Song of the Day: Get Into The Groove

Christophe Decarnin used "Get Into The Groove" by Madonna to close the spring 2009 Balmain show yesterday.

I love the contrast between Madonna's style & Rosanna Arquette's style in the movie: "Desperately Seeking Susan".

Rosanna Arquette's character, Roberta Glass (a bored suburban housewife living in Fort Lee, New Jersey, who is fascinated with a woman she only knows about by reading messages to and from her in the personals section of a New York City tabloid) favored Louis Dell'Olio for Anne Klein by day, Victor Costa for evening.

Madonna's character, Susan ( a wild city girl who communicates with her lover through the personals section of the New York Post) , chose Maripol bracelets, many gold chains and visible black lingerie for day and evening.

During the 1980's , I would spend a lot of time at my grandmothers apartment in the South Bronx. It didn't look anything like the Battery Park or East Village that I saw in "Desperately Seeking Susan". However, I did see a lot of artfully ripped, tight acid washed denim. And I could always hear Madonna blasting from boom boxes on the street. That movie still inspires me....and Christophe Decarnin's stylist, Emmanuelle Alt of French Vogue.

For spring 2009, the Balmain woman is a mix of both Susan and Roberta - a rich dangerous girl who wants to go out and have some fun.