Good afternoon, Monday. It's post Super Bowl soup outside. Good Lord I hate the slush. Yuck.
So as I sloshed my way to work this am I thought about posting my thoughts on all the commercials last night, but think the consensus is pretty much the same across the board- methinks brands may be taking this whole "in service" notion too seriously- the Super Bowl is for fun and/or iconic, and it should not be about major buzz kills. Let's stop being so serious for a while and go back to the funny and heroic. I love both of those, and though a few made me smile, not enough, friends. Not enough.
So enough about that. I can't help but notice lately all of the hoopla surrounding "Fifty Shades of Grey", a film that will have housewives and everybody else hot and bothered very soon. I for one made it through about 10 pages of the book before giving up. The writing was just awful and I found the whole thing so cliched and, well, not hot. Also, I hate to say this but Jamie Dornan? Not hot enough. Where's Eric the Vampire when you need him? I don't get it. I do think Dakota Johnson is gorgeous though, but doubt I will stand in line to see that movie, because I remember a very, very hot movie many years ago. It went by the name of "9 1/2 Weeks". Sweet Lord.
I was young when that movie was made, but old enough to realize a few things:
1. Mickey Rourke was so, so hot then.
2. Kim Basinger was so, so hot then.
3. New York City was so, so hot then.
I loved that ridiculous movie- from Mickey's smirk to Kim's wavy bob to downtown New York as a beautiful backdrop to a classic and very stylish game of Master and Servant. That's what I really loved about the movie- the whole 80s in New York art world chic that dominated (no pun intended) the film. Look at Mickey. Beautiful.
And here's some stills of Kim's amazing slouchy sexiness as Elizabeth McGraw, a character who falls deep under Mickey's spell and does everything from dress like a man to sex in public to going all bulimic in the kitchen with Mickey, being super sexy all the way.
I'm inspired by the fashion here- one of Spring's must haves on my list is a slouchy trench (more on that later this week)- I so want to channel this look right now, even though it's far from Springlike in Manhattan today. Needless to say, enjoy these fabulous stills and take a page from Kim's book, her looks is so spot on for Spring 2015- long before there were fifty shades of grey, there were nine and a half weeks, just three and a half weeks longer than how long winter will last. (Thanks, Mr. Groundhog).
And that's what's up this leaving my hat on kind of Monday in the 212. Yours, in hot movie moments. XO