LADY VANISHES FEAT. NASTY GAL + UO

As the daughter of some major Alfred Hitchcock stans, you bet I grew up watching The Birds and Psycho quite often. There were some other Hitchcock films I’d seen as a child but none of them quite stuck to my brain the way those two did. This is why, recently, I decided to watch another one of his cult classics, The Lady Vanishes. The good news is that it’s not simple as its title suggests, but the bad news is that it definitely dabbles in some cringe-worthy and anti-feminist themes (which is unsurprising, given the title’s release date in 1938). Without giving away the ending (I promise you that it does redeem itself to an extent!), it’s the story of a young woman (Iris) who meets an older lady (Ms. Froy) on an overnight train. They have some tea together, become friends, and the young woman falls asleep in her car later that night. When she awakes, the older lady seems to have disappeared — before reaching the train’s first stop. Of course, the doctor on the train doesn’t believe Iris, but eventually, everyone’s stories begin to unwind. There’s a lot more than meets the eye in this story, which is what inspired me to create this look.

To prove that fashion, too, is a lot more than meets the eye, I started by picking out this Tie Dye Long Sleeve Bodycon Mini Dress from Nasty Gal. Next, I actually paired a black velvet peplum top from Urban Outfitters (here’s the exact one on Poshmark) over it, to give it some dimension and swagger, if you will. Blending these two pieces together actually make them look like one color blocked dress which is pretty cool. For one last short layer, I added a cropped denim jacket from UO to wrap it all up (similar here). I paired the look with my matte black docs, and my Fendi Mini Double F.

Leaving you with one of my favorite quotes from the bard that sums up this post’s theme quite nicely:

“Have more than thou showest, speak less than thou knowest, lend less than thou owest, ride more than thou goest, learn more than thou trowest”

[King Lear, Act I. IV]

Cheers, xx - A. Martine

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