"Flowers" ended, the popularity remained the same, and also extended from inside the venue to off-site . Here at
, the leading actors attended the ceremony, the crew walked on the red carpet, and hot searches came one after another.
Over there, people from all walks of life flocked to Huanghe Road, and even checked in for the same package as "Flowers".
Following this wave of popularity, the score of this drama also rose again from 8.4 to 8.5.
Many fans who have never watched the show asked Pi Ge: What is so good about "Flowers"?
Jin Yucheng wrote "Flowers" and the despair of "Jin Ping Mei".
He writes about people who are overflowing with lust, and tells vivid stories, but he uses the coldest writing style.
Wong Kar-wai's "Flowers" captured the tragedy of "A Dream of Red Mansions".
Yellow River Road is the Grand View Garden, where a group of lively people gathered to perform scenes of joys and sorrows. The moment the curtain fell on
, it was the end of the story.
Coldness or sadness are the "lining" of "Flowers" and the source of this drama's staying power.
But for a film and television work, these alone are not enough.
is like a beauty looking for her bones, but the beauty of the skin is also indispensable.
In the play, it is necessary to not only capture the ups and downs of Shanghai in that era, but also to restore the various customs of Shili Foreign Market.
director Wong Kar-wai not only understands the beauty of women, but his painstaking efforts in shaping these details are worthy of our awe.
For example, when he gave Hu Ge a shave and haircut in the first episode, he hired an authentic master from Yangzhou Three Knives.
The actor who guest-stars as a tenant in the small alley building in the drama, the piano teacher is the piano artist Kong Xiangdong, and the singing woman is also Shi Yihong, a Qingyi major from the Mei School.
After "Flowers" is finished, we once again reflect on these "little thoughts" in creation, and the more we read, the more interesting it becomes.
1. The "gimmick" arranged by the uncle in the play for Mr. Bao has a great background.
The story of "Flowers" begins at the Peace Hotel.
My uncle has very high standards. Mr. Bao looked for several rooms, but he was not satisfied with them.
was either too small or "not working". I didn't let go until I saw the British suite No. 72.
So, why does my uncle only love the Peace Hotel?
Why did you only choose the "British Suite" as a "gimmick" for Mr. Bao?
It is explained in the play that this was my uncle's previous "long private room", and he seemed to have feelings for this suite.
In fact, there are deeper historical reasons and considerations for the drama "Flowers".
Peace Hotel is not an ordinary hotel.
Its original location is the Sassoon Building Chinachem Hotel built in 1929. It officially opened on September 5, 1929.
When the Peace Hotel first started, almost all of it was rented to high-end foreign institutions and companies.
For example, on the ground floor are the two banks of Holland and Belgium, on the second floor are the Bank of China and the Import and Export Bank, and on the fifth floor are the Chinachem Hotel.
Chinachem Hotel has Nine Kingdoms Suites, which gives the entire hotel an "international style".
The British suite is one of them. Although
is not the most luxurious, it is the one with the most stories.
Lu Xun once met the British Sir Malan here, and Chaplin stayed in this suite when he came to Shanghai.
The wedding venue of Qian Xuesen and his wife was also held here.
From a small perspective, uncle must choose an expensive suite to endorse Abao's business.
From a large perspective, the story and historical origin determine the tone of "Flowers" and are a metaphor for the sea and sea of "Flowers".
This can also be felt later in the plot where Uncle Ye makes clothes for A Bao.
As a man who could study abroad in that era, my uncle had absolute taste in aesthetics, so the clothes he chose for Abao were also made of British fabrics.
found her from a Hong Gang tailor.
"Red Gang Tailor" made China's first suit at that time and was the most mature craftsman in British style.
Suits have a lot of knowledge. Many viewers were confused when they saw this. In fact, it is related to the British Suite of the Peace Hotel, and you will know the reason.
is still a word, accent.
