Looking Dapper: Favorite Fashion From TV

[Haleth]

They need to come up with a special award just for her costume designer.  Every one is exquisite.

[SVNBob]

On 12/13/2021 at 7:06 AM, DearEvette said:

I adore a well tailored suit and Jessica Pearson worked the hell out of a fabulous suit:

Those are suits with some slink to them.

[RealHousewife]

Still obsessed with Charlotte.

[Mabinogia]

Charlotte York has the kind of classic style I adore. She was always my favorite of the Sex and the City ladies. I love almost everything she wore. I loved her wedding dress from her wedding to Harry: 

[RealHousewife]

22 hours ago, Mabinogia said:

Charlotte York has the kind of classic style I adore. She was always my favorite of the Sex and the City ladies. I love almost everything she wore. I loved her wedding dress from her wedding to Harry: 

I just love her dress. She looked like a princess. 

[Bastet]

23 hours ago, RealHousewife said:

Still obsessed with Charlotte.

I don't like any of those dresses/outfits, but I love the color yellow of the shoes in one.  Actually, I like the skirt with that one, just not the rest of it.

I tend to accurately say something isn't my style or I don't like it, but when it comes to that get-up Sarah Jessica Parker is wearing (in character, I assume; I don't watch S&TC) in the group shot, I'm going to go ahead and say that's hideous.

[Mabinogia]

53 minutes ago, Bastet said:

I'm going to go ahead and say that's hideous.

The bulk of what Carrie (SJPs character) wore would fit that particular category. lol 

[RealHousewife]

Bridgerton is a very dreamy series.

[JustHereForFood]

I love this dress (or more precisely a combination of skirt and vest) that Abigail wore in episode 3 of Around the world in 80 days. Unfortunately, I couldn't find a picture that shows it in its entirety.

Here it is with a jacket:

It also looks quite practical for travel - you know, if you have to travel in a skirt instead of trousers.

[andromeda331]

Maura from Rizzoli and Isles. She had so many great clothes.

 

 

 

Edited January 23, 2022 by andromeda331

[andromeda331]

More Maura clothes

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

[Mabinogia]

I love that Moira's clothes are fairly simple but so put together looking. I love a sheath dress for work. I do love that blue shirt and plaid skirt combo though. I would wear that in a heartbeat. I love, when they're at a crime scene, and she pulls out her Wellies. She still looks super chic with her big old boots on. lol Look how adorable she is in her matching boots and jacket. 

[JustHereForFood]

I think a lot of them were mentioned here.

 

[roamyn]

Rowena McLeod in Supernatural wore amazing full length dresses.  And she had the panache to pull them off.  I‘ll post some later, when I get on my computer.

[andromeda331]

Maura gives a good excuse for her love of fashion. She tells Jane it's not to be fashionable but because she's in awe of what humans can do and create. 

Maura: I am in awe of what human beings can do. I am in awe of the hand-knit channel stitching on this sweater. I am in awe of the artisan who molded and shaped this shoe.

Sounds like a great excuse to me. 

[Mabinogia]

12 hours ago, andromeda331 said:

Maura: I am in awe of what human beings can do. I am in awe of the hand-knit channel stitching on this sweater. I am in awe of the artisan who molded and shaped this shoe.

Sounds like a great excuse to me. 

That really is so Maura. She is very intellectual, it isn't surprising that she would intellectualize fashion, see it as craftsmanship and artistry rather than something that will make her look cute or appeal to others.

I haven't really thought that way about modern clothing, every once in a while I'll see something that wows me, but mostly it's all just variations of the same thing, but am often in awe of the beautiful, elaborate clothing made centuries ago, before machines made everything and there was so much beautiful embroidered, elaborate designs and hand workmanship that went into one piece. I feel that way about architecture as well. 

[andromeda331]

8 hours ago, Mabinogia said:

That really is so Maura. She is very intellectual, it isn't surprising that she would intellectualize fashion, see it as craftsmanship and artistry rather than something that will make her look cute or appeal to others.

I haven't really thought that way about modern clothing, every once in a while I'll see something that wows me, but mostly it's all just variations of the same thing, but am often in awe of the beautiful, elaborate clothing made centuries ago, before machines made everything and there was so much beautiful embroidered, elaborate designs and hand workmanship that went into one piece. I feel that way about architecture as well. 

I agree. So many old designs were so incredible and yet were all made by hand. Same with architecture. The different designs and buildings from all over the ancient world or built during the Renaissance. Amazing work and without the technology or tools we have now. 

[JustHereForFood]

I loved Galadriel's dress from the last episode:

[Shannon L.]

I don't like the veil, but I love this wedding dress from Designing Women.  Considering that it was an 80s show, it could have been truly ugly.

[Mabinogia]

I would love it without the butt train. The dress itself is stunning but the train is, well, it is very 80s lol 

[Bastet]

7 hours ago, Shannon L. said:

I don't like the veil, but I love this wedding dress from Designing Women.  Considering that it was an 80s show, it could have been truly ugly.

I don't like the veil or the train, and I wouldn't pick the dress even without them, but I agree it's surprisingly subdued for the '80s -- and for Charlene.  It's not my style, but it's attractive for the era and for a character who could very easily have gone completely over the top when it came time to pick out a bridal gown.  (But of course she still picked pink bridesmaid dresses.)

