Onscreen Outfits

Alright, I know you’ve been impatiently waiting, so here it is, Vol 2 of my two part Kill Bill post. As promised, this one is going to focus on the supporting characters. A heads up, there is some traditional garb that I might not appropriately describe but I will try my best, forgive me!

Let’s start with the titular character, the “Snake Charmer,” Bill. His style is professional but with a ‘1950s western bad guy flair.’ Most of his outfits include a button down with a jacket or blazer over it. He also looks like Han Solo in this pic?

His brother Budd is far more casual. He lives in a trailer and works at a strip club, so a cowboy hat, wife beater and razor necklace will do.

Next up is Vernita Green, she was once an assassin but is now a mother to a young girl. When we meet her she is just hanging out at home so she’s pretty casual. She has a then very popular Juicy Couture track jacket (which I still love these and have two in my closet) and pinstripes pants.

Next we have my favorite one eyed fashion icon, Elle Driver. From left to right, we have three badass looks. The first is one of my FAVORITE costumes ever. It’s all Moschino and it looks as if all the detail have been hand drawn on for a super cool effect. She then changes in to her nurse costume which includes an eyepatch with a cross! Makes for a great Halloween Costume! Last would be her badass power suit. Black pants, blazer and eye patch with a white extra long sleeve shirt peaking out.

Let’s move on and talk about the gorgeous Lucy Liu as O-ren Ishii. She is ‘queen of the Tokyo underworld’ and super badass. She dresses in more traditional Japanese kimonos with her hair neatly in a bun held up by accessories. In her final scenes she is dress in all white, which looks amazing in the snowy garden and a great contrast to the bride’s outfit.

Lastly, and what is another popular Halloween costume is Oren’s bodyguard, Gogo. She’s dressed in pretty common japanese school girl uniform, but it’s topped off with a chain mace! Her sword has cute flower charms which is a really nice touch.

That’s all for “Kill Bill” postings! Be on the look out for upcoming Tarantino posts

Dear reader, are we finally at the point where I get to talk about my favorite film of all time?? And not only that, are we at the point where I can dedicate two whole posts to it? We are? Cool!

So I really was just planning on doing one character and sticking to it, but I started hunting for pictures and got really excited and now all I want to do is watch all four hours of it for the 30th time.

For this post and for THE RECORD, Kill Bill is one giant film! Though vol 2 is better. But to stay on theme, I decided that the first post (Vol. 1, the post that you are currently reading) will be dedicated to Uma Thurman’s Beatrix Kiddo, while the second will be about everyone else.

Lets go out of order, it is a Tarantino film after all, and just start with the most ICONIC. The yellow jumpsuit. Just bask in its beauty for a second. Ok, good. You probably are aware that it is based off of a costume that Bruce Lee wears in “Game of Death”. But honestly Uma’s kicks the original’s ass. She has a matching motorcycle, helmet and jacket (with patches!).

There’s also a matching zip up, pants and shoes that say FUCK U on the bottom. Could you be anymore badass honestly?

Next lets go back to the beginning with her wedding dress. She’s in hiding as “Arlene” but based on later outfits, the early 2000s boho look seems to be in line with her real personality. It’s a small shotgun wedding so the casual vibe works real well. The dress has a pretty lace bell sleeves, an empire waist and it’s tiered by the feet. She completes the look with a loose bow, sandals and a big ole hippie necklace.

In the final scene she wears a baby blue tank/maxi skirt set that is reminiscent of of her wedding dress. She drapes a peach shawl over her shoulders.

She’s also a fan of leather jackets, cause of course she is. She wears a brown leather jacket when she visits the Bell residence. Fun fact I drove way out of my way to see this house cause I’m a nerd! She also rocks a black leather. Both she pairs with really great jeans.

She also has a bunch or training or chilling casual outfits. She has to be able to move well in them so they aren’t constricting or anything, mostly baggy shirts. My personal favorite look is her “dumb American tourist look” which you can buy that shirt here and you should.

As promised, here is the second of many Tarantino themed posts. “Death Proof” is kind of accepted as Tarantino’s worst film, both by him and critics. Fans are pretty split but it does have a bit of a cult following, and female fans tend to celebrate it for it’s diverse cast of actresses.

It lays into its exploitation/slasher/muscle car genres while most films would stay away. For this reason alone it’s not supposed to be “Citizen Kane,” but a fun modern take on crappy 70s D films. If this isn’t for you of course you wouldn’t like it, but if you’re here for some cool car chases and witty dialog then it’s a real fun time.

The film is basically split into two stories. The first half is more of a slasher roadhouse film. The second half is largely based around a car chase. They each have a different set of young 20 something girl friends. The first girls are a bit more catty ‘popular’ girls, and their story takes place in a dive bar.

They each have their short-shorts and graphic tees with flip flops. It’s really a relax vibe for a night out. Jungle Julia’s shirt is from her radio station, she’s the leader and showing off that she’s hometown famous. Arlene’s wears a cool San Francisco shirt, she’s from out of town so this shows that she’s traveled. Shanna’s has a graphic shirt from the cult 1965 film “Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!,” a wild film about a trio of murderous women, which was a clear influence on “Death Proof.” 

The second group of girls is also very causal. Two of them are stunt doubles, Zoe and Kim, so they’re dressed more athletic and tomboyish.

Lee is an actress and is wearing her bright yellow cheerleading costume. Abernathy has on slouchy unicorn t-shirt, tied baggy grey pants, cowboy boots and a silver bag… it’s interesting.

The costume design is definitely the most casual that I’ve cover, but it’s still kind of fun and relaxed. Below are some graphic t-shirts that fit the style of these ladies

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