Iona!

A reading response will be coming tomorrow, but for now I wanted to include this link for a very awesome picture of Iona and youtube video of Duckie from Pretty in Pink. I don't know how many of you had a chance to re-watch this film, but it has always been one of my favorites for many reasons (Duckie being one of them). However, in terms of style, I definitely remember not being a huge fan of Molly Ringwald's in this film but LOVING the variety of "looks" embodied by her friend, Iona (played awesomely by Annie Potts). When I was in high school and first discovered this film, I remember wanting to be "punk" so badly and Iona was definitely an influence (although I never had the guts to do to my hair what she did in the picture below). Furthermore, I find Iona's ending within the movie as tragic as the blogger I linked to above.

Her transformation from this:
















To this:
Is tragic and definitely something worth talking about in terms of subcultural female style. On a side note, to explain the picture of the Jonas brothers, I had the most difficult time finding the image of Iona in a suit and the only one I could find was on a blog comparing her look to the Jonas brothers. At first I thought about cropping it, but then I thought this could provide for even more fascinating conversation.