Pretty in Paul.

If Pretty in Pink's Andie Walsh were shopping for the perfect new wardrobe, she'd surely swoon over Paul Smith's Spring/Summer '11 collection, with its mis-matched pastel prints, chintzy rose-patterned pencil skirts, ankle booties, Wayfarers, fedoras and men's blazers. After all, I'm sure by now, she and Ducky (let's go with the original Hughes-preferred ending) are living happily in their West Village townhouse . . . he's a stay-at-home dad watching over their pouty-lipped babies, until night, when he sings in a No-Wave cover band, and she brings in billions with her Sonia Delaunay-inspired line of triangular gowns, so she can totally afford to skip the vintage for a spell . . .

Now back to hunting down a vintage peach, chrysanthemum-patterned kimono, like the one worn by Molly in the scene below. I've been coveting this robe ever since first viewing the film in 1986, at a $1 theatre in Boulder, Colorado, while visiting my grannie . . . and from then on, life was all about; lace collars, beaded cardis, dusty-rose Karmann Ghias, tortured boys, and The Psychedelic Furs. Sigh . . .

Comments

[mary catherine]

oh my goodness--this was the single most important movie of my life. no kidding. PIP is the reason i make my own clothes, and alter vintage things and looked like a weirdo my entire high-school career. that kimono/robe she wears-- i have NEVER stopped looking for it!!! and also btw--almost every single thing you've posted about is something i can definitively say i am also totally into and could have written about and/or want to know more about. love it. we have 15,778 things in common.

and omg psychedelic furs...still one of my all-time fave bands. :)

[J.B. Taylor]

We do indeed have so much in common, it's freaked out! Pretty in Pink is probably my reason for living, and I've been on the hunt for that robe (since grade school) too. I've got some really good Hughes-centric stories for you, so we'll have to share them when we get together : )
P.S. Richard Butler, from the Psychedelic Furs lives in BEACON! We see him at the farmer's market every week. Seriously.