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Lost interview focus of new Bill Cunningham documentary

This weekend sees the opening of the second documentary about the original streetstyle shutterbug, entitled The Times of Bill Cunningham. It centers on a 1994 interview with Cunningham by director Mark Bozek which was supposed to last ten minutes but ended when the tape ran out after six hours. Narrated by Sarah Jessica Parker the film weaves...

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New documentary presents Martin Margiela: In His Own Words

Anyone hoping to finally view the face of the elusive Belgian designer in the new documentary Martin Margiela: In His Own Words, which had its global premier at the Doc NYC film festival on Friday, will be disappointed. The camera focuses only on the designer’s hands, and archives and footage of the influential work made by those hands. We must...

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Review: McQueen film premiers at Tribeca Film Festival

“We didn’t want to make a fashion film, we wanted to make a film about an extraordinary man who happened to work in fashion,” says Ian Bonhôte, who together with co-director Peter Ettedgui, unveils the highly anticipated McQueen documentary at Tribeca Film Festival this week. His words are fitting because McQueen’s discomfort within the fashion...

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Film Review: We Margiela

New York - The man, the myth, the legend that is Martin Margiela has inspired a level of fandom in the fashion industry usually reserved for musicians who’ve died too soon. It has only surged since he stepped away from his eponymous company almost ten years ago. While an exhibition in Paris currently presents a greatest hits from the maison’s...

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6 Fashion Films & Documentaries to Watch in 2018

London - The fashion industry has produced its own pearls of beauty and wonder within the field of cinematography over the years. Considering the fact that the two sectors are both visually driven, it seems only natural that film in fashion go hand in hand. Whether they be in the form of a documentary, a short movie or a fashion-focused comedy...

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The ‘True Cost’ of the Fast-Fashion Ilusion: How something so cheap can make us feel so rich

London - Visit any high-street or shopping center in the Western hemisphere and you will be surprised by how little the average fashion offering may vary. From value-chains like Primark and Forever 21, to fast-fashion brands like Zara and H&M, ‘cheap’ clothing has managed to worm its way into the majority of our lives and our wardrobes. T-shirts...