Paulus that is so funny, Roma when they have clothes on, yes I have that toga show on dvd its fun.
Nice to here Penny being so modest also.?Ha

Rear Window, Hitchcock, The costumes of Grace Kelly are amazing and almost every entrance she makes is to showcase her dress. The lighting used on just her is fantastic and every shot could be a still.

For me, it's got to be that bit in 'Rebecca' when Mrs Danvers is showing the second Mrs de Winter that she could never be the woman the first MdW was by taking her through EVERY GARMENT IN HER NOT INCONSIDERABLE WARDROBE. Uh, the fashion humiliation of it! Fantastic.

The Eyes of Laura Marrs was a 1970s film which I think Helmut Newton was the photographic consultant on in the way that Richard Avedon was consultant on Funny Face.Other films that are worth looking at areThe 5000 fingers of Doctor T,but only for the song the aforementioned Doctor T sings as he is getting dressed and Bonnie and Clyde for starting a full scale 1920s revival in the early 1970s.Bronco Bullfrog for those keen on all things Skinhead in a authentic way and the rather over referenced Clockwork Orange for a more unrealistic version.
Oh yeah and Goddards' girls were always beautifully stylish.
Good Luck,I hope that is of some help.

By the way I think Altmans' film Pret-a-Porter was one of the worst Fashion films ever.Come to think of it Wim Wenders film on Yohji Yamamoto was pretty dreadfull.
You should try and see( or read )The Devil wears Prada that's riding high in the American film charts and is rumoured to be based on a certain well known fashion editor.

I agree, 'Pret-a-Porter' was awful. Lampooning the smugness and condescension of fashion by being smug and condescending. Really pretentious film. 'Gosford Park' was good, but I find Robert Altman's films to always be pretentious. Oh my God, two people talking over each other, so groundbreaking!

i highly recommend a bruce willis film called 'the fifth element'. aside from being a very entertaining movie, the costumes are amazing, and were designed by john paul gaultier gaultier or john galliano- i can never remember which.

i have yet to see the devil wears prada, but it is high on my list. it got a rave review in the new yorker, which is probably one of the rarest things ever.

I'm getting a bit of deja vu here re: Eyes of Laura Mars - according to what I've read the photographer who produced the images for this film, and who was also consultant, was called Rebecca Blake. Her pix might be redolent of Helmut Newton but other than that I don't think he was involved?

This is not quite the right place to post this but I can't find the thread I'm thinking of. And it's not spam, it came to me in one of this week's newsletters from the respectable filmmakers organisation I'm subscribed to. I've not been to any of their do's though - anyone else?

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With reference to The Eyes of Laura Mars, Newton was credited as the photographer for the images in the 'book launch' scene near the beginning of the film. There is a great 'catfight' fashion photo shoot scene and Faye Dunaways wardrobe is also worth a look, the films costumes were designed by Theoni V.Aldridge who also did The Great Gatsby.

Other films to check are Todd Haynes' 'Far From Heaven' and Wong Kar Wai's 'In The Mood for Love' both of which I think use the clothing of the female lead in a similar but subtler way to 'The Cook, The Thief...' making them a character of there own, enhancing the scenes and atmosphere.