Whether to satisfy your curiosity about an industry so often wrapped up in mystery, to provide the backstory to some of the most important moments in fashion history, or simply to indulge in a little sartorial escapism, here, find all the most iconic...
Costumes by Edith Head and regular Hepburn collaborator Hubert de Givenchy - irresistible musical with the glamour of Hollywood’s Golden Age and the always a good idea Paris.
Funny Face (1957)
By Billy Wilder and Costumes by Edith Head, Hubert de Givenchy - first collab between Hapburn and the designer
Sabrina - Film (1954)
Costumes by Edith Head and Givenchy who designed the little Black dress, showing the power of a single garment. Also this movie is probably the biggest Hollywood classics of the '60s and perhaps the best-ever film adaptation of Truman Capote's work
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
Costumes by Mona May - modern interpretation of the Jane Austen novel “Emma” in ’90s Beverly Hills high school.
Clueless (1995)
By William Klein
mockumentary and French New Wave, capsule of 1960s style and have since inspired Jean-Paul Gaultier and Marc Jacobs
Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? (1966)
By Berry Gordy
Diana Ross designed 50 of the film’s 60+ costumes herself yet was uncredited
Mahogany (1975)
By Michelangelo Antonioni
cultural revolution of 1960’s London with Veruschka quintessential mod Goddess Swinging Sixties London
Blow-up - Film (1966)
By Robert Townsend and costumes by Ruth Carter - fun comedy
B*A*P*S (1997)
Costumes by Jacqueline Durran - just visually striking
Barbie (2023)
Costumes by Albert Wolsky - 1950s America no comment needed
Grease (1978)
By Billy Wilder
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
By Peter Greenaway and costumes by Jean-Paul Gautier - great costumes that make the film
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
By Robert Altman
supermodel era of the 1990s. Always beautiful Sophia Loren and Mastroianni
Prêt-à-porter - Film (1994)
Barbra Streisand’s singularly iconic wardrobe
Funny Girl - Film (1968)
Romcom satire on 1960s news media
Down with Love (2003)
Of course
Sex and the City (2008)
trio of fashion icons who set out on a cross-country journey in the titular bus, a visually jaw-dropping love letter to the LGBTQ+ community at a time when the world at large was still waking up to the reality of those suffering through the AIDS cris...
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
By Federico Fellini.
Giulietta degli spiriti - Film (1965)
Same as Priscilla a must see !
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995)
1978 film by Sidney and costumes by Tony Walton. Second appearance from Diana Ross, in a 24-year-old teacher from Harlem, magically transported to the urban-fantasy Land of Oz
The Wiz
By Josef Sternberg and costumes by Travis Banton. Marlene smoking her cigarette. Iconic.
Shanghai Express
By Charles Vidor and costumes by Jean Louis. Rita Hayworth do her thing
Gilda - Film (1946)
By Michelangelo Antonioni and costumes by Adriana Berselli. Monica Vitti perfection.
L'avventura - Film (1960)
By Carlo Di Palma and costumes by Adriana Berselli. Another perfect Monica Vitti in a woman on the road film.
