Saturday, July 19, 2008

Sicko and Sartorialist

Saw The Dark Knight today and loved it. This girl loves some Batman.

I was really tickled when the police officers in the film were trying to identify the Joker and said, "All his clothes are custom-made--no labels."

THE JOKER'S SUIT IS BESPOKE.

It was pretty great, too. Really lovely pattern (and texture!) mixing. My favorite piece was the shirt... lookit this:
A closeup of the print... hexagons filled with lovely little patterns....

Here's the look, from the cover of Empire Magazine:
And those socks are sooo Robb Hunter. Except that there's two of them.
And the shoes... that shape is so perfect... subtly clowny without making you actually think of clown shoes.
And that makeup... oh god, so lovely. Perfect perfect perfect.

And here's the man in full regalia... I don't love the coat nearly as much as the rest, but its boldness and imperfect fit make it the piece that makes the character crazy and scary.
It's a real shame we won't be seeing this incarnation of this character again.