- The September Issue
Fashion is an art that has become interesting in recent years for many people outside the narrow circle of Haute Couture's customers and experts. More and more fashion shows and films attract attention to the faces behind every item in our wardrobe, no matter how much it costs and where it is bought.
Explanations are probably many, but here is my - fashion is art, everybody understands, it is entirely positive and works with the categories of the beautiful, the exquisite, the masterfully and the loving, useful and easily recognizable. And behind him are the designers - true geniuses, eccentric and unpredictable, each with their own whims and unique destiny.
2 . Valentino: The Last Emperor (2008)
Perhaps the most frank and exciting documentary about fashion ever made. Directed by Matt Tynerau, he spends two years with designer Valentino Garages and shoots more than 250 hours of material. Moreover, this is the last two years of Valentino at the head of the fashion house of the same name, and the film ends with the legendary yet unbeatable three-day party in Rome, with which the last emperor in fashion is leaving his empire. The greatest dignity of the film is that he is completely sincere - Valentino is shown to be capricious, hysterical and affectionate for every trifling perfectionist, invariably and faithfully loved and supported by the eternal Giancarlo and creating garments whose beauty literally stops breathing. The latest footage of his farewell to fashion is really poignant.
3 . Dior and I (2014)
A film about Raff Simons' first collection of Dior, which he made for only eight weeks. The arrival of Raff Simons in the fashion house was met with quite contradictory feelings after the scandalous expulsion of Galliano. This film is designed to prove that Dior is not so much the designer as the team behind him, the Haute Couture workshops. The film is full of footage from the two Dior high fashion studios filled with people working with passion and love for several decades and remembering the change of half a dozen designers. The story closely follows the elaboration of the uniquely beautiful clothes for Raff's first rehearsal and the moody tempo, so that preparation, which usually lasts eight months, can be gathered in two. "Dior and I" - this is the fashion house and its clients, point.
4 . Yves Saint Laurent (2014)
This is one of the two films for Yves Saint Laurent that appeared in the same year. My preferred option was approved by Pierre Bergze and accentuated much more on Laurent's work and the influence of his insanity and tough nature on fashion than the other film, superfluously detailed only on the scandal. The story follows Yves Saint Laurent's most productive years from his work on Dior to the famous Russian collection. The actors, the music, the scenery and the clothes - to one original, everything is wonderful.
5 . The Legacy of Alexander McQueen (2015)
A documentary that closely follows the creation of the last two collections of Macquine. Totally different, but equally extravagant and impressive, they are even enough to prove that the designer is one of the most remarkable people in fashion and art in general. More about McCain's life and sources of inspiration for his collections tells another documentary, McQueen and I, broadcast on the Air Force shortly after the death of the designer, which can now be freely watched online.
6 . Lagerfeld Confidential (2007)
The creator of this film, Rudolf Marconi, has dedicated him ten years of his life, with three of them lingering to Lagerfeld. The result is a detailed and impressive portrait-biography of the most famous designer of our time. As Lagerfeld himself says, he is not a man, but an image instantly recognizable to all. Iron discipline, inhuman will, workaholism, and lack of attachment to anything and anyone - that's the secrets of Lagerfeld. Still, let's not forget that the movie was shot before the Choupette cat appeared. Now maybe Lagerfeld has thought about the last point.
7 . The Return (2013)
I chose this film about Chanel not accidentally. There are several feature films about her life, two of which are great - "Coco before Chanel" with Audrey Tatu and "Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky" with the great Anna Maugalis and Mads Mycylsson. "Return", however, is being photographed by Lagerfeld himself and tells one of the most important and important moments in Chanel's life and career - her return from the United States to Europe and the new beginning of her fashion career. For the role of Chanel Lagerfeld, she chose Geraldine Chaplin, and her resemblance to the older Coco is striking. In addition, the film is shot in an absolutely authentic atmosphere, all the costumes, and most of the replicas in it are documentary.