Liberatti Scarf Rings and Accessories: Screen Sirens in Sprezzatura

Sprezzatura

It was a sandstorm Saturday in Doha, ideal then for a movie at home. We decided to dial up the iconic Annie Hall, and then followed a discussion about Sprezzatura in both film and television.

Sprezzatura refers to effortless elegance in dressing and is a phrase we apply to the ‘borrowed from the boys’ chic style adopted by many women nowadays.

We love the thrown-together floppy shirts, waistcoats and ties of Annie Hall, the droopy hat and wide leg trousers.

Dianne Keaton with Woodie Allen in the 1977 movie Annie Hall

Diane Keaton’s career is a chronicle of style, passion and human quirkiness. This Academy, BAFTA winning actor has brought life to characters in a diversity of films: The Family Stone, Reds, Something’s Gotta Give and the Godfather.
The style with which she has imbued her roles and off screen persona never fails to dazzle.

Besides Keaton, here are some of our other favorite Sprezzatura screen stars, beautifully suited and booted and radiating girl power?” Hilary Swank for starters.

Hilary Swank in Amelia (2009)

Hilary Swank is never afraid step into challenging, and we suspect, roles that reflect her personal and Sprezzatura attitude; the awe-inspiring aviator Amelia Earhart, Kate the gifted concert pianist afflicted with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in You’re Not You, Maggie Fitzgerald in Million Dollar Baby and Brandon Tenna in Boys Don’t Cry.

Off screen Swank has launched e-commerce fashion brand Mission Statement which supports her commitment to Hilaroo the foundation that connects youth and abandoned animals.

Meryl Streep 1985 as Karen Blixen in Out of Africa

Out of Africa the movie that anointed Meryl Streep as a superstar status inspired collections by Ralph Lauren, Donna Karan, Michael Kors, Yves Saint Laurent and Thierry Mugler. In her own words Streep’s Sprezzatura to acting is, “A smattering of things I’ve learned from different teachers, but nothing I can put into a valise and open it up and say, ‘Now which one would you like’? Nothing I can count on and that makes it more dangerous. But then the danger makes it more exciting.”

Nicole Kidman as Lady Sarah Ashley in the 2008 historical action drama ‘Australia.’

Nicole Kidman‘s film and theatre performances reveal a wide canvass of interests and passion; Eyes Wide Shut, Moulin Rouge, Photograph 51, Cold Mountain, Rabbit Hole and Batman Returns.

We loved her as Lady Ashley, courageous and at odds with the wild Australian outback. She is at her best in killer ‘borrowed from the boys’ outback wear, or sitting astride her white steed – every bit the polished Lady of the Manor.

“I call myself the wild card,” she says, “because I have no idea what it is. I’m so spontaneous—sometimes to my detriment and sometimes my benefit—but it’s how I’ve always been. My husband never knows what I’m going to choose. And then he’ll ask me to explain why and I can’t!”

Coming soon to HBO Little Big Lies starring Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, Shailene Woodley, Laura Dern and Zoë Kravitz.

Robin Wright as US first lady Claire Underwood in the Netflix production of House Cards.

Golden Globe Sprezzatura star Robin Wright launched her career across television and movie screens with the 80’s soap Santa Barbara, the movie Princess Bride, The Girl with Dragon Tattoo and Forest Gump. Robin joins the Wonder Woman reboot and Blade Runner 2049. Check out her off screen passion Raise Hope for Congo and When Elephants Fight.

Anne Hathaway as the intern in the Devil Wears Prada.

Screen and street credits for Anne Hathaway reads as a life being well lived. Her presence in roles on Broadway, as a voice actor and on screen in Devil Wears Prada, Brokeback Mountain, Interstellar, Le Miserable, and last year’s Barbara Streisand album ‘Movie Partners Sing Broadway.’ 2018, Hathaway joins Sandra Bullock and a host of Sprezzatura star power for Ocean’s 8. Hathaway.