The importance of film noir in popular new media is countless, as film noir represents a historic cultural moment. Film Noir displays the world of private eyes and detectives, femme fatales, and damsels in distress. To me, the most important aspect of film noir as popular media that we see today is through fashion. Film Noir is notorious for these grandiose Los Angeles homes, owned by people with lots of money and access to luxury items, I would argue that it is one of the most influential media moments in the history of fashion. The use of luxury items and articles of clothing such as men in full suits for the day, women in long evening gowns and wearing jewels, previously hadn't been seen, in film, for the day. The fashion of Film Noir, is still presented today season after season, making this period in media history truly longstanding.
Christain Dior Film Noir inspired look, from Spring 2009
(photo source)Further, just this past month the Fashion Institute of Technology presented a
Film Noir inspired Collection. You may be wondering what exactly fashion has to do with new media, and the answer would be that the fashion industry has excelled in using social media, and the internet to spread global trends and influences. Thus, Film Noir, is being transformed, though social media, by the fashion industry. The fashion industry relies heavily on the internet to share creative ideas and forms of inspiration.
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