Reel to real: designers and consumers of film and television for me fashion inspiration

  Moviegoers have the upcoming release of "The Great Gatsby" by Baz Luhrmann crawling all fashionistas, the dazzling costumes new, the color of the film are flocked.

Long before the original release of the film last Christmas, tracks, and ways of channeling shelves were plagued inspiration from the Roaring 20s. To see designers like Tory Burch, Marc Jacobs and Ralph Lauren were embracing aesthetics and items such as cloche hats, skirts and dresses graduated drop-size again.

"Gatsby" costume designer Catherine Martin has worked with Brooks Brothers, who worked made more than 500 sets for the film, extracting the archive of the clothing brand for men designs, created many articles of 1920 film. Tuxedo, jackets, suits are linen, straw hats and wingtip oxfords under tightened by Jay Gatsby and Co. in the movie designs.

Creative collaboration has inspired a collection of opulent history, the latest in a long line of elegant historical dramas and frothy guilty pleasures modes have been performed inspired by the traditional consumer and designer desires.

"The idea behind this capsule collection is inspired by the time and make it very modern for today," said Deepak Chopra Brooks Brothers Limited line "Gatsby" brand.

Buttons indicating handwriting then as sharp setbacks crewneck shirts, blazers racing and Art Deco-inspired motifs are present. But Chopra says there are changes in accordance with a contemporary take on the 20s, including the lightest sheets in costumes and ivory striped colors, size, mid-height pants and a silhouette modernized used costumes.

And costume designer in Toronto Sarah Armstrong is not surprised to see patterns emerge on celluloid consumption in closets, citing the 20s, in particular, as a rich era of stylistic detail.

"He gave fashion designer really a great opportunity to create a different shape for women and men," she said.

"I also think, with fabrics and embellishments that time - which beads you have a lot of embroidery. - And you have a lot of really nice close up sensitive to the clothing fashion designers There are a large type of excitement that far from being able to do something a little different that., in recent years "

Before the middle of the film and television was even put in its infancy, the spectators were attracted origin of stars on the screen it chooses to imitate.

"Historically, were the elite of the pre-war celebrities and aristocrats., But after 20 years, it begins to be movie stars. It is always the celebrity culture in relation to Hollywood glamor," said Alison Matthews David, assistant professor at the School of Fashion at Ryerson University.

"Young women and young men would strive to look like the stars they saw on the screen -. Too, at a time like depression"

David Matthews recalled the 1932 drama "Letty Lynton" and the famous dress attracted by Joan Crawford as the main character of the film. Adrian designed the white cotton organza gown with its intricate, whimsical ruffled sleeves were often copied, sold around 500,000 replicas at U.S. department store Macy's. Women would also Lynton "Letty" models and their own clothes, notes David Matthews.

More than half a century since "Lynton," iconic style popularized continue to leave a lasting impression through the characters in the film and television.

Armstrong said, the importance of sports apparel in the 1983 cult film "Flashdance" made a mark on women's fashion, with Jennifer Beals conversion of the slouchy, off-the-shoulder, oversized sweatshirt in a statement of timeless style.

On the small screen, Armstrong said: "Miami Vice" had a huge impact on men's clothing and women's clothing. If the prospect of pinning wear suspects shirts in pastels and linen suits may seem far-fetched, they were the go-to species attracted to undercover detectives Sonny Crockett (Don Johnson) and Ricardo Tubbs (Philip Michael Thomas) in 'elegant' 80 crime drama .

"They had the color of Miami, the very strong type of coral sorbet, lighter shades, which are traditionally not been very popular in men's clothing. And then had two very strong men macho types Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas ... who had the high style as well, "Armstrong said.

"He returned after a certain period of the 1920s and 1930s, double-breasted suits and underwear and do not wear collared shirts and linen pants and various tissues have a huge impact on the production and clothing this particular time."

While bringing Costume earn credit their visions to the screen mode, Armstrong and David Matthews agree that this is on the drawings that help to increase the marquee names to more attention.

Armstrong said Diane Keaton from the positions of his own wardrobe for "Annie Hall," help drive the trend of men dressing fashion inspiration for women in the 1970s.

David Matthews said the androgynous look sexy, Marlene Dietrich and "timeless classic" Givenchy dressed Audrey Hepburn accredit in "Breakfast at Tiffany's" as well as the style of an A-lister can help further enhance the attractiveness of their clothes.

"It is often the celebrity wears ... you have star power. Trendsetter you are."

Chopra said the ease of access to images and information to be seen in film and television modes is also a factor.

"I'm the younger generation is to think in line with the media. It's in our faces. It's on your Facebook page, it is in Windows, it's in magazines and digital media is that so in your face., the images, the people are much faster, and they want it, "he said. "You can do something like this (collection Gatbsy), or they go on the road and develop their own taste."

More recently, popular teen-oriented movies and series have embraced preppy chic. The 1995 film "Clueless" and recently wrapped soap "Gossip Girl" with a new spin on the prim school uniform with many bands, ties, jackets, knitwear, kilts and knee socks in the mix

But more than a decade into the 21st Century, it is not necessarily the creation of new styles that are making waves, but the nostalgia and revival style popular in the past, continue to arouse interest.

With its stylish range of richly embroidered dresses and jackets, the number of beads, low waist dresses, wide-brimmed hats and bells, popular British period drama "Downton Abbey" helped fashion in the early 20th Century in the foreground.

Designed with a collection - and slim suits, skinny ties, sleeves and shirt dresses of Don Draper and Co. helped to Emmy-winning drama "Mad Men" catapult of 50 and 60 species of the period of modern landscape supported by Banana Republic in collaboration with the costume designer for the show, Janie Bryant.

"It's a very, very strong, clean aesthetic of the show," Armstrong said. "The lines are beautiful, the colors saturated. This is also a good sophisticated, beautiful looking show.

"I think it will always arouse the enthusiasm of the public and people kind of want a departure from her normal life T-shirts and jeans and go, something that is a little more sophisticated and elegant."