I would say "Blade Runner" (Dir. Ridley Scott) is a movie to include in your essay. It is not about fashion but has a very good use of clothing, combining classic garment with futuristic and showing how several styles can be used in a single movie. It pays a lot of attention to detail. I hope this help.

You could cover anything to be honest. When are fashion or clothes not involved in a film? I mean, how one dresses is implicated in the nature of their character: fashion is the physical manifestation of the character.

I watched Solondz's "Palindromes" a while back, and I thought it was intriguing how he approached they idea of how the aesthetic of a character changes your perception of their actions - its been done before, but he took it to its literal extreme. In that way he was examining, amongst other things, the importance of say, dress, as a mini-narrative to convey the larger message.

Hi there,
I would suggest "The Queen of the Damned"; the clothing is extraordinare par excellence. But ofcourse with an ancient touch to it.
For something modern, you might refer to the film "Gandhi", (Ben Kingsley), some of the clothing used has been taken over by the public as daily fashion. Afterall, we wear what we see, and show off with what we like.

Some others off the top of my head:
-Robert Altman's 'Pret-a-Porter' aka 'Ready-to-Wear'
-'Unzipped'
-'Zoolander'?!?

Peter Greenaway. I was thinking specifically of 'The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover' - lots of stuff in there about dressing and undressing and whatnot, but Gaultier did the costumes and had quite an impact on the film stylistically. But then, I think Greenaway is interested in fashion anyway - I didn't know this until I started looking at his biog just now but he's done a short on Zandra Rhodes. I suppose it depends how you want to angle your dissertation, but if you're interested in filmmakers who make use of couture and collaborations with designers, Greenaway should be a good starting point?

Not had chance to read the statements here, but dont forget the famous Cecil Beaton fashion for My Faiir Lady, truly classic.( great music as well) All I want is a room some where,The rain in spain stays mainly in Manchester etc, by jove he has got it.?

what about fellinis Roma - when they have clothes on...

also

Jubilee
Quadrophenia

Forgive me for banging on about this festival in London last May again, but it really was one of the best curated film programmes on fashion that I've ever seen (obviously, my own talk notwithstanding). The whole programme can be seen at http://www.fashioninfilm.com

I think you may have just written ellerby's thesis by giving them this link Penny. :)

Who says the fashion community doesnt give altruistically.