Diva costume from the 5th element. The Fifth Element: Costume History
This film, filled with humor and unexpected plot twists, is so loved by the audience that they do not stop reviewing 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 movie, each character has 5 lines, and on Leela's tattoo - 6
Is that how it was intended? Movie blooper? We can only guess.
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2. "Real" time is incorrectly calculated
1914 + 300 = 2214.
3. By the way, March 18 is Luc Besson's birthday.
4. The rabbi, the cardinal and the priest just rest behind Cornelius.
Why bother when they can decide everything for them.
5. Adorable cat rug in Korben's apartment
6. An empty box of Gemini croquettes, the product that sponsored Korben's trip to Fhloston Paradise
8. Judging by the thick lenses in the glasses, this specialist has big vision problems, although he himself can create a person in the laboratory from almost nothing!
Maybe glasses are just part of his style?
9. The statue of Atlas from the movie bears a strong resemblance to the one at Rockefeller Center.
10. According to these signs in the movie, McDonald's serves 65 trillion customers.
McDonald's stopped counting the number of customers 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 ambiguous religious views!
12. During a telephone conversation, Korben touches the garland with the Earth, and Finger starts talking about saving the planet.
An interesting hint...
13. Korben is reading Sanctuary Manga
14. Zorg Corporation logo on a notice of termination
So Korben worked as a taxi driver for the biggest bad guy.
15. Brooklyn Bridge Behind Mr. Kim's Flying Boat
Korben lived somewhere in Brooklyn.
16. That funny resemblance to Star Wars!
For the first time, Coco Chanel took up costume design for art productions in 1924: after meeting with the team of Diaghilev's Russian Seasons, at the suggestion of Jean Cocteau, she created costumes for the Blue Express ballet. The skirts presented there just above the knee were recognized as a great liberty, which, however, did not prevent 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 to develop costumes 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 has nothing in common 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 lead 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 Blue Express ballet, 1924
Lee Miller in the movie Blood of a Poet
Lee Miller in the movie Blood of a Poet
After The Blood of the Poet, Chanel did not participate in such projects until the late 50s, until French director Louis Mal did not entrust her with the creation of 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. Then Chanel was 77 years old, but she still produced collections and willingly agreed to cooperate. The film turned out to be like a dream, as the director intended, largely due to the bird costumes of the main character: from any movement, the feathers on the sleeves and collars sway and hypnotize the viewer.
Jeanne Moreau in the movie The Lovers
Shot from the film "Last Year in Marienbad"
Shot from the film "Last Year in Marienbad"
Shot from the film "Last Year in Marienbad"
In 1962, Chanel took part in the creation of the film "Boccaccio-70", glued together from four independent fragments of different directors. Chanel created the costumes of 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 successful: in some scenes, Schneider, in the famous Chanel jacket and with a string of faux pearls, is indistinguishable from a regular client of the atelier on Cambon Street.
Romy Schneider in Boccaccio 70
Romy Schneider in Boccaccio 70
Romy Schneider in Boccaccio 70
Romy Schneider in Boccaccio 70
In 1971, Coco Chanel died, but her fashion house remained in demand not only among clients, but also among directors. New Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld, known for his overwhelming desire to get involved in everything, must have had great fun designing costumes for almost a dozen obscure French films.
Christian Dior
In the early 1940s, Christian Dior, who was then creating his own perfume laboratory, was already famous designer and worked at the Lucien Lelong fashion house. At the same time, he first tried himself as a costume designer in passing pictures like Love Letters and Beds with Columns. But already in 1947, his legendary collection was released, which marked the beginning of the new look style, and Christian Dior had famous fans. With one of them, actress and singer Marlene Dietrich, almost all 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 No Highway in the Sky
Marlene Dietrich in No Highway in the Sky
After filming historical picture"Paris Waltz", where Dior was responsible for the costumes of the era of Napoleon III, in the same 1950 Hitchcock's "Stage Fright" was released, where Marlene Dietrich performs leading role and wears only Christian Dior. In addition to dresses, trousers and jackets appear on the actress, which was a real turning point in the history of women's fashion. IN next year Dior again sews costumes for the new film "There is no highway in the sky" - Dietrich's outfits finally confirm the dominance of new look in Europe and America.
