Because all the triggers were there, the wardrobe was perfect, the scene somehow fit a fantasy.

“(David Lynch) came in and he said, ‘Willem this is your costume.’ It was on a hanger… I put on that costume, learned my lines and I was good to go. Willem Dafoe, who plays the dolphin-teethed villain Bobby Peru, extolled the importance of costume to the film in a Q&A with an audience at a screening. Because all the triggers were there, the wardrobe was perfect, the scene somehow fit a fantasy” – Willem Dafoe

“I put on that costume, learned my lines and I was good to go. Still, the actors involved in the film note that they were acutely aware of how the costumes helped them create such iconic characters from the get go. So why does Wild at Heart’s clothing continue to be mined for its playful kink? First off, it would be false not to acknowledge the cyclical nature of fashion, and how much of what pervaded the early 90s – chokers, bodycon dresses, and hot pink everything – has returned simply by virtue of enough time passing. New York designer Joseph Altuzarra cited Wild at Heart as one of the main touch points of his SS17 collection, saying the collection was “a modern take on romance and kitsch.” He interpreted Sailor’s snakeskin jacket with the python coat one of his models wore – the same one that spawned the unforgettable Nic Cage line: “Did I ever tell ya that this here jacket represents a symbol of my individuality, and my belief in personal freedom?” Many of the girls in the show were facsimiles of Lula Fortune. Recently, designers have tapped into that retina-searing style for their own collections. It’s without a doubt David Lynch’s most stylish film. Much like the passionate screams of Lula Fortune in that first of many gruesome murders on the stairs of the opening gala, Wild At Heart has an enduring style that rings loud and true long after you watch it. More than the illogical non-sequiturs and legit barking by some characters, the film is Lynch’s perfect marriage of weird characters and weirder threads. It’s about a Bonnie & Clyde twosome with a few screws loose and their larking about to elude the hitmen sent after them.

From the opening scene where Sailor (in a monochrome blazer) and Lula (wearing a coral dress with choker and Ariana Grande hair) cut through the samey crowds, the lovesick duo dish out lewk after lewk all while thwarting the clutches of Lula’s disapproving mum Marietta.

What David Lynch’s Wild At Heart has is style, man.

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