two lost souls in one.

It’s publicly known that Annie Hall can pull off literally anything. Love, spontaneity, passion for life, art and style. Well, I repeat: Annie Hall is the character of all time. Woody Allen’s invention is a young woman with a lot of dreams and, let’s say, a complex mind. And don’t forget about the boyfriend, Alvy Singer, psychotic like Woody Allen. Wow, I’d say that the resemblance is awesome. She was complicated: a young girl, trying to make a career in music, not so lucky in love, but still, passionate about everything, even though she received lots of books regarding death: life is too short for not having poetry in it, right?

'Annie Hall', 1977, Written and directed by Woody Allen

And, I add to that sentence: life is too short for not facing Annie Hall as a fashion icon. An androgynous, independent, geek style, she (as I said) could pull up everything. “Move around like a real person. Don’t make too much of the words, and wear what you want to wear,” said Allen when shooting. And Diane took his words to heart, got inspired by the men in Soho and took the menswear to another level. Ralph Lauren was the only man who helped Diane with Life is too that. High-waisted trousers, khaki pants, vest, collared short for not shirts and, of course, a tie, having poetry Annie put the 1970s woman in a place where she could in it, right? wear whatever she wanted. Why? She was constructing herself and there’s no better way to do it with no style restrictions. In other words, she became a fashion phenomenon and remains as such. (Hey Alexa Chung, I see you).

Like Woody playing Alvy with uncanny resemblance, so was Diane playing Annie. You could be confused when watching the movie because the characters were exactly the same as the humans who portrayed them. Dianne brought the drama and the grace and faced Annie as herself. Like a piece of clothing, life or a bit of poetry: you should be able to pull off any fucking character you want.