Last week I finally rented “An Education”. An interesting film, for sure, but I was too creeped out by Peter Saarsgard’s character to believe he could charm the pants off of everyone the way he did. However, I was ridiculously impressed and enamored with the fashion! As I’ve always said, I love all different styles, including the proper and tailored looks of the 1950′s and 60′s. I think I would have fared well in that era…
Of course I adore the animal print (and the fact that they coordinated!
This dress was so unique and dramatic- it looked absolutely stunning on Carey!
Helen looks SO Jackie O!
I loved the apartment shown below as well!
This outfit worn by Rosamund Pike (Helen) in her first scene is out of this world- the fur shrug, the red dress and the necklace all blew my mind and made me wish I lived in another era.
The red dress was part of an exhibit at the ArcLight Cinema, in fact!
Some looks inspired by the film:
An Education 2 by elementsofstyleblog featuring Alberta Ferretti dresses
Brocade For You Dress-Mod Retro Indie Clothing & Vintage Clothes, $218
Rupert Sanderson Pumps with hidden platform, 235 GBP
Miss ChaCha – Black, $945
Sondra Roberts R27074A, $98
Carlo Fellini 615006, $60
Women’s Seven Strand Pearl Necklace, 50 GBP
Gold Plated Tassel Earrings, Angie Gooderham, 45 GBP
Adeline’s Jet Black Cubic Zirconia Cocktail Ring, $35
Viking Stud Earrings, $850
An Education 1 by elementsofstyleblog featuring Poetic Licence shoes
women’s Anglomania Wide revere Shirt, 180 GBP
Poetic Licence Dazzling, $94
Marc B Snake Effect Oversized Clutch, $28
Pearl twisted hammock necklace – J.Crew, $98
Pearl & Rhinestone Cluster Ring, $98
ASOS Oversized Pearl Stud Earrings, $6.76
B-low the Belt – Milan Patent (Black) – Accessories, $103
Specsavers Opticians – Designer Glasses, Sunglasses, Contact Lenses &…, 99 GBP
NARS Velvet Matte Lipstick Pencil, $24
Sephora: Beauty, Skin Care, Makeup, Hair, & Fragrance
Chanel : Talking Perfume
I love these looks! Great choices!
PS -When’s the “What I’m Wearing” feature returning?
Ditto Liza…I miss what I am wearing…
These outfits are stunning! I also feel I could live in the 60′s and wear the beautiful floral dresses! and I still didn’t watch this movie! now I want to do it so much! xoxo
I loved Helen’s style. Although, the movie was a bit depressing for me. It was like I kept waiting for a bomb to go off …
Didn’t Mrs. Limestone just post this same thing a few days ago?
http://www.brooklynlimestone.com/2010/06/style-skill-crush-education.html
That looks is so refined and unique — the cuts, the prints, the stylish elegance. It looks simple, but is hard to recreate.
I loved this movie (Carey Mulligan’s performance was incredible) but mostly I LOVED the fashions – I want to dress like this everyday.
I LOVED this movie – such a wonderful coming of age story – its really timeless.
You captured the outfits beautifully!
You should totally do a fashion friday for mad men when the new season comes out!!!!
LOVE IT!
Beautiful! I’ve got this in my Netflix queue and these shots make me even more excited about it!
Loved this movie and Carey Mulligan’s performance. Thanks for using my pix from the ArcLight and the link :)
Just saw it too! Near Nabokov in its uncomfortable goodness! The wardrobes were fantastic – she had an especially nice pair of pointy toed flats in one scene that were like good Kate Spade in the 90s. Trying to track them down!
Have you seen A Simple Man? Also supposed to be great.
fabulous film… i recommend it! loved the aesthetic more than anything – the fashion, the interiors, the photography, the music…
I loved An Education and really loved the style as well! Carrie Mulligan is so beautiful in this film… like Audrey H.
i was also obsessed with the fashion in that movie!!! I couldn’t get over how beautiful everyone and everything looked.
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The fashions were as exceptional as the performances. The white dress with the red feature, was so original in it’s simplicity. Absolutely stunning.
P.S. Rosamund Pike would look good in a dish rag.
Oh, I totally agree, amazing fashion, creeeeepy dude! Ug, I was soo creeped out by him. By the way, LOVE the bedroom, love, love , love the greek key shams!!!
you should check out rachel riley’s fashion line – very much in the style of this movie
I saw the movie a couple of weeks back -really loved it. And Helen’s necklace in that first scene was really out of this world!
The fashion in this movie was bang on, but I totally agree that Peter was just a bit too creepy — I mean you KNEW it was all going to end badly (you just didn’t know how). Maybe if he were a smidge younger? A smidge less…greasy?
I saw this at kendall when it first came out and was absolutely IN LOVE!!! The accents, the clothes, her witty comments it was all so well put together! After your post I need to see it again…..I think this would be one to buy and keep!