The film starts earning its noir credentials straight after the stylish title sequence concludes, as the camera drifts up from a busy street scene towards the upstairs bar in which Easy is scouring the job ads, where the scene is set delivered by his own reflective narration It was summer, 1948, and I needed money Easy himself ticks all the right boxes, being a solo figure who is drawn into a web of intrigue by a seemingly simple job, one that quickly blows up in his face and involves him in dark dealings and several deaths
Care Instructions: DO NOT DRY CLEAN IRON AT LOW TEMPERATURE DO NOT TUMBLE DRY DO NOT USE BLEACH WASH AT MAXIMUM 30 C
White Linen Dress + Black Sandals Style Notes: White linen is to summer what black leather is to winter, but there's no need to wait until November to channel the latter
Crafted from a stretch fabric for comfort, the dress has an invisible zip fastening at the back, a high neckline, and sleeves
Timeless, elegant and endlessly versatile
Although the decision to adopt the uniform could come at any time, most of those I have polled expected to be later, rather than sooner