logo on the notice of dismissal
It turns out that Corben worked as a taxi driver for the main bad guy.
15. Brooklyn Bridge behind Mr. Kim's flying boat
Corben lived somewhere in Brooklyn.
16. This is a funny Star Wars look!
