Category — Cinephilia

The other day Netflix finally sent me Switchblade Sisters (aka The Jezebels), an exploitation movie from 1975 that Reyna has been telling me to watch for months. It’s about all-girl gang, the Dagger Debs, who terrorize anyone that gets in the way of them and their male counterparts, The Silver Daggers.

The Daggers Debs are led by Lace, which was an interesting casting choice in Robbie Lee, because her squeaky,Frenchie-from-Grease-voice usually makes for a quirky sidekick and not a feared gang leader. The actress unsurprisingly went on to do voice work for Rainbow Brite cartoons. She still be a scurry BADASS BROAD though.

The gang gets into a brawl with new-girl-on-turf Maggie, who ends up being a badass chola of her own and knocks Lace’s right hand woman ‘Patch’ on her booty with some sort of chic lasso whip. Lace sees this and develops a girlcrush on Maggie so she brings her into the gang and the two start a beautiful homance. But love makes people do crazy things, and even a strong independent gang leader like Lace can get insecure when a new hottie starts hanging around. Soon after welcoming Maggie as a fellow sista, Lace becomes suspicious of Maggie’s intentions with her papi chulo Dominique, leader of the Silver Daggers.

As you and I both know, cholitas are some of the most hopeless romantic people out there, so who can blame Lace for acting like a paranoid cray? And Maggie was actually a down ass ruca and didn’t try to take Lace’s mang. Dominique was the double-timing dique! Lots of cray things start to happen but I won’t spoil it for you so you can watch for yourself.

SO NOW.. let’s talk about these homegirls’ STYLE.

All black everything. Denim and leather. Giant belts, Daisy Dukes and thigh high boots. Decorated motorcycle jackets, skinny black pants tucked into stompers, satin bomber jackets which is an item that I have wanted in my closet for many years… I remember Betsey Johnson made one a few years ago that I still think about but never had! I will totally settle for one that has 1985 map of the Philippines on the back though.

Doesn’t this scene look like the one in The Runaways where Dakota was bleeding down her leg? I need a screencap to compare!

Trying to figure out what is wrapped around Lace’s Princess Leia hairmuffs here. BTW this movie totally came out before Star Wars.

Now Patch is the JEALOUZ instigator of the crew and is the one who starts drama when Maggie comes along. She lost her eye for the gang and sports a butterfly eyepatch. Since Switchblade Sisters is one of Tarantino’s fave movies, he was obviously influenced by Patch for Daryl Hannah’s character in Kill Bill. I remember my mom had some of these quinceañera wicker chairs when I was a kid and one day I got so mad I flipped all of them over. BABY HULK!

Later on the gang pulls a name change and becomes THE JEZEBELS.

Other favorite scenes of mine include a crazy brawl in a juvenile detention center and a roller rink shootout! If you had a girl gang what would you call it? Mine would be called The Fringed Femmes and we’d all have black hair and bangs of course!!

It’s time for another BRUJA STYLE ICON! This time I screencapped the late 50′s movie Bell, Book and Candle. It stars Kim Novak as a classy bruja living in New York City who falls in love with her (regular human) neighbor played by Jimmy Stewart.

The costume design in the movie naturally won an Academy Award. HALLOW Look at these outfits!!! They were made by Jean Louis who was one of the defining designers of that time in Los Hollywoods.

I know it’s 90 degrees but I need a cloak AND a muff

I also need this hooded all black everything

I’d even poof my bangs like that if you need me too

Love the dashes of yellow

Witches are not supposed to cry!

Goldie Hawn is one of the MOST SUPREME GODDESSES of all time!! Especially in the movie Overboard . It is about a rich SUPLADA (new Tagalog word I learned from my mom meaning SNOB) who falls off her cruise ship and develops amnesia. A sexy carpenter (played by Goldie’s real life mangs Kurt Russell) who she stiffed earlier by not paying for a badass shoe closet then seeks revenge by making her believe she is his baby momma.

Since Goldie’s character aka Joanna Stayton spends most of the movie believing she is the average Annie, the glam outfits are few and far between, but even though they are minimal they leave a lasting impression on my fashion boner.

