" I'd do Whatever I Liked All Day Long"

This movie to me was Audrey Hepburn at her best. Roman Holiday was a wonderful, feel-good movie that was the perfect mix of Hollywood and reality.

I'll Take Funny-Faced and Crazy over Beautiful and Unoriginal

  Last night, I saw my new favorite movie Funny Face. I was soo inspired: fashion wise, hair wise, persona wise and post wise. Unfortunately, I don't think its possible to share more than one video on a post. Is it? If it is please email me instructions on how its done.:) Anyways, I decided to do a loong post divided into three posts.Does that make any sense? 
 Funny Face stars Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire, and its just a gorgeous very chic classic musical film. I was in love with Audrey Hepburn's character (and Fred Astaire's too). Audrey Hepburn plays the part of Jo. The fashion magazine's photographer(Dick aka Fred Astaire) is trying to capture a fashion spread of a stylish but intelligent young lady. The current model he was using, though, wasn't feeling it .( "shes got the intellect of a snake" ) In a last ditch effort to intellectualize the model, he takes her to a privately owned philosphy bookstore. In settting up the photo shoot, he is quite rude and upsets the girl in charge of the bookstore(Jo aka Audrey) . When Dick looks over the results he realizes that is model is quite hopeless but that Jo, who was captured in the background, is the model he has been looking for. At first the editor is skeptical since she has a "funny face". But, they make her over and she models for them. It gets dramatic and complicated, so no more spoilers. :)



I was most inspired by Jo's character. She is very smart and philosophical. Jo believes in emphology. Its the belief that true happiness in life is gained through actively practicing empathy for other human beings.Jo doesn't believe in the fashion industry, but she uses the opportunity given to her so she can go to Paris. When there, she doesn't want to work but wants to philosophize in the cafes in the hopes of meeting Professor Forster(founder of emphology). Anywho, one scene that really struck me was when Dick finds her in a cafe. When he enters, two girls at different times, ask him to dance with them. Dick blows them off.Seeing that,  Jo tells him that he was mean not to dance with them. Dick replies that where he comes from guys ask girls to dance. Jo tells him that is stupid and that dancing is just a way of expressing and releasing. She then jumps up and says she wants a release herself and dances. , I agree. I think we all (female and male), should be direct ,and, ask and state  frankly whatever is in  our  heart . Flirting,playing hard to get games, and sending signals are for the birds.    Could you imagine how much simpler and uncomplicated life would become?  


The dialogue in Funny face is gold. Many of the lines really made me think. Some of them  struck  a I-relate-to-that-cord in me as well.Here are some of my favorites. 
Dick Avery: Every girl on every page of Quality has grace, elegance, and pizzazz. Now what's wrong with bringing out a girl who has character, spirit, and intelligence?
Dick Avery: When I'm done, you'll look like...
Dick Avery: What do you call beautiful? A tree. You'll look like a tree.

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Jo Stockton: I was taught that I ought not expose my inner senses... Maggie Prescott: She put herself in your place - all you have to do is put yourself in her place, and you're *bound* to bump into each other in somebody's place.

Jo Stockton: I have no desire to be kissed.

 

*I hope you are all able to watch Funny Face. As you can probably tell, Im enraptures about that movie. Sunday's or probably Monday's post will be about a movie I love love and Ive watched hundreds of times. It'll also talk about my celebrity crush (crushes?) Im excited and I hope you wonderful readers will like it. Many many hugs and warm feelings.:)--- Briee

To Be Lovely, You Must Be Cheery.

  
Some of you (awesome readers) might remember  my classic persona inspiration post. The first lady of persona inspiration is the always lovable Audrey Hepburn. The movie Funny Face is in my opinion, the best Audrey Hepburn movie ever. Not just because the stellar Fred Astaire stars with her, but because of the marvelous personas in the video.The next two posts elaborate on that point. Anyways in my C.P.I. post I included a picture I call Audrey's formula for loveliness, and this video completely embodies that formula. :)

Classsic Persona Inspiration

              Style is defined by clothes, of course, but more importantly persona ( or attitude) . So every stylish young lady needs a fashion and a persona icon. There is alot to choose but il give a shout out to my favorites... For all of us,  stylish young ladies: five classy ladies who will always be timeless fashion/persona icons.


 


Audrey Hepburn: funny,but serious, light hearted but   sentimental, cute but mature, self-assured but caring, beautiful inside and out, and to top it off timelessly chic..  Her recipe of beauty  are words to live by: (in pic)






Katherine Hepburn:  honest, strong, independent, self assured and dressed for herself and noone but herself. When other people downtalked her and her style, she stayed true to herself and  rose above the stupidity... ( round of applause for this lady)....

Bette Davis: strong-willed, dedicated, fiery,  passionate about her career. She never settled. This was hard because at the time she was starting up the movie business was dominated by men. Women's characters were  shallow and played up the gender stereotype of the weak-willed woman. Bette Davis blazed the trail for other actresses by standing up to the industry, so she could get substantial movie roles that portrayed  strong determined women. She was rewarded with a career that spanned six decades, and a legacy that stands today...

Doris Day: beautiful, talented, relatable, charming, respectable, she never cheapened herself. She proved that you don't have to sell yourself cheap to be famous. She is a true role model for young women everywhere.

Marilyn Monroe: smoldering, glamourous, self-assured, confident and pretty life smart. Take a look at these proverbial quotes:  

"When it comes down to it, I let them think what they want. If they care enough to bother with what I do, then I'm already better than them."

"Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring."

"We are all of us stars, and we deserve to twinkle."

"It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone."

"Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition." 

"its better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what your not"

Theres soo much more but for the sake of time and space heres a link to the rest...

.http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/82952.Marilyn_Monroe

I hope you were as inspired as I was, reading about these iconic women.. Id love to hear about your persona inspirers.

                     Have a Happy Friday :)