Helena Bonham Carter and Why I Love Her
She's eccentric, fun, and whimsical. And she's also an absolute power icon, especially considering how Hollywood treats women past a certain age. The rhetoric goes that once a women turns 40, she is no longer able to have fun, she is already an old hag, and therefore serves no other function than to be lost in the background. Helena blows that idea completely out of the water! Mismatched shoes, extravagant gowns, and beautiful layering are all Helena Bonham Carter staples.
I adore her green and red pumps in this photo.
Helena's style fits into two different categories, red carpet and street style.
We'll start with her street style, because it's my favorite.
In this photo, she's wearing a plaid dress under a green vest, a long black jacket, and a checkered scarf.
The vest and the dress are my favorite parts of this whole look. The vest gives off an almost Victorian vibe, while the plaid print of the dress seems almost comforting, like something one would wear sitting by the fire.
In this photo, she's wearing a dark pea coat with brown lace-up boots, a floral dress, and wild hair.
I adore this outfit wholly because of it's simple pieces. It's just a floral dress, with boots, and a dark coat. What makes this outfit special is in the nature of the items.
A dark coat - everyone has one of these in their closet, but does everyone have a pea coat? Nope!
The brown boots - boots are so common, yet the style of these, lace-up, brown leather, and a low heel... it truly feels something a Victorian adventurer would wear.
What more do I have to say? This is my all-time favorite photo of her. A gray babydoll dress with black ribbon, and black mary janes (what is that heel, and where can I get those?). Just UGH!
I could write forever about all the street snaps we've seen of her, but for the sake of brevity, we're going to move on to the red carpet.
In this photo, it almost looks like she fashioned a dress from ship curtains, put on red lipstick, a black blazer, black pumps, and called it a day. She nails an effortlessly gorgeous appearance, different from that of one sitting at home in sweatpants.
A black lace dress, with layers of tulle, combined with black heels, a red lip, and a, i-just-woke-up-this-morning-and-decided-to-be-beautiful, kind of updo. This is a prime example of classic Helena, and it's absolutely stunning.
Now here is la pièce de résistance! My favorite red carpet look of hers, she seems like she just walked out of Alice in Wonderland.
The silky red gown, the long black frilled button coat, combined with layers of necklaces, a tiny top hat, and those Victorian-esque boots, it's absolutely crazy and bold!
That's what we love about her though, isn't it? Her style is magical, gothic, and daring. It feels like she belongs in another world, a world filled with strange creatures and adventure.
I know that personally, the reason that I like her style is exactly that. Fashion is a form of art, and it can transport us into other worlds just other art can.
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