Thierry Mugler, la mode avec un grand M
A portrait of a brilliant creator—sometimes misunderstood for his extravagance—who thrived in the excessive ’80s and championed fashion as total scenography. Thierry Mugler (1948–2022) always knew exactly what kind of fashion he wanted to create: bold, grand, futuristic. With reinvention as his mantra, his collections presented a powerful, defiant, battle-ready woman. The success of his […]
Youth (Spring)
What stories lie behind those anonymous young workers in the factories? Beneath their quiet concentration, watched by relentless eyes, the poetry of youth quietly unfolds. This exquisite film observes without judgment or intrusion. An unremarkable mid-sized city in China. Textile factories. Countless young people from rural provinces chasing a future. A combination of factors as […]
Coordenadas: pasado, presente y futuro de la moda española
A 360º look at Spanish fashion from an authoritative voice: modaes.com, the go-to publication for industry professionals. With the journalistic rigor that defines its work, the modaes.com team paints a portrait of the current state of Spanish fashion—accounting for 2.9% of the country’s GDP—through interviews with multiple generations of professionals: Roberto Verino, Rosa Tous, Thomas […]
Capturing Lee Miller
An invitation to celebrate the life and personality of Lee Miller, an iconic woman who experienced the golden age of European avant-garde both in front of and behind the camera—as a model and as a war correspondent. At a time when dim-witted celebrities become idols, the charismatic Lee Miller stands as an inspiration for anyone […]
That Click
Douglas Kirkland is the photographer of the stars. Over six decades in the profession, he witnessed the evolution of Hollywood from its innocent days to a fierce show business. His portraits — Coco Chanel, Marilyn Monroe, Charles Chaplin, Brigitte Bardot — reveal the most intimate side of these icons. Everyone knows him. This documentary features […]
The Presidents’ Tailor. From Auschwitz to the White House
One man, two lives: in one, he is a young Czech who speaks Yiddish and loses his family in Auschwitz. In the next, he is a tailor living in Brooklyn, speaking English, and dressing U.S. presidents. This charmingly smiling man experienced both the worst and the best of humanity. In Auschwitz, he lost everything. But […]
The Treasure of His Youth: The Photographs of Paolo Di Paolo
Bruce Weber unveils all the Italian charm of Paolo di Paolo, the photographer who captured the postwar era and its heroes: Magnani, Vitti, the anonymous townsfolk, children, and the outcasts. Beauty, hedonism, passion. Photographer and filmmaker Bruce Weber crafts a love letter to one of his most admired peers: Paolo di Paolo, the foremost portraitist […]
Shocking Schiaparelli, histoire d’une visionnaire de la mode
A rebellious spirit in service of a visionary mind. An avant-garde designer who understood the expressive power of the union between art and fashion. Shocking! Once upon a time, there was a free-spirited young woman who grew up among aristocrats, scholars, Orientalists, astronomers, mediums, philosophers, and artists. Born in fin-de-siècle Rome, she quickly realized that […]
Model
Restored version of a cult 80s film dedicated to the everyday life of models: what is seen and what is not. Although fashion has assimilated it as something natural, the profession of modeling is incredibly strange: chance grants you genetic advantages that fit the prevailing beauty standards, and brands pay you to embody a dream. […]
High & Low: John Galliano
In fashion, there’s no room for nuance: you’re a hero, a villain, a demigod, or a nobody. Galliano has had the time to be a young prodigy, a genius, a pariah, and rehabilitated. This is his controversial story. John Galliano didn’t just enter the world of fashion—he stormed into it. A graduate of Saint Martins […]
