Hitchcock hysteria has well and truly dominated fashion for
Autumn/Winter, with the celebrated director's most notable heroines being
referenced on catwalks, editorials and shoots aplenty.
A likely impetus for this trend is the BBC's upcoming film
'The Girl', which depicts Alfred Hitchcock's controlling relationship towards
the bewitchingly blonde Tippi Hedren throughout the making of the cult classic,
'The Birds'.
Sienna Miller convincingly evokes the fifties femininity of
Hedren's character Melanie Daniels in the film, a vision of pastel perfection
complete with coiffed candy-floss hair and a Pistachio green suit.
Although the film isn't released until later this year,
the fashion world have undoubtedly twigged on; Jil Sander's Spring/Summer
lavender toned coat screams 'Melanie', whilst magazines have seen an abundance
of Hitchcock themed fashion stories throughout the Summer.
From Glamour's Vertigo inspired shoot from their September issue
to US Elle's February 'Horror Story' photos, the director's leading ladies are
influencing just about everyones wardrobes.
The primness of Kim Novak in Vertigo; the daintiness of Psycho's
Janet Leigh; Grace Kelly's boundless glamour in Rear Window... which
Hitchcockian beauty will you be inspired by?
Sienna Miller & Tippi Hedren as Melanie Daniels
Tippi Hedren, The Birds
Hitchcock-inspired Jil Sander
Glamour's Vertigo-esque 'Hitchcock Presents'
Elle's Replication of The Birds
Janet Leigh, Psycho
Grace Kelly, Rear Window
By Rose Lewis
