So in my film class at school we were watching Shadow of a Doubt, a Hitchcock film noir. We were discussing Hitchcock's infatuation with the simple suburban family life and how he picked apart something so average and familiar, and made it into something frightening. In Shadow of a Doubt, an average Californian girl feels empty and that her family has no soul. Her wish that her uncle comes to visit the family come true, yet it backfires when she starts becoming suspicious that he is someone that the police are after.
But how does this relate to fashion? I've noticed a similar infatuation with the same simple family life in fashion. There is something so mysterious about a life that seems so regular and so real. There is a feeling that there must be something behind that, something being hidden. Obviously not always an evil uncle like in Shadow of a Doubt, but even just a little glint of mystery.
Interesting connection. David Lynch similarly focused on the dark underbelly of the "simple" suburban life. It seems to connect country life with innocence, and then show the innocence is just an alluring facade.
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