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Mardi 8 juin 2010 à 7:37
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Samedi 20 février 2010 à 9:18
A romantic comedy which has as its central premise a woman who is always the wedding dresses but never the bride might seem like a
run-of-the-mill idea but there's something much more genuine and interesting about "27 dresses" that makes it rise up a
little more than your stock-standard romantic comedy. Although it does indulge itself in the usual conventions associated
with this genre (and its reliance on these conventions is disappointing and silly), this film actually has the guts to raise
the theme of the difference between falling in love with the idea of getting married and falling in love with a person who is
right for you. Not many romantic comedies do that because they're too busy selling the ultimate chick fantasy rather than
making an attempt to present what happens in the real world. It's just a shame that in the end "27 wedding dresses" does the same
thing, but before we get to that point, this film actually has something to say through some warm characters and charming
scenes, making for a film that holds your interest in the middle, but ultimately loses it at the end with its highly
predictable ending.
From when she was a young girl, Jane has been helping other women with their weddings. After an opening setup where we see
her help a young girl with her distraught father at a wedding, we flash forward to the present where we see Jane frantically
moving between two weddings on one night. This catches the attention of Kevin Doyle (James Marsden), a writer who works for a
column called "Commitments" who writes romantic articles about the wedding dresses he attends despite the fact that he despises the
whole concept. Inevitably, the two come together and trade blows over their differing views on weddings and marriage. Making
matters worse is that Jane doesn't realise that Kevin is the writer of the "Commitments" column which she reads with a
dedicated passion.
On the side, Jane is madly in love with her boss George (Edward Burns), a fact that gets Kevin even more interested in her
from a story angle: what's better? A bridesmaid who is organising her sister's wedding when she's madly in love with the
groom. Kevin for his part tries to convince Jane that she should be looking out for herself and to open her eyes to the real
world, not to the sugary sweet idea she's living in of a dream wedding with her boss. As is turns out, when Jane finally
confronts reality and admits to George she's in love with him, and they exchange a kiss, she feels nothing; and as she
wedding dresses, it shouldn't feel like that. This is perhaps the most interesting idea working through the film: there's the idea
of what you want, and then there's the reality. And as Jane discovers, what she thought she wanted wasn't what she actually
wanted at all, a lesson that so many people I'm sure have learned who have gone through relationships and marriages where it
was based on the "idea" of what they wanted rather than reality. What works even further is the idea that she ends up with
Kevin, a man who is diametrically opposite to what she wants but in the end is the one who engages her mind and emotions
through his wit, charm and intelligent sarcasm.
There's a lot going on in this movie thematically to hold your interest. First, there's the sibling rivalry between Jane and
Tess, the latter of which always gets the light and wedding dresses. Jane never argues the point and lets Tess get away with
everything, including Tess' romantic interest in her boss which sets up a number of great scenes with Jane hovering in the
background looking like she's under the most intense mental torture she's every likely to be under given she's in love with
her boss. It's only when Tess is selfish enough to cut up her mother's wedding dress to make a new one that Jane finally
snaps, telling George the truth and in dramatic fashion exposes Tess' lies to keep George in front of everyone at their
"night-before-the-wedding-day" party. There's also a lot of "wedding" commentary which is manifested in Kevin's character
which is fun to watch, especially when it is so opposed to Jane's sweet and innocent views on weddings and wedding dresses.
Where this film falls down is its reliance on typical romantic comedy conventions. Single-handedly, the climax really kills
the film. You know that it should end happily because films like this have to end this way, but there's something very
arbitrary and contrite about the wedding dresses as presented.
Samedi 20 février 2010 à 9:16
When you get all wedding dresses up and excited to go out to eat, a big part of what adds to the excitement is the anticipation of
the food. Food just tastes better when you're eating out - and that includes restaurant salad dressing recipes. Whether it's
ranch or french or balsamic, it doesn't matter. It never tastes quite the same out of the bottle you got from the grocery
store shelf as it does when you're munching on a salad in your favorite restaurant.
There are several reasons why the restaurant salad dressing recipes might taste a bit more sweet, a bit more tangy, well -
just a bit more special, when it comes right down to it.
First, at many restaurants they make the salad wedding dresses fresh from scratch. Fresh ingredients, with no preservatives, that
have not been transported in a bottle on a truck and then sat on a grocery store shelf for possibly weeks before being
purchased, are necessarily going to taste fuller, richer, and more delicious than bottled dressing.
Secondly, dressing in the bottle is going to be formulated with a recipe that was created to appeal to the widest variety of
tastes possible. It's going to be designed to be middle of the road, with no overly bold flavor choices, nothing too far out
of the ordinary. So, by the same token, it's not going to be anything wedding dresses , taste wise.
Restaurants want to develop a flavor profile that is distinct in the minds of their customers, so they will take their flavor
choices closer to the edge - spicier, sweeter, tangier, zestier, and all around edgier.
The great thing is that now you can learn to make all kinds of restaurant recipes at home for yourself. Don't settle for
bottled salad wedding dresses ever again!
Samedi 20 février 2010 à 9:15
How many women can honestly say, without crossing fingers behind backs, that they haven't gone weak-kneed at the sight of
that oh so alluring designer wedding dresses, which sparkles so suggestively in the shop window? It can be safely assumed, judging by
the popularity of such dresses, that those who answer 'no' are in the minority.
Seemingly innocent at first glance, the power a beautifully designed garment can hold over a person, is astonishing. Just go
to any designer shop and you will hear the agonised mutterings of 'Oh, I really shouldn't ... No, I'm not going to buy it ...
Well, there's no harm in just trying it on ... Oh god, I love it ... No, I can't buy it ... Ok, just this once ...'
The heart usually prevails and the person in question returns home with the contented feeling they have just bought something
special; something that not everyone else has. This is the lure of the wedding dresses.
Although clothing's fundamental purpose is to protect the body from nature's elements, its role has radically altered over
time. Historians believe the first clothes consisted of materials like fur, leather and leaves, which were wrapped around a
person's body, thus sheltering them from the weather. In today's society however, clothes are viewed more as a statement
about an individual, rather than being necessary for their survival.
Advances in technology, such as central heating, helped to bring about this change, but it is understood that Charles
Frederick Worth, born in England in 1825, shaped the world of clothing, and in wedding dresses, women's dressmaking; thus giving
birth to the term 'fashion' in the way we understand it today.
After moving to France to work for Parisian drapers, Gagelin and Opigez, Mr Worth married one of their models, where he began
making dresses for her. Soon after, customers began asking for replicas of the dresses, which prompted him to seek financial
backing for his own dressmaking business.
In time, he became famed for his designs, which were much simpler and said to be more flattering for the lady's figure than
others of the time; consequently he became popular with an array of rich, distinguished women, including royalty and the
famous. He also moved away from letting women design garments themselves, and instead chose to display his own designs at
fashion shows, which were held four times a year.
Thus the rise of the designer wedding dresses began, and other fashion designers followed suit to create whole collections of designer
clothes.
Fashion designers are now commonplace, designing clothing for individual clients, specialty stores and/or high-fashion
department stores. What distinguishes their clothing from the norm is the originality of design, coupled with the limited
availability of garment numbers.
This, essentially, is what makes designer clothing so sought after and is why those skilfully crafted designer dresses can
make one go weak-kneed in admiration - not only at the thought of possessing one, but also in the knowledge that they own
something unique.
Paul McIndoe writes for a digital marketing agency. This article has been commissioned by a wedding dresses of said agency. This
article is not designed to promote, but should be considered professional content.