The birthplace of suits is the United Kingdom. The fabric selection is focused on the season. My uncle said that in summer, palace and valitin are used because they are not only breathable but also make the suit look better. The texture is strong, the yarn is thin, and the cloth surface is smooth.
In winter, flannel, gaberdine and cheviot are used.
Flannel is more common among us. It was invented by Thomas Burberry, the founder of Burberry, in 1879. It has diagonal lines and is highly windproof and waterproof. In the early years, it was specially supplied to the army.
Sherwin is actually tweed, which is heavier when worn.
From fabrics to textures, from textures to brands, "Prosperity" starts with "British style" as a hook, giving the entire drama a tone of confidence.
This also shows from the side that the uncle's emphasis on Abao's dressing is not only to reflect style, but also to convey a sense of gentleman and social status.
From a maintenance worker to a "President", dressing is the first thing.
From choosing an office to a simple set of clothes, from big to small, from the inside to the outside, everything is so particular, which shows that Wong Kar-wai has put great care into this drama.
02. The clothes worn by "Three Beauties of Blossoms" all have their origins. Reiko's most expensive item is a skirt, and Li Li is even more powerful.
People rely on their clothes. This is "Flowers". 》At the beginning, my uncle set the tone.
So Armani "snapped in" and arranged all Mr. Bao's suits.
Later, when the "Three Beauties" of "Flowers" appear one by one, attentive viewers will find that not only are they wearing a variety of styles, but all of them are fashionable items that were very popular at that time.
Take out any one and it will be the salary of an ordinary person for a few years or more at that time.
And these clothes, worn on the three heroines, echo with Abao from a distance, creating a fashionable infection effect that directly penetrates the brain and aesthetics.
Brother Pi might as well take advantage of their personalities and tell everyone about them one by one.
First of all, Miss Wang.
She is the first generation of white-collar workers after the reform. She is principled, not pretentious, and sincere. She dares to drive alone into the lair of counterfeit dealers.
Ms. Wang’s outfits are mainly casual, carefree and chic.
Most of her clothes are retro windbreakers, which feature a bright and elegant look, which is very consistent with her persona and personality.
The coats she and Mr. Bao wore on New Year’s Eve came from max mara.
max mara is a famous Italian fashion brand founded in 1951. It is famous for its elegant and exquisite design and high-quality fabrics.
In 1993, the brand entered China and sold well in China, especially its coat series, which was highly sought after by Shanghai's socialites and ladies. Let’s take a look at the current price of
.
When she usually goes to work, Ms. Wang doesn’t have the luxury of New Year’s Eve.
is mostly based on tweed corduroy suits.
Of course, in addition to these ordinary clothes, given the importance of Ms. Wang in the play, many of her outfits in the play are vintage luxury items from the 1990s.
For example, Dior’s dark red suit.
and Chloe’s dress.
These clothes are very stylish, but the price of style is that if you were an ordinary working-class person at that time, you would never be able to afford them.
followed by Reiko.
As the proprietress of Night Tokyo, Reiko’s outfits are much more extroverted than Miss Wang.
is basically a "boss lady wearing Prada".
Reiko has an outgoing personality and is greedy for money. Because all the expenses are recorded in Yokoto's account, she never cherishes the money she spends.
is reflected in clothes, focusing on an avant-garde style.
In the drama, Reiko’s most popular one is Issey Miyake’s pleats series “Pleas Please”.
The Issey Miyake series was launched by Japanese designer Issey Miyake in New York in 1971. The design pursues the "relationship between the body and clothing" and sells all fashion items. The
pleated series was released in 1994. Because the clothing material is pleated by a heat press, it is lightweight and easy to store. It became a fashionable and popular item as soon as it was launched.
Reiko’s geometric color-blocked skirt is both subtle and enthusiastic, perfectly fitting Reiko’s personality.
In the drama, Reiko wears a lot of Issey Miyake clothes. It seems that she went to Tokyo and spent all her money on clothes from this brand.
Issey Miyake now sells for about 10,000 yuan, and of course there are cheaper ones.