I don’t care if embellished shoulders came and went in two twists of a smurf’s nipple…they will forever put a sparkle in my eye when I watch Overboard.

If certain ~popstars of today~ wore these outfits, everyone would be all OMG LOOK AT THAT WOW SO WILD pero this was just typical resortwear in the glamourous life of Mrs. Joanna Stayton.

’87 was a good year.

Probably the best screencap of my screencapping life so far

However, the highest level of 80′s excess in this film goes to Joanna’s mother, played by Katherine Helmond aka Mona from Who’s the Boss? !!!

A flash forward sequence of me in 30 years

Here is the aforementioned badass closet that Kurt’s character makes for her. You must watch it in motion.

PLE DEW NETFLIX OVERBOARD IMMEDIATELY. Nothing beats going to sleep to images of 80′s Kurt Russell dancing in your head…

PS. Wouldn’t Rory and I make a PERFECT bloggers remake of Overboard?? I THINK SO

The Witches of Eastwick was one of THEE BEST bruja-themed movies to have ever been made. The coven made up of Michelle Pfeiffer, Susan Sarandon and CHER was the ultimate female power trio of the 80′s! Warning: I appear to have screencapped 220 stills of this film. GOOD LAWT! Based on a book, this movie is about three bffs which include Michelle Pfeiffer as some sort of octomom, a prude violinist played by Susan Sarandon and Cher as a tough, single momma. They all get together one night for martinis and Cheez Whiz to chat about their idea of the perfect mang, and Ol’ Jack Nicholson who is basically the debil himself appears and seduces all of them!

LOL IMAGINE GETTING SEDUCED BY THAT MY LIL’ PONY TAIL? I PROB WOULD. Anyways, let’s talk about the fashunz. It IS the 80′s. That is clearly no joke.

When will hair like this get into fashion again? I’m in the mood for a perm. JUST KIDDIN I WOULD NEVER! I do like those wild locks though.

I liked when SS’s character got a little swivel in her hip and ditched the mousey librarian threads for these little numbers.

She even rocks the current trend of socks n’ heels.

This b gets the shit end of the stick in this movie. That’s what you get for being so squaresville and sticking your nose in other people’s business!

I’m sure the first time you saw this scene it really messed with your head and stayed in there for the rest of your life. YOU’RE WELCOME!

If you know me in person or even follow my obsessions closely, then you are aware of the specific rotation of dvds I watch as part of my life’s movie-watching regime. Valley Girl, Clueless (yes we’ll get to her soon) and TEEN WITCH are on the top of that list. Consider them my cinematic vitamins or something I turn to on the regular, especially before I drift off to slumber…much like a lullaby. Needless to say,  I take anything related to Teen Witch very very seriously. The story of LUHWEEZE and MADAME SERENA is not something you can lightly fuck with. So on that note, what do you guys think of this “Top That” salute for Rachel Antonoff’s Spring 2010 line?

I say CLEVER promo gurlfren. OK. Sigh. It is done pretty well. Especially with the presence of Natasha Leggaro and those other two battling in the background. Fucking killing me with those fresh moves. I am only rolling my eyes because (I’M JEALOUZ) we never filmed our own “Top That” homages…but then again sometimes things are so sacred they shouldn’t be for the entire internet to see…Also they better still not be doing that dirty filthy remake with Ashley Tisdale. You will find me chained to the gates protesting that shit. If you missed my in-depth look at Teen Witch, please lurk it here. I think I need to get this movie for a couple of people’s stockings. Gonna dive headfirst into the Walmart dvd bins later.

Stay funky,

Wanda Woodward, Traci Lords’ character from Cry-Baby, is one of my top style icons. Aside from her badass attitude, her pencil-cut dresses, wingtip eyeliner, fire-engine red pout and perfect bangs make up my favorite ingredients for my signature look, so how can I not list her as one of my inspirations?

“Oh Wanda, you sure is pretty in them tight clothes, all painted up like trash!”

“We like hot boys! Boys with roaming hands and rushing fingers!”

I love big hair!! Am I going to have to bumpit?!?

“Yeah, I’m just a bebop baby, and I don’t take nothing from no one! See ya later, daddy-os. Have a cool Yule and a frantic First!”

