BREAKFAST AT NEIMAN’S
Doe-eyed goddess Chaselyn Wade emerges as “Holly Golightly.” But this incarnation is a dejected and more desperate party gal than Audrey Hepburn’s near-immaculate interpretation.
In Truman Capote’s novella, his fictional beauty is a hillbilly Texan with no visible means of support. To make ends meet, she coaxes dollars from wealthy lechers while trying to swim beside the swans of café society.
After iniquitous evenings, Golightly almost genuflects as she worships the jewels inside department store windows — as if tasting a better life while enjoying the transubstantiation of caffeine and pastry.
Instead of Tiffany’s, the location changes to incorporate the 1927 ecru terra cotta Neiman Marcus flagship, designed by George L. Dahl who borrowed ancient Roman motifs, complete with carved baronial medallions.
Perhaps Dallas’ reputation for “pretentiousness” can be traced back to the oil-boom years.
That’s when shifting class mobility was especially pronounced — back when, women possessed deep insecurities with being “right.” Or at least in being “not wrong.”
Wearing the wrong hat or gloves with a suit was a disaster.
But Neiman Marcus offered confidence by instructing wives about what to wear to a tea and how to cater a dinner for six for her husband’s boss.
However, frustrations combined with insecurity can incite anger and the desire to lash out.
Let’s not forget the Dallas myth of the compulsive right-wing woman...
Cora Lacy Frederickson was an insurance executive’s wife and a prominent figure in downtown lunch clubs.
On Oct. 24, 1963, Mrs. Frederickson assaulted U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Adlai Stevenson at Dallas’ Memorial Auditorium Theater. Stevenson first approached a screaming Mrs. Frederickson merely to ask her about the source of her anger. In response, she struck the ambassador over the head with her “Down with U.N.” picket sign.
Mrs. Frederickson was arrested, but Stevenson didn’t press charges.
In a black dress with her pearl choker, our Holly Golightly represents that style can overcome the restrictions of class.
Even though Holly was a shoplifter, her kooky independence and sophisticated sexual freedom represents that a bad girl is a good girl after all.
‘HOLLY GOLIGHTLY:’ CHASELYN WADE | STYLIST: CHARLES YUSKO
LOCATION: NEIMAN MARCUS FLAGSHIP AT ERVAY AND COMMERCE STREETS
PRODUCTION DATE: MARCH 14, 2010 | PHOTO: BRYAN AMANN | DIRECTION: DANIEL KUSNER
In Truman Capote’s novella, his fictional beauty is a hillbilly Texan with no visible means of support. To make ends meet, she coaxes dollars from wealthy lechers while trying to swim beside the swans of café society.
After iniquitous evenings, Golightly almost genuflects as she worships the jewels inside department store windows — as if tasting a better life while enjoying the transubstantiation of caffeine and pastry.
Instead of Tiffany’s, the location changes to incorporate the 1927 ecru terra cotta Neiman Marcus flagship, designed by George L. Dahl who borrowed ancient Roman motifs, complete with carved baronial medallions.
Perhaps Dallas’ reputation for “pretentiousness” can be traced back to the oil-boom years.
That’s when shifting class mobility was especially pronounced — back when, women possessed deep insecurities with being “right.” Or at least in being “not wrong.”
Wearing the wrong hat or gloves with a suit was a disaster.
But Neiman Marcus offered confidence by instructing wives about what to wear to a tea and how to cater a dinner for six for her husband’s boss.
However, frustrations combined with insecurity can incite anger and the desire to lash out.
Let’s not forget the Dallas myth of the compulsive right-wing woman...
Cora Lacy Frederickson was an insurance executive’s wife and a prominent figure in downtown lunch clubs.
On Oct. 24, 1963, Mrs. Frederickson assaulted U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Adlai Stevenson at Dallas’ Memorial Auditorium Theater. Stevenson first approached a screaming Mrs. Frederickson merely to ask her about the source of her anger. In response, she struck the ambassador over the head with her “Down with U.N.” picket sign.
Mrs. Frederickson was arrested, but Stevenson didn’t press charges.
In a black dress with her pearl choker, our Holly Golightly represents that style can overcome the restrictions of class.
Even though Holly was a shoplifter, her kooky independence and sophisticated sexual freedom represents that a bad girl is a good girl after all.
‘HOLLY GOLIGHTLY:’ CHASELYN WADE | STYLIST: CHARLES YUSKO
LOCATION: NEIMAN MARCUS FLAGSHIP AT ERVAY AND COMMERCE STREETS
PRODUCTION DATE: MARCH 14, 2010 | PHOTO: BRYAN AMANN | DIRECTION: DANIEL KUSNER