Best Dressed: Sci-Fi Female Characters Jane gigolo in Artificial Intelligence (2001)
In the year of 2001 Steven Spielberg made a not so great movie based off of a really cool short story. AI Artificial Intelligence is a movie set in the future where both human and machine coexist. Haley Joel Osment is a robotic boy who has dreams of becoming ‘real’ and truly gaining the love from his mother, as most humans would. It was based off of a short story, Super- Toys Last All Summer, authored by Brian Aldiss and published in 1969. It offers a theory of what society will be like in a futuristic world of intelligent machines and the decrease in humanity and free will as child creation becomes more and more controlled.
So technically Gigolo Jane is not a woman. And when I say technically, what I really mean to say is she is not a woman. Ashley Scott, plays the role of Gigolo Jane, a prostitute android who, when she is not doing what she was, well, made to do, she seems to be palling around with Gigolo Joe, played by Jude Law (who also has a stunning costume including the tailored leather coat).
She is barely in the movie and only has about one line;
“Hey, Joe, what do you know?”
“Hey Jane, what’s the game,” Jude Law (Gigolo Joe) rhythmically replies.
And boy did she leave an impression on us! How could she not with her iridescent oxblood sectional jumpsuit. Paco Rabanne worked on specific costumes in the movie including hers. You can see his influence in the way the suit is sectioned off, almost as if the costume was apart of her skin, or I guess I should say shell. Paco Rabanne seemed to be one with the machines for this project.
For Fall 12 we have seen the deep rich shades or burgundy, red, and purple all over the runways and now in the stores. And where I don’t particularly like wearing jumpsuits, they really do look fabulous on anyone who can pull them off. You don’t, however, need to like jumpsuits in order to be inspired by her costume. Bringing her geek chicness into a modern day world was not as difficult as I anticipated as her attire is still relevant today.
All of what you see below is what I would wear with the characters uniform in mind. I wouldn’t want to take it so literal which is why I wanted to bring in other types of materials and a slight difference in silhouette, but using the color and the attitude as the constant. The point is to not copy the outfit completely, but to take the elements that speak to you and make it your own. I love the piecing in this Derek Lam dress that I found and so it had to go on my Gigolo Jane wish list. Mixing the genres of contrasting materials in a monochromatic look, and pairing a great navy ring or turquoise necklace with it lets my own personality come through and not let Jane take over.
1. Karl 2. Theyskens’ Theory
3. Elizabeth and James 4. Straight to Hell Apparel
5. Versus 6. Victoria Beckham Denim
7. Derek Lam 8. Iro
9. Christian Louboutin 10. Yves Saint Laurent
11. Jimmy Choo 12. ASOS
13. Esquivel 14. House of Harlow
15. ASOS 16. Emilio Pucci
17. Yves Saint Laurent 18. Feliks and Adrik
19. Erickson Beamon
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