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The fashion of film : how cinema has inspired fashion / Amber Butchart.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Mitchell Beazley, 2016Distributor: New York : Distributed in the USA by Hachette Book Group Copyright date: �2016Description: 224 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 178472176X
  • 9781784721763
Other title:
  • How cinema has inspired fashion
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43 BUT B983f
LOC classification:
  • TT506 .B883 2016
Contents:
Crime: dressed to kill -- The Big Sleep, 1946 -- Marnie, 1964 -- The Italian Job, 1969 -- Foxy Brown, 1974 -- Eyes of Laura Mars, 1978 -- Cry-Baby, 1990 -- The musical: spectacular fashion -- Zouzou, 1934 -- Top Hat, 1935 -- The Gang's All Here, 1943 -- West Side Story, 1961 -- Waqt, 1965 -- Wild Style, 1983 -- Historical epic: dressed to excess -- The Lucky Horseshoe, 1925 -- Gone With the Wind, 1939 -- Seven Samurai, 1954 -- Cleopatra, 1963 -- The Leopard, 1963 -- Dr Zhivago, 1965 -- Marie Antoinette, 2006 -- Horror: supernatural chic -- The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, 1920 -- Bride of Frankenstein, 1935 -- The Wicker Man, 1973 -- Suspiria, 1977 -- The Hunger, 1983 -- Ring, 1998 -- Romantic drama: seductive style -- Morocco, 1930 -- Letty Lynton, 1932 -- The Red Shoes, 1948 -- Black Orpheus, 1959 -- Belle de Jour, 1967 -- In the Mood for Love, 2000 -- Sci-fi & fantasy: bionic bodies -- Metropolis, 1927 -- Barbarella, 1968 -- The Stepford Wives, 1975 -- Tron, 1982 -- Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, 1985 -- Batman, 1989 -- The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, 2013 -- Art house & independent: style with substance -- Aelita: Queen of Mars, 1924 -- The Blood of a Poet, 1932 -- Breathless, 1960 -- The Holy Mountain, 1973 -- Grey Gardens, 1975 -- Wings of Desire, 1987 -- Moonrise Kingdome, 2012.
Summary: "The Fashion of Film takes a journey through the last 100 years of cinema style to investigate how the most iconic movies have influenced the world of high fashion. Researched extensively at the BFI library, the book examines this influence through 45 films across seven genres. 'Crime: Dressed to Kill' investigates the darker side of human nature that has provided us with style-obsessed archetypes, from the noir detective to the femme fatale. 'The Musical: Spectacular Fashion' looks at the lavish excess of this mid-century favourite and how it continues to inspire designers, while 'Historical Epic: Dressed to Excess' shows that the distant past still has the power to inspire the future, especially when mediated through the glamour of the film lens. 'Horror: Supernatural Chic' centres on the aesthetics of the paranormal, and how blood and monsters can provide unlikely inspiration for dress. 'Romantic Drama: Seductive Style' concentrates on the role of love and heartbreak in adorning the body, while 'Sci-Fi & Fantasy: Bionic Bodies' explores how our obsession with the future, or alternative realities, can shape the styles of the present. Finally 'Art House & Independent: Style with Substance' focuses on films that are made outside the mainstream, shaped by an auteur, whose particular vision can provide unique inspiration for the world of style"--Publisher's description.
Holdings
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Standard Loan LSAD Library Main Collection 791.43 BUT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39002100632778

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:


The Fashion of Film is the perfect book for the fashion fan. In it, fashion historian Amber Butchart takes a journey through the last 100 years of cinema style and its influence on the catwalks. With beautiful imagery and thoroughly-researched text, she looks at how our most iconic movies have transformed the world of high fashion.

Karl Lagerfeld was influenced by the dystopian vision of Metropolis, the picture-perfect world of Wes Anderson's films are echoed in the collections of Miuccia Prada, and Audrey Hepburn was key to Hubert de Givenchy's work. Fashion designers have long taken their inspiration from silver screen idols, and continue to do so today.

Includes index and bibliographic references.

Crime: dressed to kill -- The Big Sleep, 1946 -- Marnie, 1964 -- The Italian Job, 1969 -- Foxy Brown, 1974 -- Eyes of Laura Mars, 1978 -- Cry-Baby, 1990 -- The musical: spectacular fashion -- Zouzou, 1934 -- Top Hat, 1935 -- The Gang's All Here, 1943 -- West Side Story, 1961 -- Waqt, 1965 -- Wild Style, 1983 -- Historical epic: dressed to excess -- The Lucky Horseshoe, 1925 -- Gone With the Wind, 1939 -- Seven Samurai, 1954 -- Cleopatra, 1963 -- The Leopard, 1963 -- Dr Zhivago, 1965 -- Marie Antoinette, 2006 -- Horror: supernatural chic -- The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, 1920 -- Bride of Frankenstein, 1935 -- The Wicker Man, 1973 -- Suspiria, 1977 -- The Hunger, 1983 -- Ring, 1998 -- Romantic drama: seductive style -- Morocco, 1930 -- Letty Lynton, 1932 -- The Red Shoes, 1948 -- Black Orpheus, 1959 -- Belle de Jour, 1967 -- In the Mood for Love, 2000 -- Sci-fi & fantasy: bionic bodies -- Metropolis, 1927 -- Barbarella, 1968 -- The Stepford Wives, 1975 -- Tron, 1982 -- Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, 1985 -- Batman, 1989 -- The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, 2013 -- Art house & independent: style with substance -- Aelita: Queen of Mars, 1924 -- The Blood of a Poet, 1932 -- Breathless, 1960 -- The Holy Mountain, 1973 -- Grey Gardens, 1975 -- Wings of Desire, 1987 -- Moonrise Kingdome, 2012.

"The Fashion of Film takes a journey through the last 100 years of cinema style to investigate how the most iconic movies have influenced the world of high fashion. Researched extensively at the BFI library, the book examines this influence through 45 films across seven genres. 'Crime: Dressed to Kill' investigates the darker side of human nature that has provided us with style-obsessed archetypes, from the noir detective to the femme fatale. 'The Musical: Spectacular Fashion' looks at the lavish excess of this mid-century favourite and how it continues to inspire designers, while 'Historical Epic: Dressed to Excess' shows that the distant past still has the power to inspire the future, especially when mediated through the glamour of the film lens. 'Horror: Supernatural Chic' centres on the aesthetics of the paranormal, and how blood and monsters can provide unlikely inspiration for dress. 'Romantic Drama: Seductive Style' concentrates on the role of love and heartbreak in adorning the body, while 'Sci-Fi & Fantasy: Bionic Bodies' explores how our obsession with the future, or alternative realities, can shape the styles of the present. Finally 'Art House & Independent: Style with Substance' focuses on films that are made outside the mainstream, shaped by an auteur, whose particular vision can provide unique inspiration for the world of style"--Publisher's description.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Amber Butchart is a fashion historian and associate lecturer at London College of Fashion, and a former research fellow at the University of Arts London. She hosts a series of regular talks at the V&A Museum. Amber was Head Buyer and Trend Analyst for cutting-edge international vintage clothing chain Beyond Retro, and has worked with top fashion brands such as Yves Saint Laurent Beauté.

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