Five style lessons we can learn from bittersweet 1967 hit The Umbrellas of Cherbourg 💗
is renowned for its arresting production design, and most specifically, its wallpapers. Saccharine pink and green stripes line the umbrella shop walls; striking blue and purple florals appear in Geneviève’s bedroom; blooming orange and fuschia flowers swirl around the mother and daughter’s kitchen; magenta and gold brocade colour the walls in a late-night hotel.
When Guy is at his lowest point, bitter and short-tempered, he wears sloppy, stained overalls to work in the garage, while his colleagues’ boiler suits are crisp; Madame Emery’s anger upon learning of Geneviève’s pregnancy is illustrated with her scarlet twin-set; and when the despondent Geneviève is feeling blue she wears it too, crying over Guy in a powdery Peter Pan-collared dress.
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