Inspired by the Movies: Vicki the Silver-and-Gold-Digger from The Parent Trap (1961)
When Pattern Review announced its " Inspired by the Movies " contest I was kind of stumped. I have made a zillion costumes based on movie characters, but the requirement for this contest is that the final result *not* be a costume. Which is a clever twist but was not inspiring me so much. I was trying to think of contemporary movies whose style I liked and was really coming up blank. TV shows, yes. But movies? Nothin'. Then I was thinking about the yellow skirt I had planned and what I would wear with it and suddenly a little tickle in my brain reminded me of one of my favorite movies of all time: The Parent Trap. I prefer the 1961 version, but I will tell you that I also own the Lindsay Lohan remake and like it almost as much as the original. I am not a purist. Though it makes me sad to see her being cute and undrugged. At any rate, I have watched this movie dozens if not hundreds of times, can recite every line along w...