But to Reiko, this dress is just a piece of cake. For real luxury, you have to look at Prada.
In the drama, Reiko wears no less than five sets of Prada vintage items.
The furry orange coat she is wearing is from the prada 2007 autumn and winter series show, the scarf is a wool plaid scarf from seasunland, and the jeans are versace from the 1990s.
This outfit was what she wore when she went to the "Shareholders' Meeting". It was a rare "expensive item" for Reiko.
This outfit is worth more than 100,000 yuan today, but at that time it would have cost at least 10,000 yuan.
In addition, Reiko also wore a green gradient skirt from the prada 2004 spring and summer series.
and the black and green gradient jacket from the prada 2007 autumn and winter series.
The craftsmanship of this coat uses the famous cloquet, which is expensive.
Perhaps the most expensive one is this prada 1992 autumn and winter series show coat.
At that time, Reiko's outfits were no cheaper than those of any female star.
Finally, I want to talk about Li Li.
As the core character in the play, Li Li's outfit is most characteristic of a lady. She prefers big minks and almost all of her clothes are furry.
A woman who ventures to Shanghai alone will naturally use clothes to decorate her appearance. Li Li is such a woman.
Her dress is mainly noble and graceful.
is good at wearing mink velvet on the outside, but prefers lace on the inside, leopard print, tiger print, python print...
Netizens ridiculed that Li Li is a woman who wears the "animal world" on her body.
In the first few minutes of the drama, Li Li changed into four or five mink clothes.
is a serious way of changing clothes while moving.
The glamorous dress is the armor Li Li wears on himself.
These valuable mink velvets are still a drop in the bucket compared to the 30 million in cash in her check.
Many viewers noticed that Li Li wore a Yves Salomon Totoro fur coat.
I searched online and found that one piece is about 100,000 yuan.
Most other furs have smooth coats and shiny textures, and they are not cheap at first glance.
The jacket is made of fur, and the inner layer is also very stylish.
Li Li wore a black lace piece from the Italian brand romeo gigli. This brand was very popular in the 1990s and was founded in 1981.
Fashion celebrity Lai Kin-hui once praised this brand in his "Fashion Moment".
said that this brand "looks like it came out of a Raphael painting" and also mentioned that "such expensive clothes are naturally a symbol of status."
Li Li's outfit, apart from being "expensive", is bold, sexy and enthusiastic from the outside to the inside.
This also echoes her open-minded personality and fearless work style.
The appearance of various animal furs and animal texture fashions in the play was also specially designed by Wong Kar-Wai. He told Xin Zhilei to look at each other with the eyes of a cheetah hunting.
In "Flowers", clothes are never just worn.
In addition to connecting the characters' personalities and advancing the story, these elegant, casual, or graceful expressions also support the tone of "Flowers".
03 and "Three Beauties" have the same type of bags. The jewelry satchel is extremely eye-catching, and a necklace starts at 1.5 million.
When it comes to outfits, you can't live without jewelry.
Women are not only decorated with clothes, but also with various accessories.
Now that you have styled your outfit, you can’t leave out your jewelry.
Especially now, when facing a "critical" audience, the lack of a little detail can easily be magnified infinitely, affecting the atmosphere that the director worked hard to create.
So when it comes to jewelry, Wong Kar-Wai also puts his utmost care into it.
Let’s look at the bags first. Many female viewers, especially those who are bag lovers, feel after reading this that Gucci’s antique bamboo bags are going to become popular again.
The name of the bamboo bag, bamboo 1947, hides the year of birth. Later, Ingrid Bergman took one of these bags in the 1953 movie "Italian Vacation", and this fashion item became an instant hit. .
In 1964, Belgium even carried the same bag when traveling.
Perhaps to unify the aesthetics of the show, the three beauties of "Flowers" all have their own Gucci bamboo bags.
Miss Wang’s bag is red, warm, unrestrained and small.
Reiko’s is more pragmatic, and she looks like she’s just pretending to be rich.
