Wednesday 27 March 2013

Trend of Suit: the movie 'Mogambo'

 


'Mogambo' is a 1953 film directed by John Ford, featuring Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Grace Kelly and Donald Sinden. The film was adapted by John Lee Mahin from the play by Wilson Collison,Kelly won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress(1954), and the film was nominated for two Oscars, Best Actress in a Leading Role(Gardner), and Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Kelly). The film was also nominated for a BAFTA Film Award (Best Film from any Source USA).'Mogambo'is a lavish remake of the classic film Red Dust (1932) set in French Indochina but in the 1950s was the scene of the First Indochina War. The earlier movie also featured Clark Gable in the lead role.The theme for 'Mogambo' was loosely adapted by Mark Barber for the Auckland University Tramping Club Revue in 1954. A party travelling down the Anawhata on the first Saturday of the May vacation discovered that the cry 'Mogambo' could be produced with great volume and had very satisfactory resonant qualities. It became a club call, of greeting or when making contact on a tramp, for many years.










The story is about Victor Marswell runs a big game trapping company in Kenya. Eloise Kelly is ditched there, and an immediate attraction happens between them. Then Mr. and Mrs. Nordley show up for their gorilla documenting safari. Mrs. Nordley is not infatuated with her husband any morem and takes a liking to Marswell. The two men and two women have some difficulty arranging these emotions to their mutual satisfaction, buy eventually succeed.










There is just something inherently charming about a shorts suit. A lesson in contradictions- the right set is chic enough for most offices and but still playful enough for a night out. Runways from Jil Sander to Carven showed iterations on their spring runways, and we instantly fell in love with the ultra-feminine take on menswear.
We selected several suits from designer brands that really hit in this early spring.


Courtesy Jil Sander                                                                  Courtesy Jenni Kayne


 
Courtesy Acne                                                                              Courtesy Sandro
 
Courtesy 3.1 Philip Lim                                                              Courtesy Chalayan
Courtesy Burberry Brit                                                    Courtesy Carven


Courtesy Topshop

 

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