From left: Tomi Adeyemi, Bella Newman, Diva Smith, Coco Baudelle, Sasha Frolova, and guest. Photo: WireImage/WireImage . From there, the event became a game of spot the Chanel, a Boy bag here, pumps and slingbacks there, and a sea of the fashion house’s signature tweed worn in various ways. Someone told me they even spotted a Chanel ankle bag.
We asked guests who their favorite female leads are. When asked who her favorite actress is, costume director Miyako Bellizzi named Meryl Streep and said A Women Under the Influence, starring Gena Rowlands, is one of her favorite films. Actress Chase Sui Wonders also mentioned Rowlands as a favorite. “She really fills in like all those cracks and has a very specific type of femininity I think every woman can relate to,” Wonders said. “It is underrepresented in film and storytelling.
Jane Rosenthal had a similar term for the less-than-fleshed-out female characters only meant to move the plot along. “Women leads today are like pillow characters — who can [the main character] cry into? Who can open the door and make dinner?” she said before declaring we need stronger, more fully rounded characters. Flawed characters who were less than perfect turned out to be a favorite: Barbara Stanwyck’s con artist, Jean, in The Lady Eve was a favorite of Mamet’s.