Have you ever seen the movie? Yes, Natalie Portman take the whole picture in her. Who can imagine she is not a dancer? The notion that film inspires fashion is one of the style world’s hoariest clichés. But in the case of “Black Swan,” in which Natalie Portman plays an ambition-maddened dancer, that chestnut bears some truth. Darren Aronofsky’s Grand Guignol of a film both reflects — and anticipates — a trend in the making, its multilayered tutus, feathers and cobwebby knits attesting to a shift in the fashion wind.
Black Swan Fashion
From the New York Times, How better to captivate the fashion flock? As far back as last fall, its more progressive members seemed to have anticipated the lightness, and the creepiness, of the ballet-within-the-film. Cecilia Dean, a trend-setting founder of Visionaire, celebrated Halloween in a ballerina-inspired Gigi Burris feathered headpiece and a vintage Giorgio di Sant’Angelo black feathered bodice.
Karl Lagerfeld explored the twin themes of sweetness and perversity in a Chanel spring 2011 ready-to-wear collection infused with plumes and shredded fabrics. A surrealistically avian theme was exploited by Sarah Burton in her debut collection for Alexander McQueen, its severity softened by marabou tufts. So ready for the show?