Editorial project for Westwood Westwood by Cara Friedman
LA based Director/Photographer, Cara Friedman, touched down at the Kim Sing Theatre to create a visually enticing and vintage styled short film focused on women & society. The theatre created the perfect backdrop, as its deep history but modern twist aligned perfectly with Friedman's film.
A word from the director on the film:
1960s tutorials on grooming, dressing, and preparing your home for your husband might feel anachronistic, but society still can’t seem to stop telling women what to do. Can you trace the lineage of the instructional video from the happy homemaker to Kim Kardashian’s contouring videos? Probably not.
This short film is poking lightly at the fabric that weaves together patriarchal notions of femininity, the evolution of the “women’s role,” and, duh, capitalism! Today many women still fight for the ability to choose their own path, and they have fun with makeup and beauty along the way, doing it just for themselves. Now, there is no need for someone else’s strict steps to perfection: we make our own and then break them.
See more from the creator here:
Actress Paige Elkington reclines in the burnt orange conversation pit
Vintage style against our custom pale blue kitchen cabinetry? Yes please