Ava Gardner fitting for Christian Dior
Ava Gardner in The Little Cabin
Another muse and close friend of the designer was the actress Ava Gardner. She is absolutely not like Marlene Dietrich, and for her Dior creates more feminine dresses that emphasize the figure not with the help of a corset and fluffy 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 for 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 designed costumes for Hepburn's character in Sabrina, which was released in 1954. For the design of Sabrina's dresses, the fashion designer received an Oscar, and actress Audrey Hepburn forever remained a client of his fashion house.
The next time they had a chance to meet on the set of the film "Funny Face" in 1957, where Hepburn again played the main role. By that time, she had been sewing casual clothes only for Givenchy for three years and decided to invite a designer to create outfits for the new film.
Audrey Hepburn in Funny Face
Audrey Hepburn in Funny Face
Audrey Hepburn in the movie Sabrina
Audrey Hepburn in the movie Sabrina
In 1961, the Givenchy fashion house knew a real triumph: the film “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” was released, where Audrey Hepburn appears in that very little black dress. Three versions of this dress were created for the film, all of which are now owned by private collectors. After Breakfast at Tiffany's, those who still knew nothing about the actress learned about Hepburn, and those who knew her, but did not know Givenchy, learned about him.
one more famous movie, on the costumes for which Hubert de Givenchy worked, was the painting "How to Steal a Million" in 1966. Predictably, Audrey Hepburn played the lead role: we remember her for her lace bandage over her eyes, which, according to her heroine, made her look like a gangster.
Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's
Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's
Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's
Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's
Audrey Hepburn in How to Steal a Million
Audrey Hepburn in How to Steal a Million
Yves Saint Laurent
Designer Yves Saint Laurent often designed costumes for theatrical performances, which can not be said about movies. However, on his account the clothes of the heroes of two legendary paintings two legendary Frenchmen: Luis Buñuel and Claude Lelouch.
In 1966, Buñuel invited Yves Saint Laurent to the shooting of Beauty of the Day, 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 Montana and Candice Bergen - the actors of the film "To Live to Live" by the iconic director Claude Lelouch, who, in order to repeat the resounding success of "Men and Women", had to make an almost perfect film about love.
Catherine Deneuve with director Luis Buñuel on the set of Beauty of the Day
Catherine Deneuve in the movie Beauty of the Day
Catherine Deneuve in the movie Beauty of the Day
Catherine Deneuve in the movie Beauty of the Day
Catherine Deneuve in the movie Beauty of the Day
Frame from the film "Live to live"
Paco Raban
If you are shooting science fiction or a film about the world of the future, you cannot do without the help of Paco Raban. They started talking about Raban in the 60s, when one after another he produced collections 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 leotards for Robert Enrico's The Adventurers and Jane Fonda's legendary costumes for Roger Vadim's Barbarella. In the same 1967, the designer created several memorable costumes for Audrey Hepburn, who starred in the movie Two for the Road.
Ralph Lauren
In the mid-1970s, Ralph Lauren took part in two film projects as a costume designer. I must say that the tasks in these two films were completely different. The first picture is another adaptation of Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby. Lauren's task was to create men's suits in the spirit of the 1920s: it was necessary to show gangsters at a secular reception and in the light of a hearth. Flawless suits and soft jumpers Lauren fit perfectly.
In 1977, the second picture was released, on the costumes for which Lauren worked - "Annie Hall". It was Woody Allen's first "almost serious" film starring him and Diane Keaton. Lauren dressed a man and a woman in almost the same things, so it's not always clear whether we have a couple of main characters, or two Woody Allens.
Shot from the film "Annie Hall"
Shot from the film "Annie Hall"
Shot from the film "Annie Hall"
Shot from the film "Annie Hall"
Shot from the film "Annie Hall"
Shot from the film "Annie Hall"
Shot from the film "The Great Gatsby"
Giorgio Armani
If you take and calculate how many things by Italian designer Giorgio Armani were used on the set of various films at least in the 1990s, the number will tend to infinity. After Armani worked in 1980 on the image of Richard Gere, who played the main role in American Gigolo, the designer began to be addressed as a specialist in men's wardrobe. Jackets, trousers, Armani shirts, individually and all together, have appeared in so many action films and melodramas that it is already impossible to count. However, it was very rare that Armani acted as the designer of the entire wardrobe, as in the 2004 film "Darling" (Giorgio Armani designed all 38 items of clothing for actor Kevin Kline and several dresses for Ashley Judd as Linda Porter). Most often, he only added fundamental details like turtlenecks and jackets for Sean Connery in “ rising sun» 1993. Armani was also worn by Liv Tyler in Stealing Beauty (1995) and The Untouchables (1987). Only James Bond remained unconquered: contrary to expectations, Agent 007 did not appear in Armani in any series (so far he wears only Brioni).
