3 Film Aesthetics Reimagined as Mood Boards for Your Summer Wardrobe

Well-crafted film aesthetics often outshine plotlines, leaving lasting impressions through cinematography and styling. Just as movies transport audiences, fashion allows us to escape through thoughtfully curated outfits.

For those looking to romanticize everyday life, we’ve created three summer wardrobe mood boards inspired by iconic films, blending cinematic visuals with wearable style.

Midsommar

Florence Pugh in Midsommar

Ah, Midsommar. The movie that captured the hearts of quirky chicks with baby bangs at any given liberal arts college. It was so delicately edgy, and the capturing contrast of visuals and narrative was so good that it distracted the audiences from questioning the movie’s ambiguity.

All jokes aside, the soft pastel florals and crisp white attires were memorable enough to make this Scandinavian cult fantasy an indie darling.

Dazed and Confused

Matthew McConaughey in Dazed and Confused

Before Freaks and Geeks, the early 2000s cult comedy set in the 90s idolizing high school burn-outs, there was Dazed and Confused, the 90s cult stoner comedy set in the 70s romanticizing high school burn-outs.

Dazed and Confused gave Matthew McConaughey iconic lines, which blessed the internet culture fruitful gifs and memes; it is a national treasure. The movie’s cult status heightened by the 70s apparel makes the recent hype around the 90s aesthetic look amateur.

For a hardcore vintage fashion statement, go for the 70s look, and it will stand out wherever you are unless that place is deep Brooklyn or niche parts of Europe where the fit is already the norm.

Call Me By Your Name

Timothée Chalamet and Armie Hammer in Call Me by Your Name

But let’s get one thing straight: It would have been a whole different story if Elio and Oliver met in Sicily instead.

Set against the sun-soaked backdrop of somewhere in Northern Italy, Call Me by Your Name's cinematography is a wet dream for those who fetishize romantic Euro summers. Linen shirts, tailored shorts, and muted tones translate seamlessly into a luxury summer wardrobe inspired by film. For cinematic summer style, focus on soft textures and Italian-inspired elegance.