{"id":41477,"date":"2021-12-10T16:26:39","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T16:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=41477"},"modified":"2021-12-10T17:01:28","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T17:01:28","slug":"west-side-story-and-being-the-ricardos-fashion-transports-us-back-to-the-1950s","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/west-side-story-and-being-the-ricardos-fashion-transports-us-back-to-the-1950s\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;West Side Story&#8217; and &#8216;Being the Ricardos&#8217; Fashion Transport Us Back To The 1950s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Steven Spielberg&#039;s &quot;West Side Story&quot; | Official Trailer | 20th Century Studios\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A5GJLwWiYSg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Just ahead of the holidays\u2014and right on time for end-of-year nostalgia and family gatherings\u2014two big film releases, <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">West Side Story<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/nicole-kidman-lucille-ball-being-the-ricardos-trailer\/\"> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Being The Ricardos<\/span><\/i><\/a>, will aim to transport audiences back to the Golden Age of Hollywood, the 1950s, through elaborate sets and <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the era\u2019s opulent fashion. Aaron Sorkin\u2019s behind-the-scenes take on <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I Love Lucy<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> through his project <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/being-ricardos-nicole-kidman-lucy-aaron-sorkin\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Being The Ricardos <\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and Steven Spielberg\u2019s new rendition of the classic tale <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">West Side Story<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> will both make their<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/watch-and-just-like-that-west-side-story\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">theatrical debuts this Friday<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In\u00a0Steven Spielberg&#8217;s remake of\u00a0<em>West Side Story, <\/em>t<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ulle, taffeta, bold colors, and voluminous flying circle skirts very nearly outshine the outstanding dance numbers. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tony Award-winning costume designer Paul Tazewell manifests a vision of the post-war decade in <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">mustard and sky-blue suits, mid-length dresses with cinched waists and flouncing skirts\u2014American riffs on Christian Dior\u2019s influential 1947 \u201cNew Look.\u201d While a great deal has been said in hindsight of issues surrounding the casting and other plot and stylistic points in the original 1961 film\u2014which was, in turn, based on the 1957 stage show\u2014Tazewell&#8217;s new aesthetic prioritizes keeping ensembles intact while improving the film&#8217;s adherence to more authentic representation.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_42687\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42687\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-42687 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-138634807.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-42687\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rita Moreno, Puerto Rican actress, singer and dancer, wearing a short-sleeved lilac dress, dancing in a publicity image issued for the film adaptation of &#8216;West Side Story&#8217;, USA, 1961. The film musical, starring Moreno as Anita, is adapted from the stage production with music by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim. (Photo by Silver Screen Collection\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The titular character Maria\u2019s dainty white A-line dress topped with a cherry red belt remains unaltered for the 2021 adaptation. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With the character Anita\u2019s original lavish lavender confection particularly emphasized in dance numbers \u201cPromenade\u201d and \u201cAmerica,\u201d 2021 Anita (Ariana DeBose) seems to have gotten a few wardrobe updates.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_42688\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42688\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-42688 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/11\/FFaPCQJXMAMrJYn.jpeg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-42688\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Photo By Niko Tavernise<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A new and vivacious black and red off-the-shoulder frock with an A-line silhouette and a frothy bright red petticoat makes an appearance at the promenade. The character is seen again in an effervescent bold gold costume with a similar silhouette and the same voluminous red crinoline beneath, adding a buoyancy and an undeniably lively quality to the costume.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Being the Ricardos - Official Trailer | Prime Video\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WvrjCdtB0zM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><i>The Social Network<\/i> director, Aaron Sorkin brings us <i>Being the Ricardos<\/i>, starring Academy Award winners<a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/seven-times-nicole-kidmans-wig-stole-the-show\/\"> Nicole Kidman<\/a> and<a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/eat-pray-love-best-moments\/\"> Javier Bardem<\/a> as Tinseltown\u2019s first couple,<a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/nicole-kidman-lucille-ball-being-the-ricardos-trailer\/\"> Lucille Ball<\/a> and Desi Arnaz. The film follows the <i>I Love Lucy<\/i> mega-stars throughout the span of a particularly dark week, plagued with a pressing crisis that puts both their personal relationship and onscreen careers in turmoil.