CHINESISCHES ROULETTE

Extravagant, vulgar, decadent, spare, haunting, revolting … director Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s work has induced polar reactions in his viewers but I believe it is safe to say that every person that sits down to watch his work leaves mesmerized. Watching his films is … an experience, to say the least. Like any good fashion blogger, I have to be the one who finds sly fashion nuances in his works, none more so than in Chinese Roulette. Chinese Roulette is a story of games, both literal and figurative, but it is also a source of sartorial inspiration. Anna Karina’s brilliant headscarves and sparkle dresses are the wardrobe of a bohemian lost at Studio 54, and represent a flighty decadence. At her parallel is the prim and proper wardrobe of Angela … just don’t let those bows and ringlets fool you ….











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