[Spartan Girl]

Diana’s revenge dress on The Crown:

[GHScorpiosRule]

37 minutes ago, Spartan Girl said:

Diana’s revenge dress on The Crown:

I wish I could say what disturbs me about this picture. But Diana made it look much, much better.

[Shannon L.]

36 minutes ago, GHScorpiosRule said:

I wish I could say what disturbs me about this picture. But Diana made it look much, much better.

The actress is thinner than Diana (or has a smaller frame) and the dress is lower cut. Not by much, but the angle of the camera makes it look worse than it probably is.  I think she looks great and the dress is really nice, but my initial reaction to the picture itself is was a little bit negative, too. I think the reasons I listed were why.

[Spartan Girl]

45 minutes ago, GHScorpiosRule said:

But Diana made it look much, much better.

No arguments there. 

[Wiendish Fitch]

The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974)

Ya gotta hand it to ol' Kris Kringle, he's one snappy dresser!

[Shannon L.]

Trixie from Call the Midwife.  I love everything about this look--the hair, the makeup, the dress, the bag......

 

[JustHereForFood]

This video is quite long, but interesting:

 

[Spartan Girl]

I did love Topanga’s wedding gown on Boy Meets World

[andromeda331]

Me too.

[Bastet]

I hate everything about it, so just tell me she's older than the about 18 years she looks and I'll move on.

[BlackberryJam]

1 hour ago, Bastet said:

I hate everything about it, so just tell me she's older than the about 18 years she looks and I'll move on.

I’m with you. The illusion fabric on the sleeves is thick and wrinkly and the Basque waist is dated. The flower appliqués look like they were made from wrinkly bed linens. Her skin looks amazing and I love the bouquet. 

[Bastet]

38 minutes ago, BlackberryJam said:

I love the bouquet. 

The bouquet is among the things I dislike about the whole vibe (I don't care for roses, but can appreciate them in a colorful arrangement, not this sea of white with only a few pops of color), but it has nothing on how much I hate the dress and veil.  Add in that she looks like a teen bride and I cannot stand that cocked head pose (although I'll grant at least she's not titled so far it looks like her neck is deformed as some people who inexplicably adopt that pose for every photo look) and it's a hard pass for me.

[Mabinogia]

The only thing I don't like is the sleeves. They look itchy. 

[Blergh]

On 6/14/2024 at 9:14 PM, Spartan Girl said:

I did love Topanga’s wedding gown on Boy Meets World

FWIW, it symbolized Topanga's devolution from being an unconventional curious girl to being a perfectionist, appearance-keeping young woman.

I kind of thought that had Topanga stayed closer to that breath-of-fresh-air character she'd been, she'd have worn something closer to Morticia Addams's sister Ophelia's white outfit with daisies in her hair.

And they lived UNhappily ever after (especially in the latter series). ..

[andromeda331]

6 hours ago, Blergh said:

FWIW, it symbolized Topanga's devolution from being an unconventional curious girl to being a perfectionist, appearance-keeping young woman.

I kind of thought that had Topanga stayed closer to that breath-of-fresh-air character she'd been, she'd have worn something closer to Morticia Addams's sister Ophelia's white outfit with daisies in her hair.

And they lived UNhappily ever after (especially in the latter series). ..

I wish they had kept Topanga like that too. I loved the hippie unconvential but smart character she started out as.

[Browncoat]

Her expression, to me, reads, "Can you believe they're making me wear this thing?"

[Mabinogia]

1 hour ago, Browncoat said:

Her expression, to me, reads, "Can you believe they're making me wear this thing?"

Yeah, she's totally thinking "Topanga wouldn't wear this". 

I loved early seasons Topanga. I agree that the longer the show went on the more conventional "pretty girl" she became. Sadly, probably to make her a "suitable" love interest. Shame. 

 

This is my Topanga: 

[meep.meep]

It's the same sleeves!  Maybe she can't wear anything else.

[Spartan Girl]

Okay, well another wedding dress from the 90s that I liked that hopefully the rest of you won’t mock was Lois Lane’s wedding dress when she and Clark got married for real on Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. I couldn’t find a good pic that shows all the details, so please accept this clip instead:

I loved everything except the bow on the view, but it was so tiny I’m willing to overlook it. And I think we can all agree it was a vast improvement over the wedding dress from the fake clone wedding:

 

[Bastet]

3 hours ago, Spartan Girl said:

And I think we can all agree it was a vast improvement over the wedding dress from the fake clone wedding:

I wouldn't say vast, but I do find it an improvement, yes.  I dislike both veils, probably the one with a bow more because, well, it's a bow (but, then again, that cap - maybe I hate them equally).  I despise the bottom of the first dress you posted, so prefer what I can see of the bottom of the second dress pictured.  But I like the top of the first dress much more than that of the second.

[Affogato]

On 9/30/2023 at 11:47 AM, Shannon L. said:

Trixie from Call the Midwife.  I love everything about this look--the hair, the makeup, the dress, the bag......

 

Good for a photo but impssible to keep clean in real life and either polyester or hellish to iron. Imo.