Photographs from the Golden Globes red carpet have been trickling in on the Net, and Helena Bonham Carter’s gown seems like the worst fashion pick. I actually like it. British designer Vivienne Westwood made it. Hollywood doesn’t get it. Helena’s always been wacky, and Westwood’s humourous and anti-establishment aesthetic fits her.
They also didn’t get Bjork’s infamous swan dress. In 2001, Bjork attended the Oscars as a nominee for the song I’ve Seen It All which was in Lars von Trier’s Dancer in the Dark. She wore a whole swan with its neck draped around her neck. At one point, she reached under her dress and pulled out her purse, an egg! That’s Bjork for you. It would not have been Bjork if she walked down the red carpet looking like Mrs. Tom Hanks (Rita Wilson). She's always been quirky, and her craziness has pushed her to a level of creativity and originality that no female artist could match.
The pure emotional rawness you get from her music she’s successfully translated onscreen. She’s only done one movie (von Trier's) and she swore never to do one again after the ‘bruising experience’. That’s sad, since her performance as an almost-blind factory worker who kills Michael Morse for stealing the money she’s been saving for her son’s inherited eye disorder, remains as the one of the most brilliantly discomforting in any era.
The movie itself has divided audiences. I loved it because it seemed so real. But I would not see it again. It’s a sad musical. Perhaps if I had Bjork’s sense of humour, I’d rethink that oxymoron.
I've seen how Westwood can look great on other people. Seems like the wrong dress on her body type. She still could have done Westwood without looking like this.
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