A couple of nights ago The Village of the Damned (1995 version) was on telly, it was really late at night/early hours of the morning and I was going to go to bed but decided to watch a bit of this. I ended up watched all of it, it was really good! I had heard of this film but only seen it referenced in other films and telly shows, like in The Simpsons. It was quite creepy! I love horror films, but this was less horror more eerie.. with a slash of gore. The bit I hated most was when that asian woman put her hand into the boiling pot of water, I could totally feel her pain!
Anyway, apart from it being a good film what I really enjoyed were the costumes! Not so much of the other cast, but the costumes that the children wore. They all wore a similar monochromatic grey-tone uniform, but each child had a different look. Tailored pinafore dresses, smart trousers, collared shirts with bow-ties and sleek outer-coats all of which had a slight 60s mod feel to it.
I absolutely loved each and every outfit they wore, I'm a big fan of the 'school uniform look' anyway, it's my signature look.. tight black jumpers with crisp white shirts and sometimes a statement tie/bow-tie. It's a great look and despite the nature of a uniform it's a look you can customize and change up a lot. My 'school uniform look' is black and white, but after seeing The Village of the Damned I quite fancy trying out a all grey look, but using various shades of grey to keep it interesting just like the children had e.g. light grey shirts with a dark grey jumper.
I don't know if this would work with any other colors, as in a full uniform outfit. Black would possibly work, white I'm not too sure of but say green or red, that wouldn't work at all. So the key to making this look work is to keep within the monochromatic color spectrum of black, white and grey.
Oooh, actually.. cream might work quite nicely! Tell me what you think, either in the comments below or on my Twitter.
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