To say we’re in a golden age of cinematic heroines may not be entirely accurate, but it’s definitely fair to say women are slowly getting more leading roles in popular films. After all, we have a female Jedi in Star Wars, Charlize Theron is arguably the biggest action star on the planet, franchises like Ocean’s 11 and Men In Black are embracing female leads, and even Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow, long relegated to the shadows of Iron Man, the Hulk, and so on, is finally getting her own movie. None of those individuals are quite Harriett Potter or Jane Bond, if you get the drift, but progress is progress.
As this progress is made, none of us are required to take after the women we see starring on screen, just as men would be well advised not to emulate Bond or Tony Stark too much. But we can certainly take some cues from the new generation of film heroines, and realistically there’s going to be some subconscious influence anyway. That’s basically what pop culture and entertainment do. So with that in mind, I wanted to look at some of the most inspiring big screen heroines we’ve seen in recent years from a fashion standpoint.
Lorraine Broughton (Charlize Theron)
I mean, could I possibly have started anywhere else? I already mentioned that Ms. Theron is arguably the industry’s leading action star, and she really flexed her muscles in Atomic Blonde, a highly stylish film in which she played a … Read More