Li Li's bag has the same leopard print design, which complements her high heels and still has the same bold and bold temperament.
The price of the same model that Brother Pi found on the official website is about 40,000 yuan. The price of the leopard print in Li Li's hands is about twice that of other styles.
In addition to bags, the jewelry in the play is also extremely luxurious.
Due to the nature of Miss Wang's work, there are fewer jewelry on her body, but there are many famous jewelry on Lingzi and Li Li, which makes Brother Pi dazzled.
Reiko once wore a chanel vintage second-hand gold necklace. There is currently no specific value, but it is estimated to be at least 200,000 yuan.
Li Li’s jewelry is too much.
Her accessories are mainly made of gold and diamonds, and most of them are middle-aged and retro models from luxury brands. The price of many similar jewelry has even doubled because of her wearing it.
For example, this pair of gold Medusa earrings from Versace can perfectly bring out her boss lady temperament.
and anne klein vintage (Anne Klein) black gold enamel necklace.
Li Li prefers retro necklaces in the play, especially the ones with gold, black and red, which can enhance the aura and are luxury goods.
The most eye-catching thing is that in the backless style, there is a trifari golden bark series necklace from the 1950s.
With this look, he is not easy to mess with at first glance.
The most expensive jewelry in the drama was also given to Li Li by Wong Kar-wai, which is this Harry Winston sunflower necklace.
This is the necklace Li Li specially chose when she went to see A Bao. It is so expensive that you can’t even find the price, only customized models.
This is the most classic style of hw. The small size is worth 1.5 million, while the medium and large sizes are 2 million and 2.5 million.
It seems that Li Li worked hard to ask Mr. Bao for help.
These expensive jewelry do not only have a sparkling role in the play.
Although most of them flash in front of the camera, the luxurious brands, expensive prices and traceable medieval taste make "Flowers" unrivaled in details.
After all, there is always a difference between what is real and what is fake.
Now that we have this tone, we must be consistent and present the "Shanghai old money style" in the business world to the end.
04. Hotel clocks are very particular. Unfortunately, Mr. Qiang’s watch was “wrong on”.
In the first episode, Wong Kar-wai gave a close-up of the Omega clock on the Peace Hotel.
Before all luxury goods and fashionable goods appeared, omega occupied all the cards.
Why is this?
Actually, Omega is the Swiss watch brand that has the best relationship with Shanghai.
In 1895, the Shanghai Railway Administration needed to be equipped with accurate clocks to ensure that trains ran on time. Omega was chosen. At that time, China was still under the rule of the Qing government.
In the 1930s, Omega focused on the Chinese market, focusing on Shanghai. At that time, the name had a Shanghainese accent, called Omega.
Until the 1980 Shanghai Swimming Championships and the 1993 National Games, Omega was still responsible for timing. For "Flowers", giving Omega this honor actually symbolizes a kind of Shanghai heritage.
In addition to the big clock, in order to set off the identity of the characters in the play, Wong Kar-wai almost equipped every character with a watch.
It is said that a poor man plays with a car and a rich man plays with a watch. The watch of each character in the play is consistent with the character's temperament without losing the aesthetic unity. It is still very interesting to pay attention to this detail.
Ms. Wang is good at wearing red, so what she wears is a Cartier tank series watch.
This watch is a functional and practical watch. It has a relatively delicate appearance and is in line with Ms. Wang’s temperament.
Also wearing this watch is Reiko, the proprietress of Night Tokyo.
Her favorite watches are a tank and a cheetah.
The earliest history of Cartier tank can be traced back to 1917. It is a very iconic product among Cartier watches.
Miss Wang’s Cartier is worth about 90,000 yuan, while Lingzi’s Cartier tank louis cartiet watch is worth about 150,000 yuan.
is already considered a relatively cheap item for Reiko.
Li Li has many watches on his hands.
What impressed Brother Pi the most was a Bulgari Snake watch. This style of watch was born in 1948 and became even more popular in the 1960s.
