Anonymous wrote:I agree the Ted Baker dress she wore to the wedding was unflattering. It was too tight, but the larger issue was that it was tight to the knee and then she wore a pair of heels with an ankle cuff. So two severe vertical lines going across the lower half of her body and literally cutting her off at the knees. She would have looked a million times better (and IRL been more comfortable over the course of a long day) in a light, floor length dress with a fitted bodice and pretty neckline, and a pair of more delicate sandals.
But I think they wanted the white column for a number of reasons, not least a few shot compositions with her brothers where it was significant for her to be in white (connecting her to Kendall's white shirt and also posing as a contrast to Roman) and also specifically for her dress to be drawing a line through the shot. A number of commentators have noted that there are two particular shots with classical compositions reminiscent of certain Renaissance or Baroque paintings, and having Shiv in white adds a layer to that (white often being the color used for the Madonna or for a figure like the Venus de Milo in such paintings, representing innocence). Since the plot of the episode cast Shiv, Kendall, and Roman as children begging for their father's protection, and since a major theme of the episode (and an actual topic of discussion) was motherhood and birth, putting Shiv in white makes thematic sense. That it was not a great fashion choice for the character may have been seen as secondary. Regardless of what you think of the fashion aspect, you must admit this is an extraordinarily gorgeous shot:
Anonymous wrote:She wore a white dress to a wedding
Well, she hates her mother so that tracks.
She wore a white dress to a wedding
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I agree the Ted Baker dress she wore to the wedding was unflattering. It was too tight, but the larger issue was that it was tight to the knee and then she wore a pair of heels with an ankle cuff. So two severe vertical lines going across the lower half of her body and literally cutting her off at the knees. She would have looked a million times better (and IRL been more comfortable over the course of a long day) in a light, floor length dress with a fitted bodice and pretty neckline, and a pair of more delicate sandals.
But I think they wanted the white column for a number of reasons, not least a few shot compositions with her brothers where it was significant for her to be in white (connecting her to Kendall's white shirt and also posing as a contrast to Roman) and also specifically for her dress to be drawing a line through the shot. A number of commentators have noted that there are two particular shots with classical compositions reminiscent of certain Renaissance or Baroque paintings, and having Shiv in white adds a layer to that (white often being the color used for the Madonna or for a figure like the Venus de Milo in such paintings, representing innocence). Since the plot of the episode cast Shiv, Kendall, and Roman as children begging for their father's protection, and since a major theme of the episode (and an actual topic of discussion) was motherhood and birth, putting Shiv in white makes thematic sense. That it was not a great fashion choice for the character may have been seen as secondary. Regardless of what you think of the fashion aspect, you must admit this is an extraordinarily gorgeous shot:
She wore a white dress to a wedding
Anonymous wrote:I agree the Ted Baker dress she wore to the wedding was unflattering. It was too tight, but the larger issue was that it was tight to the knee and then she wore a pair of heels with an ankle cuff. So two severe vertical lines going across the lower half of her body and literally cutting her off at the knees. She would have looked a million times better (and IRL been more comfortable over the course of a long day) in a light, floor length dress with a fitted bodice and pretty neckline, and a pair of more delicate sandals.
But I think they wanted the white column for a number of reasons, not least a few shot compositions with her brothers where it was significant for her to be in white (connecting her to Kendall's white shirt and also posing as a contrast to Roman) and also specifically for her dress to be drawing a line through the shot. A number of commentators have noted that there are two particular shots with classical compositions reminiscent of certain Renaissance or Baroque paintings, and having Shiv in white adds a layer to that (white often being the color used for the Madonna or for a figure like the Venus de Milo in such paintings, representing innocence). Since the plot of the episode cast Shiv, Kendall, and Roman as children begging for their father's protection, and since a major theme of the episode (and an actual topic of discussion) was motherhood and birth, putting Shiv in white makes thematic sense. That it was not a great fashion choice for the character may have been seen as secondary. Regardless of what you think of the fashion aspect, you must admit this is an extraordinarily gorgeous shot:

Anonymous wrote:Yes shiv is unraveling and her clothes reflect that