5 Fashion Lessons We Learnt From The Movies
📷 20th Century Studios, The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
UVE celebrates art in all it’s forms, so, in honour of London Fashion Week strutting into town this week, it feels only right to salute the movies that taught us some truly unforgettable style lessons.
After all, art isn’t just hanging in galleries or projected on cinema screens—it’s also stitched into sequins, cut into silhouettes and balanced on six-inch heels.
Hold onto your berets, because UVE are diving into 5 fashion fundamentals that we absorbed via the medium of film…
1. Cerulean Isn’t Just ‘Blue’
Frankly, how dare you think otherwise.
As Miranda Priestly strictly taught us in The Devil Wears Prada, Cerulean isn’t just blue: it’s a mood, a hierarchy and a nod to years of learning and respecting a craft.
Many of us had never even heard of ‘Cerulean’ before seeing fashion-newbie, Andy, getting utterly schooled in this iconic scene.
Long story short: in fashion, details matter.
So if you ever want to survive a room full of editors, you’d better know your turquoise from your teal…
2. A Wig and a Pleated Skirt Can Hide Anything
Mrs Doubtfire taught us a lesson that every fashion-lover — and amateur spy — should know: a well-chosen wig and a pleated skirt can conceal just about anything.
Even allowing you to fly completely under the radar of your own ex wife and children. Naturally.
After seeing this, most of us never again underestimated the transformative potential of a sensible cardigan.
3. Always Check the Dress Code
Few scenes are more cringe-inducing than Georgia arriving to a party dressed as a cocktail garnish in Angus Thongs and Perfect Snogging.
We think it’s fair to say that not only did all of us collectively recoil for this poor stuffed olive, we vowed to never be the person that commits fully to a ‘funny’ costume idea without first submitting it to our friends for peer review.
👀 Catch UVE Artistes in Angus, Thongs & Perfect Snogging (2008)
4. Glasses Will Conceal Your True Identity, No Questions Asked
One minute, you’re mild-mannered Clark Kent, tripping over your own shoelaces.
The next you’re a local celebrity, singlehandedly saving the planet and no one notices?
Movies may have the task of making us suspend our disbelief, but surely this is pushing it…
Nevertheless, Superman had an entire generation (and beyond) believing that all we needed to go unquestionably incognito was a trusty pair of glasses.
5. If You Want To Be The Main Character, Wear Yellow
Whether it’s Emma Stone twirling in La La Land, Alicia Silverstone strutting the halls in Clueless or Uma Thurman absolutely dominating in Kill Bill – main characters don’t just steal the scene, they practically glow.
Yellow is the ultimate power-move.
Not convinced? See also: Beauty and the Beast, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Anastasia, Marie Antoinette, The Mask, Kate Winslet in Titanic.. the list is endless (and yellow).
Extras, on the other hand, are the masters of blending in.
Stylish, subtle and utterly essential – you guys are the unsung heroes of every scene.
So maybe we’ll leave the yellow to Uma …for now 😉
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