Get into the Groove

Last week I watched Desparately Seeking Susan and suddenly the combination of blazers, body con dresses, dark sunnies, metallic bracelets started making sense when you take this film as a starting point for inspiration for some of the major catwalks overseas as well as from the recent Australian fashion week. This is 80s subculture at its best - kitsch, poking fun at suburbanites, ironic and self reflexively critiqued its own culture  (and to think this was two decades ago!!) It somewhat feels more empowering as a film for woman compared to the current climate of pop culture offered to women - Sex and the City, Paris Hilton, every chick flick that comes out every so often and the pre GFC focus on shopping as one of the ultimate past times of women.