Screen Style: Janet from Once Upon a Time in…Hollywood

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Early on during the COVID-19 quarantine, I asked for blog post ideas, and someone suggested that I write about how we were coping with the whole situation. Well, one way I’m coping is watching Once Upon a Time in…Hollywood repeatedly. Like, I’m not joking. I’ve watched at least six times in the last five months. When I first saw the film back in July of last year (you can check out the blog post here) I completely fell in love with the movie, and specifically loved Zoe Bell’s character of Janet, who literally appears for a brief few minutes and delivers only seven lines.

Even before seeing Once Upon a Time in…Hollywood I loved Bell. She is the epitome of a badass. I especially loved her in Tarantino’s 2007 film Death Proof. And during quarantine she put together this awesome “Boss Bitch Fight” challenge. If you’ve seen Once Upon a Time in…Hollywood, she’s the person who breaks up the fight between Bruce Lee and Cliff, and is married the Kurt Russell’s character, Randy.

Janet, woman wearing black mock turtle neck short sleeve short, olive capris, and a straw cowboy hat steps in front of a Sphinx head.

Janet stands with her back to the camera. Randy, a man in an olive green jacket, black shirt, and khaki pants looks at her.

Janet stands with her arms crossed next to Cliff, a man in a white button up shirt, black vest, and black pants, and Bruce Lee, a man wearing a white tank top and black pants.

Randy stands with his back to the camera in front of Cliff and Lee, Janet stands in the backgrond.

Her outfit was simple, and prime for a closet cosplay, meaning I could use pieces from my own closet, with one exception, her hat.

I’ve been wanting a good straw cowboy hat for awhile anyway, as they good for keeping the sun off and breather better than wool ones, perfect for summer, so I saw this as an excuse to finally get one. Not all straw cowboy hats are created the same, and I wanted to one that had at least a similar weave style as hers, and in pausing the movie, I was able to spy a key detail, a blue and red shield like pin on the hat band. In looking at hats on-line I realized this was the United States Team Roping Championships logo, which appears on certain Resistol hats. Through this I was able to actually find the exact model of hat, which is the Wildfire. Thankfully my searching fell when there was sale happening, so I was able to get it at a halfway decent price. It should be noted that the film takes place in 1969, and the USTRC wasn’t founded until 1990. But, it’s a tiny detail that appears on screen for a second, so I doubt many caught it.

While not visible clearly in the screencaps, I did notice she had some plastic hoop earrings, so I threw on a pair of bakelite hoops I owned.

Myself wearing a straw cowboy hat, black mock turtle neck, olive capris and white pointed flats.

Myself wearing a straw cowboy hat, black mock turtle neck, olive capris and white pointed flats.

Myself wearing a straw cowboy hat, black mock turtle neck, olive capris and white pointed flats.

Myself wearing a straw cowboy hat, black mock turtle neck, olive capris and white pointed flats.

Close up of the USTRC pin.

Myself wearing a straw cowboy hat, black mock turtle neck, olive capris and white pointed flats.

Myself wearing a straw cowboy hat, black mock turtle neck, olive capris and white pointed flats.

Myself wearing a straw cowboy hat, black mock turtle neck, olive capris and white pointed flats.

My green capris are cuffed, and her’s are tailored, but I’m always on the hunt for cute green pants, and would totally buy a pair closer to her’s if I found them. Also, her shoes have a small heel to them, so I’ll also keep an eye out for a pair closer, because white shoes are shockingly hard to come by!

Is there anything specifically that’s getting you through this tough time? If you’re in need of some stuff to watch, I made a watch-list for Disney+ here.

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2 comments on “Screen Style: Janet from Once Upon a Time in…Hollywood”

  1. Fabulous job! I love your olive/khaki green capris. I was all but obsessed with the colour (for clothing) in my teens and have been getting progressively more into it again in recent years (especially since it plays so nicely with black, grey and brown – all of which I already wear quite often).

    Autumn Zenith 🧡 Witchcrafted Life

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  2. During the pandemic, I watched all of the back episodes of This Is Us, followed by all of the back episodes of Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist. Both are supposed to be renewed this fall.

    Then I tried Gilmore Girls and Friday Night Lights. Neither one was for me. I couldn’t stand the Lorelei Gilmore character. I’m not that much into football, so Friday Night Lights wasn’t for me, even though it was critically acclaimed.

    Now I’m watching all of the back episodes of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend — and loving it! The executive music director for that show was Adam Schlesinger, who was a musical genius, in my opinion. Sadly, he passed from Covid in April. Schlesinger also wrote Stacy’s Mom for Fountains of Wayne and the title song for the Tom Hanks movie That Thing You Do, which I also watched during the pandemic. I had always liked Stacy’s Mom, but I had no idea he had written so many other things.

    These shows have helped to keep me sane, because they bring a little sunshine to my life every day!

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