apartment therapy changing the world, one room at a time

right on with this post. I always loved robins egg & blood red as a hot color scheme.

My new guest room/office is pale robin's egg blue, pink, white, a bit of red, and lime/chartreuse green.

Robin's egg blue crimson red marigold yellow or gold = Amazing.

I was really inspired by that movie to decorate my own bedroom, it's all robin's egg blue with lots of metallic accents, white and yellow and pale pink flowers.

That is one of my absolutely favorite movies... mostly because of the decor and fashion throughout the film. Everything is so breathtakingly beautiful... especially the color choices.

full of visuals, light on the dialogue in true Sofia Coppola fashion.. let's not forget to give a nod to the hairstyles in that movie!

I am so in love with the color combinations in that movie. I have it on DVD just to look at them.

Who knew Marie Antoinette had Converse Hi-tops, learn something new everyday...

I was Marie Antoinette for halloween last year, and I threw a party that was kind of a spooky take on this scheme. I had a champagne pyramid on my table as well as a tower of pink cupcakes with red cherries. I watched the movie for inspiration, and loved it.

There must have been a lot of great minds thinking alike last year because I was Marie Antoinette for Halloween too! I made such an awesome wig I wish I could where it all of the time. Anyway I went to a friends party and someone else was dressed as Marie Antoinette too in the same dress as me ha ha I didn't think it was so funny at the time though but it made for a good picture.

those freaking pastel Converse hightops in a shot of a jumble of shoes were my only gripe with that movie; when everything else was pretty faithfully period (no?), why this precious wink winky bit...other than to suggest coyly "aren't we hip n clever?" can anyone fill me in?
an inside joke?
it just pissed me off, they had no footwear even remotely that rugged and comfortable back then, and the film was not an anachronistic jumble like some Derek Jarman or Julie Taymor's (grossout) Titus...
okay, back to relevance/reality
(yes i do care more about things like recent Domino favorites like Drew Berrymore, the new Bob Geldorf? addressing/sort of combating hungry, starving children globally on Huffington Post...but i'll take my off topic ass back outta here).

...combatting the problem of starving children... that is, not the children themsleves, heheh/ahem, sorry...and it's Geldof, sorry, yes.
by the way,
lovely, striking, inspiring color combos in the film, yes,
whether slathered or just touches!

and well, since i've dropped a year's worth of excess names already i can't resist citing as a curious contrast Zhang Toi's Manhattan apartment, harder edged or colored ode to Antoinette (as featured in March 2008 Elle and
http://www.nysun.com/antiques/paint-it-black-zang-tois-antiques-transformed/81468/

"those freaking pastel Converse hightops in a shot of a jumble of shoes were my only gripe with that movie; when everything else was pretty faithfully period (no?), why this precious wink winky bit...other than to suggest coyly "aren't we hip n clever?" can anyone fill me in?
an inside joke?"

Maybe they are the only visual that underlines that great contrast between the punk/goth music she chose for the film, and the roccoco of the rest of the film.

last weekend i discovered a fabulous screencapping site with this and many other gorgeous movies in ridiculous detail.

question: did those purple converse's really appear in the movie? what a gaff.

The art direction in that movie was FAN-tastic! The blues were incredible, every shade, every permutation. The soundtrack rocked, too!

Great post.

robins egg blue and red (or pink) is a favorite color combo right now as well.

I am painting picture frames right now for my bedroom a color similar to the first shot. Krylon calls it "Ocean Sea Breeze".

But, yeah, really ornate, thick frames, candy coated high gloss "ocean sea breeze" and then something either red to pop in them, or brown (since i love brown and blue together as well). The three of them will hang above our bed once i finish them up.

Lady J, yes, they did, and it was intentional.

personally the Chucks and the soundtrack were things i loved about this movie, becuase its not expected. not a huge Dunst fan, but i loved the movie.

and i know my comment was off topic, so i would also add that LOVED the colors, genius.

oh, i could watch this movie over and over for the visuals. i was also inspired to cover all of my shoeboxes in ribbon and fabric just like the ones delivered to the queen! (a diy that has yet to be completed.) not to mention the party scenes with the cupcakes and drinks! amazing.

"those freaking pastel Converse hightops in a shot of a jumble of shoes were my only gripe with that movie; when everything else was pretty faithfully period (no?), why this precious wink winky bit...other than to suggest coyly "aren't we hip n clever?" can anyone fill me in?
an inside joke?"

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedishrag/marie_antoinette/

The modern pink footwear creates a funny, girly, rebellious moment in a frothy film about a young girl who just wants to flirt, shop and party in 18th century France. And the sneaks also work with the film’s punky pink ads and the pink-themed court parties, pink champagne, pink wigs, and pink pastries.

More importantly, the shoes are also an bright pink emblem of Sofia's creative and independent spirit. You go, girl.

http://www.vmagazine.com/feature_article.php?n=196

"Some things in the movie were a bit tongue in cheek. It was to make a link with today’s life. The way Sofia saw Marie Antoinette is a very modern, feminine, and intelligent way to see the journey into womanhood of a young girl who’s been sent away from home to a totally unknown place where they speak a different language and where the modes and manners are quite different from the way she was brought up."

Does anyone know a good source for a robin's egg blue paint color, close in shade to the one shown on this post? Can't seem to find quite the right shade of that or the Englishy grey/green I sometimes see around.

There is an artist named Ray Ceasar, whose work is evocative of this style, but goes in stranger, more macabre directions. But it's still under the same oevre, depending on your imagination.....

http://www.raycaesar.com/

ricestein - try the one i mentioned(although i got it slightly wrong). Krylon's Blue Ocean Breeze, although it has a bit more green pushing it a little more towards teal.

http://www.krylon.com/products/indooroutdoor_paint/

It is the can they feature on the page, but at least on m monitor, that is not what it looks like in person. much less teal

bought the dvd today, will finally watch it and see if this anachronistic shoe thing rings true for me

I own the DVD, love to watch it just for the sheer joy of colour, and yet I have never noticed the Chucks....delightful!

Ms Coppola, you crafty wench!