

Fashion has been the focus of popular films such as Qui êtes vous, Polly Maggoo?, Blow Up, Clueless, Zoolander, Bruno and Coco Before Chanel.
Mahogany (1975) which starred Diana Ross who also served as costume designer.
Films about models tend to paint a dark picture. Below Puzzle of a Downfall Child (1970)and Lipstick (1976).

Above Frames from the Edge (1989) documented photographer Helmut Newton. Below Robert Altman's Prêt-à-Porter (1994) was a satiric look at the fashion industry.
Until recently, films about fashion designers were rare. Wim Wenders' A Notebook on Cities and Clothes (1989) was one of the first projects to take a close look at fashion design. Yoshi Yamamoto opened up his studios and life to the cameras.
More recently the exclusive circle of fashion has revealed its madness to the general public in many popular films.



Above Pat Field calls herself a costume stylist as she sources couture and exclusive fashion design for films like Sex & the City (2008) and The Devil Wears Prada (2006). Read a profile of Field here.