In 1962, when Elizabeth Taylor was promoting "Cleopatra", she also wore a specially customized Spirit Snake watch.
The piece Li Li has is worth 155,000 yuan.
In addition to the Spirit Snake, Li Li also has a big piece of gold (Rolex) on his hand.
As a person in the business world, how can he not be worth a gold Rolex?
This Rolex is also very expensive. The current price of the same model is around 320,000.
In addition, Li Li also has a small vintage Tissot gold watch.
The price 10 years ago reached 40,000 yuan. I don’t know what the price is now.
In addition to the three female protagonists, the role of the watch is also to adapt to the identity of the male character.
For example, Mr. Bao’s best friend Tao Tao and his business partner Mr. Fan all chose the datejust Rolex, which is exclusively for “rich people”.
even caused controversy when he assigned the watch to Mr. Qiang.
The crew equipped Mr. Qiang with a classic Patek Philippe watch. Some netizens judged that it should be a 5120g classic series watch.
But the 5120g watch was released around 2000, and the background of the play should be the 1990s. In other words, the one worn by Mr. Qiang should be 3520.
But the watch diameter of 3520 is 32. It is unlikely that such a small watch can completely cover the wrist when worn on a person with a physique like Mr. Qiang.
So this may be Wong Kar-wai's "one hundred secrets and one sparse", and it is also the only regret in the whole drama.
But these details are innocuous and do not affect the crew of "Flowers"'s dedication to this tone.
. In the real upper class, there are hidden secrets everywhere
From big to small, from clothes to jewelry, from jewelry to watches, "Flowers" has spent all its efforts to pave the way for the entire story to be what it was back then.
In fact, the upper class of Shanghai's business scene was really like this back then.
However, the essence of "Flowers" is different from other glamorous and exaggerated dramas. It not only uses luxury goods to reflect the end and wantonness of business wars, but also uses many details to set off individuals and times.
For example, the Montagut that competes with the "Sanyang Brand" in the film is this little flower.
It is a serious French famous brand montagut. It was founded in 1880 and was subdivided into knitting and hosiery production in 1920. After
was relaunched in 1978, it began to enter the Chinese market and quickly occupied China's high-end men's clothing market, mainly polo shirts.
Before the late 1980s and the mid-1990s, Montagut had a very glorious time in the north and south of China.
However, with the rise of domestic brands, Montagnard's high-priced and plain silk polo shirts quickly fell from the market and became another background in the story of reform.
For example, the appearance of Estee Lauder in the play surprised many viewers.
In fact, Estee Lauder entered China in 1993, and its first counter was located in Shanghai, which coincides with the background of the story.
At that time, Estee Lauder was a must-have cosmetic for ladies and socialites, and was the "leader in high-end beauty."
So an Estee Lauder lipstick can attract thousands of envious eyes.
Another example is the fireworks in the play. mainly relies on food to set off .
has a high-end Farewell My Concubine, and table 88 costs 30,000 yuan.
There are also Hong Kong-style Cantonese dishes such as Crane and Divine Needle, Ship King Fried Rice, and Flame King Snake, which tell the story of the fierce and intense business war.
There is also the homemade Mr. Bao rice dish, which sets off Po’s character and hobbies.
also has down-to-earth fried dough sticks, fried dumplings, and pork ribs rice cakes, which tell the story of the fireworks in the world.
For Brother Pi, "Flowers" is not exhaustive.
But at least in the details that we can see, study, and taste, it has done the best.
As Pi Ge said at the beginning, Wong Kar-wai is always good at controlling this "tone". This is the biggest difference between him and other directors.
What’s even more difficult is that he can bury the context of that era deeply in the stories and pictures through continuous and detailed research and digging.
If the audience discovers it, it will be great fun. Even if they cannot discover it, these will subtly affect everyone watching the show.
Luxury is not the goal, the story is.
Wong Kar-wai created a dream of Shanghai that changed the times. The good thing is that, together with him, we experienced the splendor and color of this dream.
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