Red Heads in RED. UGH.

I hate when designers put redheads in red. Once in a while it's done right but it has to be the right shade. But most of the time, I think it clashes like crazy. So, I've found some examples. So I'll start with "The Notebook." They felt that putting Rachel McAdams in red would be a good idea. I'm not really a fan. It's not the worst I've ever seen but I don't really like it. Luckily, Rachel's hair isn't SO red that it's unbearable. It's sort of a strawberry blonde. Here's another one. The worst outfit I think is this one. I couldn't find a good pic of it so that's to give you an idea of the scene it's in.

Okay moving on. When Kate Winslet had red hair in a few of her movies, designers also felt it necessary to put her in red. Here's her red dress in Titanic. It's a great dress and sort of iconic to the movie but it's not complimentary to her orangy hair color. Here's an outfit from when she did Hamlet. It doesn't clash as much as the previous one but it's still odd.

Okay. Nicole Kidman. Moulin Rouge. The red dress. WHY? That pic makes her hair look almost brown but if you watch the movie, it's DEFINITELY red. It's horrible. Love the dress, love the hair, HATE them together. Here's another red dress they put her in in that movie.

And then there's "Elizabeth The Golden Age." This is red done right. When it's done in shades that go with the hair, like more orange tones, it looks good like this one and this one. But I always think that redheads look best in GREEN. Cate is put in green here (LOVE the sleeves btw) and a sort of yellow green here. They look better than struggling to make red work, in my opinion, although the reds they put her in worked. Her hair also goes well with purple.

Okay, now for one of my favorite series, "Mad Men." It has one of the most popular and attractive red heads out there right now, Christina Hendricks. Amazon woman haha. Okay, I just want to die when they put her in red or pink. Here is another one. And another. Again, why must they put this beautiful redhead in these colors that clash so badly with her hair??? It's so frustrating! Here's another woman in the series who's a redhead and they put her in a red shade too. Okay, now to prove my point that redheads look great in green. The designers don't realize that she looks bad in red but luckily they DO realize that green looks great on her. Here's Christina looking great in green. And again. And again. And yet again. Here's the other girl I showed also looking 10 times better in green (I just realized how similar her dress is to Christina's in the previous pic I linked to.) Christina looks almost as good in purple. And again. (That was an intense episode.)

So there it is. Photographic proof that red heads shouldn't be put in red but should rather be put in green or purple. It makes them look more complimentary in general and makes their fiery hair stand out as the flame it was intended to be.

By the way, here is a great video on the costuming in Mad Men.