Iconic

July 31, 2013 8:46 AM

Famous Eyeglasses, Famous Shoes, Famous Guitars (video), Famous Guns by designer Federico Mauro
posted by fearfulsymmetry (18 comments total)

This is neat!
posted by cashman at 9:16 AM on July 31, 2013

I find Famous Guns's lack of faith disturbing.
posted by cthuljew at 9:19 AM on July 31, 2013

It's a good idea for a project. I was disappointed not to see The Fifth Element in there.
posted by codacorolla at 9:41 AM on July 31, 2013

The two Colt Pythons were mirror images.
posted by leaper at 9:56 AM on July 31, 2013

OK, I haven't seen Suspiria in a while. Probably more than six months. But I'm pretty sure Suzy's last name was Bannion. And I don't remember her dancing in anything but the borrowed black shoes.

(If you ever see someone with the nickname "Giallo Ballet Movie Comic Book Guy," remember this moment. )
posted by The Underpants Monster at 10:22 AM on July 31, 2013 [1 favorite]

These are great.

Famous Guitars needs Willie Nelson and Glen Hansard
posted by mcstayinskool at 10:33 AM on July 31, 2013 [2 favorites]

And Woodie Guthrie.
posted by cthuljew at 11:00 AM on July 31, 2013

Not to mention Devo guitarist Bob Mothersbaugh's Ibanez "Blue Potato" and Labaye 2x4.
posted by Strange Interlude at 11:24 AM on July 31, 2013

Lady Gaga (and others) gets some of her shoes from Kobi Levi (a couple of the designs are NSFW. The Facebook page is more work-friendly).
posted by potsmokinghippieoverlord at 11:50 AM on July 31, 2013 [1 favorite]

Re: This famous gun.
That would be better ascribed to Commander John J. Adams. I don't believe Dr.Morbius ever wielded a blaster at any time in the movie.
posted by Thorzdad at 12:11 PM on July 31, 2013

And, in the guitars, it's really odd to have Lennon and Harrison's guitars, and not also have a certain left-handed Höfner 500/1.
posted by Thorzdad at 12:21 PM on July 31, 2013

The Lennon guitar is just a reproduction of his second Rickenbacker 325. His first 325 was far more interesting and iconic, with a gold scratchplate and headstock plate, wrong knobs, replacement tremelo and a badly misaligned replacement bridge.
posted by colie at 1:27 PM on July 31, 2013

Missing the guitars of Joe Strummer and Chris Butler.
posted by pxe2000 at 2:05 PM on July 31, 2013

...and how could I forget Tom Verlaine's Jazzmaster?
posted by pxe2000 at 2:06 PM on July 31, 2013

He got Kurt's shoe wrong. Cobain wore these.

I have (and still wear) the same style, bought in 1995 for $10 at a shoe store's "going out of business" sale on the border of Chinatown.
posted by droplet at 5:58 PM on July 31, 2013

Shenanigans - Cobain's guitar is just a right-handed guitar turned upside down. Cobain didn't play a right-handed guitar though, he played left-handed guitars.
posted by awfurby at 11:04 PM on July 31, 2013

Those aren't Alex DeLarge's boots. Alex wore jump boots, not whatever that hideousness in the link is.
posted by logicpunk at 3:09 AM on August 1, 2013

Wonder Woman (as played by Linda Carter) wore fabric kitten-heeled boots, or flats if she was doing anything remotely athletic in the scene. The style of boot depicted didn't become popular outside of fetish circles until the early '00s.
posted by Slap*Happy at 6:31 AM on August 1, 2013