Fashion fantasies for your vacation viewing (pt. 1)

 

Audrey Hepburn "Funnyface" GIF
Audrey Hepburn in “Funnyface”

Bored sitting around at home? Watched everything you can bear to binge online? Missing your major classes? We have suggestions for your fashion inspiration! Here are some lists of movies about fashion people or people who became fashion icons, to fill your head with visions of runways and fabulous parties.

In order to keep you straight, I’m giving you several categories of film here.

There are so many of these pop culture crossovers that I couldn’t get them all into one post, so stay tuned for the second lot next week. All links go directly to StyleCat when the library owns a copy of the film. If we don’t then links go to that movie’s record in IMDB.

1. Movies about the fashion makers and journalists themselves. These are either straight up bio-pics, like the several recent films on Chanel, or documentaries, like “The September Issue”. The library has a lot of these, which you can look at here:

StyleCat search for “fashion and documentary”

1a. TV/Films loosely about the fashion industry, slightly fictionalized:

Devil Wears Prada Photo
From the ‘Devil Wears Prada’

The Collection (2016-)
The Phantom Thread (2017)
Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009)
Madmen (2007-2015)
The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
Zoolander (2001)
Pret a Porter (1994, Robert Altman)
The House of Elliot (PBS 1991-94)

 

 

 

2. Movies & TV series that look so unbearably chic we are still talking about them: (This category has a lot of overlap with 3. next week…)

Paris is Burning characters posing
From ‘Paris is Burning’

 

Miss Fisher Mysteries (2012-2015)
Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)
Mirror Mirror (2012)
Gossip Girl (2007-2012)
Marie Antoinette (2006)
Amelie (2001)
Moulin Rouge (2001)
The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
The Matrix (1999)
Sex and the City (1998-2004)
Velvet Goldmine (1998)
Clueless (1995)
Paris is Burning (1990)

The Matrix characters
From the first ‘The Matrix’

 

Blade Runner creepy photo and girl
From the original ‘Blade Runner’

 

 

Do the Right Thing (1989)
She’s Gotta Have It (1986)
Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
Flashdance (1983)
Blade Runner (1982)
Diva (1981)
The Wiz (1978)
Annie Hall (1977)
Star Wars (1977-present)
Mahogany (1975)

Bonnie and Clyde pose
From ‘Bonnie and Clyde’

 

 

Shaft (1971)
Soul Train (1971-2006)
The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
Bonnie & Clyde (1967)
A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
The Avengers (1961-1969)
Vertigo (1958)
Rear Window (1954) (all Hitchcock, really)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
Gilda (1948)
The Women (1939)

Gentleman Prefer Blondes iconic photo
The iconic number from ‘Gentlemen Prefer Blondes’

The final category is a fascinating one: 3. what films were actually designed, whole or in part, by well known runway designers? The answer is: a lot of them! Tune in next week for the next installment of fashion’s film fantasies!

 

Glida classy photo
From ‘Gilda’

Comments

2 responses to “Fashion fantasies for your vacation viewing (pt. 1)”

  1. Zoonibo Avatar

    So many good films! The “True Cost” documentary is also a great watch for those interested in sustainable fashion, eco-fashion and ethical fashion. – https://truecostmovie.com/

    1. Beth Avatar
      Beth

      Cool! Thanks for the tip. I’ll add it to the list when I have a moment.