Richard Gere in American Gigolo
Kevin Kline in the movie Pet
Sean Connery in the movie The Rising Sun
Jean Paul Gaultier
Jean-Paul Gaultier has arguably been the biggest contributor to film costumes over the last twenty years. It is not known how the process of developing outfits for other designers is going on, but the sketches drawn by Gauthier, selections of fabrics, drawings and photographs from the shooting are enough for entire exhibitions. Yes, and the films with which Gauthier collaborates become cult by themselves.
Gauthier's first experience as a costume designer was in 1989, when he was invited by Peter Greenaway to shoot the film The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover. Gauthier had to realize the director's idea, who divided the scenes in the picture by color: the characters are dressed in costumes that match the color of the room. If now it 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
Shot from the film "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover"
Shot from the film "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover"
Shot from the film "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover"
The next director to call Gauthier was Pedro Almodovar. For his film Kika, Gianni Versace created costumes, and Gauthier had to work with only one heroine - of course, the main one. For Victoria Abril, who played the role of a journalist who shoots the program "The Worst of the Day", the designer designs grotesque outfits that hint at permanent job with blood and violence.
In 1995, director Jean-Pierre Jeunet turns to Gaultier for help: he asks the designer to dress the entire team of actors from the film "City of Lost Children" from head to toe, most of which, of course, are children. The director's idea was that the time of the 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 the plastic blood splatter and exploding breasts of Kik, and Gaultier had to make sure the clothes didn't look boring. In the film, there is a hint of the designer's favorite Breton stripe: the suits of many children turned out to be striped.
Pedro Almodovar, Victoria Abril and Jean Paul Gaultier
Shot from the film "Kika"
Shot from the film "Kika"
Shot from the film "Kika"
Shot from the movie "City of Lost Children"
Shot from the movie "City of Lost Children"
Shot from the movie "City of Lost Children"
In 1997, The Fifth Element by Luc Besson was released and almost immediately became a legend. Milla Jovovich draped in elastic bands like a mummy; Bruce Willis in a tight orange tank top; Gary Oldman, more like Hitler if he were a fashion designer and walked around in striped pajamas; Chris Tucker in a skirt, exactly like Gaultier himself - it was Jean-Paul Gaultier who invented and embodied these and other images in the film. Even the McDonalds workers of the future got their uniforms.
Frame from the film "The Fifth Element"
Frame from the film "The Fifth Element"
Frame from the film "The Fifth Element"
Frame from the film "The Fifth Element"
It's hard to find someone who hasn't watched at least once in their life. cult movie"Fifth Element". Jean Paul Gaultier acted as the costume designer for this painting and designed around 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 neckline on the back. Gary Oldman, in the role of the villain Zorgan, acted as the prototype for Hitler and was dressed in striped black and white rubber pajamas. And what were Chris Tucker's costumes worth - a leopard costume or a costume with roses captivated the audience.
The main character Lilu in the first episodes was dressed in a suit of white elastic bandages. Later, she donned a cropped white tank top, gold leggings, an orange rubber band in the shape of suspenders, and combat boots. Lilu's costume perfectly complemented the image of her heroine.
Interestingly, after the film adaptation of the action movie, many designers, inspired by Lilu's costume, created similar dresses with bandage elements.
Many remember Bruce Willis as the masculine Corben Dallas in an orange T-shirt, but few know that he had a feminine neckline on his back.
The role of extravagant Ruby Rose was originally invited American musician Prince. The singer found Gauthier's sketches too feminine and turned down 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 tyrant businessman Zorgan in a rubber suit went to Gary Oldman.
Minor characters also received luxurious costumes. The flight attendants on board the ship appeared in white wigs and low-cut blue uniforms.
And this is what it looked like Opera singer, a blue-skinned alien Diva Plavalaguna.
Even the McDonald's workers of the future got their own unique uniforms.
While writing this text, I wanted to watch the film again, and you?
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