4 posts tagged “juno”
Juno is a very cute movie, so it makes sense that it would be roundly celebrated in the world capital of cuteness, Tokyo, Japan. And here's star Ellen Page, alongside Japanese starlet Satomi Ishihara, greeting her Asian admirers attired in Worn Free's Iggy Pop Dublin Studios tee.
It must be disorienting for a pixieish lass like EP to be relatively hulking compared to the local populace. But nothing provides instant comfort in a new setting like a cozy, stylish, rock 'n' roll shirt.
Ellen's Tokyo junket is all over the fan blogs now, which will undoubtedly result in (a) a lot of folks learning about this shirt, which -- like every yummy-delicious Worn Free tee -- comes with free shipping for a limited time, and (b) a spike in IMDB queries about the fetching Satomi, whose appearances include Ginmaku ban Sushi ôji!: Nyûyôku e iku (Sushi King Goes to New York) and Watashi no guranpa.
You look beyond dreamy in that dress, Satomi, but we'd love to see you in, say, an I'm Not Johnny Ramone tee or a Debbie Harry Punk shirt. Your international pop cred will skyrocket! Have your people call our people and let's make this happen. Domo!
Regular readers of this blog already know that Oscar-nominated Juno star Ellen Page turned her Saturday Night Live hosting gig into a veritable WF fashion show. But even we didn't realize that she was also wearing our Iggy Pop Dublin Sound Studios tee under her zipped-up leather jacket.
More Ellen fun facts:
1. She was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1987.
2. She made her debut at age 10 in a made-for-TV Canadian film with the unfortunate title Pit Pony.
3. You can catch her in the upcoming movies Jack and Diane (co-starring her Juno pal Olivia Thirlby) and Drew Barrymore's directorial debut, Whip It! Apparently, if you want Ellen in your movie, it should be titled after an '80s pop hit. Perhaps her agent will want to peruse my tender screenplay, Safety Dance.
4. Ellen told Barbara Walters that she sleepwalks and hallucinates while doing so. Why hasn't that been made into a movie?
OK, we were pretty pleased with ourselves that the oh-so-hot star of Juno wore not one but two WF shirts on SNL. That was very cool, make no mistake.
But here's what we're wondering now: Was that mention of Zeppelin in the course of our post about it prophetic?
Because here's one of our lifetime idols, Robert Plant, in our Gram Parsons and the Fallen Angels tee. He's flanked by the amazing Allison Krauss, with whom he collaborated on one of the best albums in recent memory, the Grammy-winning Raising Sand (thanks to AP and the Los Angeles Times for the photo).
The man who first scorched your soul with his mad rock yowling lo those many years ago has refused to stand still, creatively speaking. Sand is a record of unearthly beauty, and the man's pipes (especially in elegant harmony with Krauss) have never sounded better. The disc is also a rare chance for Plant to show his mastery of country-rock (among other rootsy subgenres), so the Parsons shirt makes that much more sense.
If we had a gun to our heads and had to sum up the WF ethos, we'd have to say it's about how rock 'n' roll style has become timeless. It's about reflecting the music's ability to turn the classic into something eternally fresh.
Now we have a picture of a guy who's the walking embodiment of that idea posing in Worn Free. With all due respect to Ellen Page, that's REALLY freakin' cool.
Hey, we're not made of stone. We, too, were charmed and enchanted by Juno and its incredibly poised young star, Ellen Page. Not only is it a truly funny and compassionate movie with a plot that Hollywood usually gets completely wrong, but it's full of truly fantastic pop-cultural references (and even a clip from The Wizard of Gore, for cryin' out loud). And Ellen (or should we call her Pagey, in tribute to Zeppelin?) has limned an entirely new kind of a teen-female character -- and altered the cultural landscape in the process.
Therefore imagine the be-still-our-hearts moment when we peeped the promo for her gig hosting Saturday Night Live ... wearing WF's Joan Jett Peacock shirt.
Well, that was pretty exciting. And then on the show, when she introduced Wilco in our Debbie Harry Camp Funtime shirt? Well, we were over the moon, as you might imagine.
She may not have snagged an Oscar -- this time -- but we feel like we won a pretty big award. Now if we could just get a shot of Diablo Cody (who took home a trophy for her wise and witty script) in a Flying Burrito Bros. shirt ...
