Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Don't you love fashion documentaries?

I do! The other night I caught a documentary (hooray for TV reception at Abel Point Marina) called "The Day Before" made by a French director Loic Prigent. He takes us behind the scenes for the last 36 hours before the fall 2009 fashion shows of Sonia Rykiel, Proenza Schouler, Fendi, and Jean-Paul Gaultier. The episode I was glued to was the Gaultier one.


I was absolutely mesmerised by the craftsmanship and skill of the people who take a design vision and make it real. The highlights for me were watching the creation of the hand sequinned dresses....
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...and the crocodile crocheted garment. The crocodile skin had been disassembled and the reassembled by crochet by a master at her craft of crochet. 
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Seeing this documentary reminded me how much I enjoy watching these "behind the scenes" look at the fashion industry. Another couple of my favourite are:-
Valentino: The Last Emperor   - This gave you an insight into the designer Valentino and the business of a couture fashion house. 
The September Issue - This one gave you a behind the scenes look at American Vogue and Anna Wintour. 


Does anyone else have their favourites?

1 comment:

  1. Me too! Yep - loved the Valentino one and I watched the Sonia Rykiel one in the series you mentioned - it is just fascinating - so much expertise. I just happened to stumble across that one which makes it more fun!

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