Unforgettable cinema clothes: Annie Hall’s waistcoat and tie

“I love how you are dressed”
“Oh really? This tie is a gift from Grammy Hall “
«Chi? Grammy? Grammy Hall?»
“Yes, my grandmother”
“Did you grow up in a Norman Rockwell painting?”

In a famous scene from Me and Annie, Woody Allen’s cult film of 1977, it is Alvy Singer himself, the male lead played by Allen, who notices the original style of Annie / Diane Keaton.

Men’s shirt and trousers, vest and tie constitute the most representative and interesting look of the character of Annie Hall, equipped with an original wardrobe (and everything to be copied!) from the first to the last frame of the film.

Annie’s charm also lies in her style. And Annie’s style is Diane Keaton’s (whose real surname is, significantly, Hall).

It is known that Keaton was left free to choose what to wear on stage, and that Woody Allen had to discuss with the costume department to allow it. The famous phrase with which the director silenced the costume designer Ruth Morley: “He’s a genius. Let her wear what she wants. “

«The one in the film is just her look. He dressed like that. She has always been eccentric and creative in clothing. The costume designer would come up to me and say, “Don’t let her wear that stuff.” And I would reply: “It seems to me that you look great on her. It has an enchanting aspect ”. Obviously I let him wear it ». Allen tells in the interview Woody su Allen.

It’s still, it is the director himself who explains the “fashion” of his films: “Over the years, both in the cinema and in the theater, I had seen lovely actresses who came to work and were beautiful in their dresses, but when they wore the costume they looked awful, like my mother’s friends. […] That is why I have always had great faith in the choice of clothing by actresses, especially established ones like the Keaton, which always made everyone roll their eyes at the way she dressed. She wore everyday clothes and was trendy, they all wanted to dress like her ».

So Diane Keaton wore what she wanted. Or better she copied the looks she liked from the streets of New York. “I stole what I saw wearing cool women on the streets of Soho. Annie’s khakis, vest and tie came to them. I stole the hat from Aurore Clément, future wife of Dean Tavoularis, who showed up one day on the set of The Godfather: Part II wearing a soft men’s bolero on the forehead. the final touch on the so-called “Annie Hall look” ».

If it wasn’t Diane who invented it I style it tomboy, certainly made him popular, so much so that many girls and women tried to imitate his look after the film was released.

One last curiosity: the iconic tie is signed Ralph Lauren, who received a credit in the film’s credits… and sales of the brand’s ties skyrocketed.

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