During Paris Fashion Week, models, designers and industry hot shots gather to work, mingle, argue and try to seduce one another.
Coco Before Chanel
Anne Fontaine · 2009
Synopsis
Several years after leaving the orphanage, to which her father never returned for her, Gabrielle Chanel finds herself working in a provincial bar. She''s both a seamstress for the performers and a singer, earning the nickname Coco from the song she sings nightly with her sister. A liaison with Baron Balsan gives her an entree into French society and a chance to develop her gift for designing.
The Devil Wears Prada
David Frankel · 2006
Synopsis
Andy moves to New York to work in the fashion industry. Her boss is extremely demanding, cruel and won''t let her succeed if she doesn''t fit into the high class elegant look of their magazine.
The Dressmaker
Jocelyn Moorhouse · 2015
Synopsis
In 1950s Australia, beautiful, talented dressmaker Tilly returns to her tiny hometown to right wrongs from her past. As she tries to reconcile with her mother, she starts to fall in love while transforming the fashion of the town.
Dior and I
Frédéric Tcheng · 2015
Synopsis
Behind-the-scenes documentary revealing what goes on inside the colourful, privileged, and sometimes stressful Christian Dior fashion house.
House of Gucci
Ridley Scott · 2021
Synopsis
When Patrizia Reggiani, an outsider from humble beginnings, marries into the Gucci family, her unbridled ambition begins to unravel the family legacy and triggers a reckless spiral of betrayal, decadence, revenge, and ultimately… murder.
Funny Face
Stanley Donen · 1957
Synopsis
A shy Greenwich Village book clerk is discovered by a fashion photographer and whisked off to Paris where she becomes a reluctant model.
Breakfast at Tiffany''s
Blake Edwards · 1961
Synopsis
Holly Golightly is an eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire. But when young writer Paul Varjak moves into her apartment building, her past threatens to get in their way.
Gia
Michael Cristofer · 1998
Synopsis
Gia Carangi travels to New York City with dreams of becoming a fashion model. Within minutes of arriving, she meets Wilhelmina Cooper, a wise and high-powered agent who takes Gia under her wing. With Cooper''s help and her own natural instincts, Gia quickly shoots to the top of the modeling world. When Cooper dies of lung cancer, however, Gia turns to drugs – and both she and her career begin to spiral out of control.
McQueen
Ian Bonhôte · 2018
Synopsis
Alexander McQueen''s rags-to-riches story is a modern-day fairy tale, laced with the gothic. Mirroring the savage beauty, boldness and vivacity of his design, this documentary is an intimate revelation of McQueen''s own world, both tortured and inspired, which celebrates a radical and mesmerizing genius of profound influence.
Marie Antoinette
Sofia Coppola · 2006
Synopsis
The retelling of France’s iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette. From her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at 15 to her reign as queen at 19 and ultimately the fall of Versailles.
Cristóbal Balenciaga
Aitor Arregi, Jon Garaño, Jose Mari Goenaga, Lourdes Iglesias · 2024
Synopsis
Cristóbal Balenciaga makes his debut as a designer in Paris, but the designs that set a trend in Spain don''t work well in the sophisticated empire of fashion where Chanel, Dior, and Givenchy set the trends. Guided by his obsession with control in all aspects of his life, Balenciaga will define his style and end up becoming the greatest of all.
The September Issue
R.J. Cutler · 2009
Synopsis
A documentary chronicling Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour''s preparations for the 2007 fall-fashion issue.
High & Low – John Galliano
Kevin Macdonald · 2024
Synopsis
Fashion designer John Galliano was widely recognized as one of the most successful names in 1990s and 2000s couture, until his career abruptly ended when he was caught on camera in 2011 hurling antisemitic and racist insults at bystanders in Paris.
Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards
Michael Roberts · 2017
Synopsis
An in-depth portrait of MANOLO BLAHNIK, self-confessed ''cobbler'' and the man regarded by most influential fashion figures as ''the best shoe-maker of the 20th and 21st centuries. A film for anyone who has ever looked longingly at a pair of... ''Manolos''
Oh, Dior!
Carla Duarte · 2017
Synopsis
Oh, Dior is an exclusive and sophisticated documentary on the French designer Christian Dior, celebrating the 70th anniversary of the brand.
Phantom Thread
Paul Thomas Anderson · 2017
Synopsis
In 1950s London, renowned British dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock comes across Alma, a young, strong-willed woman, who soon becomes ever present in his life as his muse and lover.
Yves Saint Laurent
Jalil Lespert · 2014
Synopsis
A look at the life of French designer Yves Saint Laurent from the beginning of his career in 1958 when he met his lover and business partner, Pierre Berge.
The Neon Demon
Nicolas Winding Refn · 2016
Synopsis
When aspiring model Jesse moves to Los Angeles, her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty-obsessed women who will take any means necessary to get what she has.
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
Jan Kounen · 2009
Synopsis
Paris 1913. Coco Chanel is infatuated with the rich and handsome Boy Capel, but she is also compelled by her work. Igor Stravinsky''s The Rite of Spring is about to be performed. The revolutionary dissonances of Igor''s work parallel Coco''s radical ideas. She wants to democratize women''s fashion; he wants to redefine musical taste. Coco attends the scandalous first performance of The Rite in a chic white dress. The music and ballet are criticized as too modern, too foreign. Coco is moved but Igor is inconsolable.
Personal Shopper
Olivier Assayas · 2016
Synopsis
Maureen, mid-20s, is a personal shopper for a media celebrity. The job pays for her stay in Paris, a city she refuses to leave until she makes contact with her twin brother who previously died there. Her life becomes more complicated when a mysterious person contacts her via text message.