movie inspiration: Foreign Intrigue (1956)

[click first pic to watch instantly on netflix]



This is along the lines of Mr. Arkadin, but it's not done by Orson Welles so it's no where near as good. Still, these are my favorite kinds of films - post-war pan-European mystery/adventures. Robert Mtchum is in this one and is great as always. But what intrigued me most was this:



While I agree that the new Balmain collection is terribly dull, let us remember what real Balmain was all about -








I also love this pastel femme fatale ensemble -



+++EDIT - to be clear - that hat is just a regular wool felt beret she's wearing, just like you can still get today. Wikipedia says people have been wearing berets since the Bronze Age, which I think is wild.
In fact that whole outfit can be bought new today - and for the last 80 years.