The 1960s Fashion Factory ; As a New Film Opens About Andy Warhol's Stylishly Decadent Entourage, Liz Jones Asks Why We're Still so Obsessed with the 1960s ...
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ARE YOU, like me, still mourning the demise of Sex And The City and its endless opportunities to play Spot The Designer? If so, you will relish every scene of Factory Girl, the biopic of poor little rich girl Edie Sedgwick who, in 1965, became an Andy Warhol acolyte at his studio, The Factory, in New York.
The film tells the story of her rise and fall - from her blue blood but deeply troubled upbringing, through her meteoric rise as a celebrity who didn't really do very much other than wear beautiful clothes and attend parties (how very post-modern) and her untimely death from a drug overdose, aged 28, in 1971.See the full content of this document
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The 1960s Fashion Factory ; As a New Film Opens About Andy Warhol's Stylishly Decadent Entourage, Liz Jones Asks Why We're Still so Obsessed with the 1960s ...
Actress Sienna Miller bears a remarkable physical resemblance to Edie, and her command of the role probably stems from the fact that she, too, has become famous for, er . . . not doing very much and for wearing an eccentric wardrobe that is then copied around the world.
And although Miller is ostensibly the star of the film, it is Edie's unique sense of fashion that steals the show.While today's celebrities employ expe...See the full content of this document
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