In other news, if you want to be cat-called by multiple transients in a span of five minutes, dress like this. GAH!!!

This weekend I went to the screening for one of my favorite movies ever, Elvira, Mistress of the Dark.

BADA$$ BROAD

The only reason I’d want a baby: So I could do it’s makeup like this.

Then we met Elvira!

My cleavage meeting her cleavage’s idol!?! Oh me oh my!

Shaun and I with Peaches Christ, who hosted the event, and Squeaky Blonde.

With my lovely ladies Michelle and Tiffany

Best pic EVER:

I’d like to discuss THIS aka SOMEBODY trying to steal my title of Best Bangs of 2009. Nicki H handed down the title of Best Bangs when she cut her hair but now Nikki P tryin’ to steal my crown!? WHY I OUGHTA. You better watch your back SON. I’m gonna cut off your glorious bangs in the middle of the night you mutha…Perhaps we should have The Society judge?? Hehe.

And now my very gawth lolita outfit.I was kind of bummed not many people were dressed up. I expected to see lots of Elvira clones running around. At least there was your favorite clown with cleavage, ME.

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• LouLou Loves You striped bow headband! <3
• H&M black wrap top
• white corset belt from local shop
• Papaya fake fur gorilla jacket
• Charlotte Russe skirt
• Cloven Hoof Eye of the Beholder ribbon brooch
• knee socks
• H&M heart purse
• Corso Como wedges

PS. I’m so sad because I lost my camera!!! UGH So sorry no more pictures until I can buy a new one. WAH. THAT SUCKS GUYS.

But on the bright side, here is one of my favorite scenes, the Flashdance parody:

And for your ears’ pleasure:

Here I Am – Elvira’s Rap

My outfit for a nice brunch this past weekend…

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• red beret- Target
• red and white top -purchased from a local shop last year for only five dollhairs!
• white belt – unsure
• black skirt- TJ Maxx
• white knee socks – Target
• black oxford heels – Payless
• plastic rose pin – unsure
• red heart rosary – Ventura mission gift shop (from my nun Halloween costume of 2006!)
• cat-eye sunglasses- Blue moon, ventura, ca
• vintage red purse – belonged to my godmother

This outfit is so French! How Marie Madeline of me. I do wish my face was painted like the girls in Requiem for a Vampire though, another French seventies horror film I am now obsessed with (thank you Miss Dangerpaws!)

How I love clowns, vampires, cute French girls and knee socks…

Finally! I have for you the second part of my “Getaway Girls” special…this one is a DOOZY!

Remember when we were sixteen and wanted to be like Rose McGowan’s character in that terrible/awesome Gregg Araki movie Doom Generation? Anyone? Was it just me?!

Well…I always thought the cigarette-smokin’, tough talkin’, nymphomaniac that was Amy Blue was such a badass character, especially because of her look. With her black bob, bangs and crimson pout, my first and most obvious reason why I coveted her style was because she too is a member of the International Society of Black Hair, Bangs and Red Lipstick [ISBHBRL].

Since Amy and her two lowbrow Romeos were on the run during the entire movie, she was shown in only two different outfits: a black mini-dress with boots, sunglasses and tons of silver jewelry; and a pink vintage dress with see-through raincoat and white cat eye glasses. Although her fashion choices were limited, they were still memorable to a teenaged Agent Lover, especially the second outfit.

With the magic of Polyvore, I have chosen a few pieces that are sure to evoke Amy Blue style.

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She wears black boots in the movie, but I thought bubble-gum pink boots might offer a nice touch. Don’t forget your gazillion-ounce Diet Coke since Amy never ate and was tweaking the whole time. Hopefully you are unlike Amy and will just be very thirsty.

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For my favorite outfit of hers, I found a ruffled pink modern dress to substitute for a vintage one, and added some sexy black and white heels. Sadly, I couldn’t find a good see-through raincoat, but white cat eye glasses are an easy item to pick up. Remember she loves wearing tons of rings and smoking cigarettes. Bonus points if you have a black bob with bangs and two hot dudes hanging [banging?!] with you all the time.

I still want this belt buckle.

Part 3 coming soon, I promise!