Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Classy.

In Mr. Baudelaire's discussion on modernity, this is the first person who came to mind.  Audrey Hepburn, in all her glory, is the classiest woman I've ever seen.  She really is timeless, from "Breakfast at Tiffany's" to "Roman Holiday,"  I feel like Hepburn is still prevalent.  While fashions may change, there is nothing classier than, for example, Hepburn's little black Givenchy dress.  That sheath dress can still be seen today, amidst the jeggings and other quick to fade fashions. I'm glad Baudelaire gave some academic backup on how I feel about fashions.  Classic clothes seem to always stick,  because they are simple.
Baudelaire's discussion of the dandy and it's classyness also sticks with me.  If Hepburn had been a man,  shem would have been a man dandy. The reserve and the grace that she held herself, even if she was playing a character in a movie was beautiful. In regards to men,  the picture in my mind has always been the "Mad Men" type man, who wears a suit to work everyday and his khakis and short sleeved button ups on the weekends.  While that particular kind of stoic, seemingly emotion free man isn't exactly my type, that clothing style really is.The put together man is someone I really yearn for. The facade is beautiful to me, maybe because I've known people who are like the dandies. I admire the image they project, but of course, underneath they are a freaky, disturbing mess because they have no idea how to express their emotions.
Speaking of a freaky, disturbing mess, Googling the word "dandy" really shows up some odd pictures. After I clicked one of them, I found it was from a movie called "Dandy Dust." Let's just say this is not what I had in mind when I thought of dandy. It's kind of ironic, because what pictures I found were the opposite of dandy.
The following image is not a real dandy, but from the movie. Yikes:

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