Who is the best dressed TV or movie character?
This is very subjective question, statistically speaking, the movie characters from the 40s to 60s era dressed elegantly and looked at their best, and most costumes from those eras are now timeless classics. There is a reason behind it, the idea of personal stylist ( who dictates the celebrities) were unknown back then, the actors worked with the costume designer directly ( Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly and every other top actor worked with Edith Head) and had their creative inputs, more over the fashion designs and costume designs were not mutually exclusive back then. Most actors looked at their best without even trying, for example Cary Grant wore his own wardrobe in some of his movies like North by Northwest and To catch a thief.Costume designers like Howard Greer, Adrian, Irene, Helen Rose, Edith Head and Travis Banton were well known as Couture designers. These were the people who dressed the yesteryear stars and made them into style icons. In the late 60s the influence of costume designers were drastically decreased to the point now that nobody cares about the costume designer. Its not a coincidence that most of the style icons worked during the heyday of fashion (costume) design.Edith Head (who won a record eight Oscar awards for best costume design):Helen Rose ( for Elizabeth Taylor):Adrian Adolph Greenberg ( for Marilyn Monroe):Steve McQueen ( Thomas crown affair) Bullitt MovieRobert Redford in Three Days of the Condor Dean in A Rebel without a causeJames Bond:
Seniors, why is Breakfast at Tiffany's considered a classic?
It's a good question. And you're right about Mickey Rooney's rather racist caricature of the Japanese photographer. But for 1960s audiences, the movie was--and still is--ineffably sweet and magical because it captures the romantic, high-fashion, youthful optimisim and sophistication of the "Camelot" era better than anything else that was done at that time. The Johnny Mercer / Henry Mancini theme song is very lovely--especially during the very memorable opening sequence when Audrey Hepburn in that stunning Givenchy gown gets out of that cab in front of Tiffany's with the awesome canyons of Manhatten totally deserted. (They'd have to use special effects nowadays to get a shot of Manhattan with deserted streets!) For those who may not have seen it lately: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JfS90u-1g8 And Audrey herself, more than any other actress of the period, was THE embodiment of "Camelot," with her anorexic, androgenous beauty, aristocratic demeanor, cat-like charm, and Continental savoir-faire. And she looked so awesome in high-fashion clothes that even very important ladies like Jacqueline Kennedy took their cue from her. Audrey Hepburn MADE the career of Givenchy, and a lot of other fashion people too. Then too, Truman Capote's story was actually considered risque by the standards of the period. Homosexuality was still ILLEGAL in this country at that time, and Truman--who was flamboyantly gay--was considered a scandalous writer. Indeed, the movie bears little resemblance to the book. In Truman's story, Holly Golightly is a HOOKER, not a socialite who gets "gifted" with hundred-dollar bills for the powder room. And the George Peppard character is a HOMOSEXUAL MALE PROSTITUTE, not a suffering novelist. So, ironically, the very reasons that the movie is now so dated are the very reasons that it's nostalgic appeal is so strong.