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_42703\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42703\" style=\"width: 819px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-42703 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-57633031.jpg?w=819\" alt=\"\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-42703\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">American actress Lucille Ball (1911 &#8211; 1989) as Lucy Esmeralda MacGillicuddy Ricardo in the popular TV series &#8216;I Love Lucy&#8217;, circa 1955. (Photo by Silver Screen Collection\/Hulton Archive\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chic and tailored high-waisted cigarette pants and feminine button-up blouses come courtesy of costume designer Susan Lyall. Having aired from 1950 to 1957, Lucille Ball and her husband Desi Arnaz star star as Lucy Ricardo and Ricky Ricardo, respectively. The film is set to land in theaters this Friday, it will be featured on Amazon Prime Video by December 21st.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_41478\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41478\" style=\"width: 819px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-41478 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/11\/258323212_1095312191281326_913194106006156549_n.jpg?w=819\" alt=\"\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41478\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Instagram @amazonprimevideo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When it comes to conjuring the glamorous sophistication and exaggerated silhouettes of 1950s fashion, the stylistic opulence was not just relegated to silver screens. With the era in mind, stars of both films brought elements of the decade&#8217;s style to the red carpet. <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rachel Zegler, who plays <em>West Side Story<\/em>&#8216;s Maria, attended the <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/best-dressed-west-side-story-red-carpet\/\">LA premiere for the film<\/a> this week alongside her fellow cast-mates in an Old Hollywood-inspired haute couture gown by Elie Saab. Complete with a belted, cinched waist, the gown could have easily been seen on the starlets of the &#8217;50s, Elizabeth Taylor or Grace Kelly.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_42655\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42655\" style=\"width: 683px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-42655 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1357819847-e1639145347738.jpg?w=683\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-42655\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA &#8211; DECEMBER 07: Rachel Zegler attends Disney Studios&#8217; Los Angeles Premiere of &#8220;West Side Story&#8221; at El Capitan Theatre on December 07, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Axelle\/Bauer-Griffin\/FilmMagic)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_42571\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42571\" style=\"width: 683px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-42571 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1356262853.jpg?w=683\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-42571\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NEW YORK, NEW YORK &#8211; NOVEMBER 29: Rachel Zegler attends the &#8220;West Side Story&#8221; New York Premiere at Rose Theater, Jazz at Lincoln Center on November 29, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Roy Rochlin\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Donning the designs from the house that began it all, Zegler dazzled in a Dior Fall\/Winter 2018 Couture gown complete with Point D\u2019Esprit bobbinet for West Side Story\u2019s New York premiere.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><i>Being the Ricardos<\/i> actress Nicole Kidman took a similar route in an Armani Priv\u00e9 tulle dream of a gown with the help of stylist Julia von Boehm. Evocative of Dior\u2019s \u201cJunon\u201d and \u201cVenus,\u201d the tulle creation most certainly conveys the time period while Kidman\u2019s red lip gives a nod to Lucille Ball herself.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_42573\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42573\" style=\"width: 683px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-42573 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1357631051-e1639145380758.jpg?w=683\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-42573\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA &#8211; DECEMBER 06: Nicole Kidman attends the Los Angeles Premiere of Amazon Studios&#8217; &#8220;Being The Ricardos&#8221; at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 06, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Axelle\/Bauer-Griffin\/FilmMagic)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">West Side Story<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Being The Ricardos<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> transports us back to the Golden Age Of Hollywood, the vivid costumes splashed across our screens will do more than merely support the storytelling. Fashion is ultimately a visual and tangible representation of the time in which we live. With clothing acting as a translator between time and space, it often represents inherited norms, taboos, and the cultural zeitgeist as a whole. While the fifties epitomizes a tumultuous period in time, the era also exemplifies a rich and opulent expression through fashion. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31863,"featured_media":42688,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[23,38,17,3324,16],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v20.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&#039;West Side Story&#039; and &#039;Being the Ricardos&#039; Fashion Transport Us Back To The 1950s - Grazia USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/west-side-story-and-being-the-ricardos-fashion-transports-us-back-to-the-1950s\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&#039;West Side Story&#039; and &#039;Being the Ricardos&#039; Fashion Transport Us Back To The 1950s\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Just ahead of the holidays\u2014and right on time for end-of-year nostalgia and family gatherings\u2014two big film releases, West Side Story and Being The Ricardos, will aim to transport audiences back to the Golden Age of Hollywood, the 1950s, through elaborate sets and the era\u2019s opulent fashion. 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