Summary: "[This film] follows the events leading up to the iconic fashion effrontery at the Chateau de Versailles on November 28, 1973 ... when five French designers--Givenchy, Cardin, YSL, Ungaro and Dior took on five American designers (Halston, Bill Blass, Anne Klein, Oscar de la Renta and Stephen Burrows) in a fashion showdown to save the palace"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: [publisher not identified] 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC VERSummary: "The True Cost is a groundbreaking new documentary film that pulls back the curtain on an unseen part of our world and asks us each to consider, who pays the price for our clothing? Filmed in countries all over the world, from the brightest runways to the darkest slums and features interviews with the world's leading influencers including Stella McCartney, Livia Firth, Vandana Shiva and many...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TRUSummary: An unprecedented behind-the-scenes look at the making of the coveted September Issue of Vogue in 2007, which was the largest and most sold to date. An intimate, funny and surprising look at the legendary editor-in-chief Anna Wintour and her team of larger-than-life editors. This is the captivating story of how they create the must-have bible of fashion. At the eye of this hurricane is the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2010
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SEPSummary: A personal look at the extraordinary life, career, and artistry of Alexander McQueen. Through exclusive interviews with his closest friends and family, recovered archives, exquisite visuals and music, it is an authentic celebration and thrilling portrait of an inspired yet tortured fashion visionary.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Vertical Entertainment 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MCQSummary: Miranda, editor of "Runway" magazine, is a terror to everyone around her. Her first assistant strives to please her, but can't quite pull it off. Enter Andy, a young woman who knows nothing of the fashion industry and has never read the magazine. Nonetheless, Miranda, hires her as second assistant. When Miranda demands that she obtain the next unpublished Harry Potter manuscript, it forces Andy...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2006
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A Cinderella story about an inconspicuous salesgirl who is whisked off to Paris by a group of fashion magazine sophisticates and is transformed into a dazzling model with whom the magazine's photographer falls in love.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD FUNCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Family Funny 1957Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS FUNSummary: Focuses on issues of identity -- how individuals see and define themselves based on clothes, where they live, how they see their place in the world. Profiles/interviews fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto as he and his staff prepare for the presentation of a seasonal collection. Director/writer Wim Wenders compares the film and fashion industries, illustrating how they parallel one another.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2002
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC NOTSummary: Barbie goes to Paris to save her aunt's fashion house with the help of fairies and a shy clothing designer.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2010
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In 1970s London amidst the punk rock revolution, is a young grifter named Estella, a clever and creative girl determined to make a name for herself with her designs. She befriends a pair of young thieves who appreciate her appetite for mischief, and together they are able to build a life for themselves on the London streets. One day, Estella's flair for fashion catches the eye of the Baroness...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney 2021
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY CRUCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CRUCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CRUCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD CRUCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE CRUSummary: America's first superstar designer rose to international fame in the 1970s, creating an empire and personifying the dramatic social and sexual revolution of the last century. Reaching beyond the glitz and glamour, acclaimed filmmaker Frederic Tcheng reveals Halston's profound impact on fashion, culture, and business.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HALSummary: One of the earliest and best-loved films of this period in his career, which balances a realistic depiction of tormented romance with staging that remains true to the director's roots in experimental theater. This unforgettable, unforgiving dissection of the imbalanced relationship between a haughty fashion designer and a beautiful but icy ingenue, based, in a sly gender reversal, on the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN BITVreeland, Diana
Summary: Documents the life and career of Diana Vreeland, one of the most influential women of twentieth-century fashion and culture.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: eOne 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DIASummary: 3-time winner of the Male Model of the Year, Derek, loses out the fourth time to rival, Hansen. Now the ridiculously good-looking supermodel, with the help of a women reporter, must save the world from an evil clothes manufacture.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2002
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3 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY ZOOSummary: An aspiring fashion designer struggles to find success and love. The story cuts into her life once a year, always on the same date, her birthday.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2018
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ALLCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE ALLCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie All 2018Summary: As Bruno travels the world in search of fame, no one, whether they are celebrities, politicians or even terrorists, will be spared from his signature sense of style and his wickedly off-kilter manner. And, yes, they are all real situations. Prepare yourself for non-stop laughs and outright gasps when you experience the unforgettable antics of Bruno. Bonus material included.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2009
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY BRUSummary: A fashion designer suffers from a mysterious illness that confounds her doctors and frustrates her husband until help arrives in the form of a Filipino nanny who uses traditional folk healing to reveal a horrifying truth.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER NOCWinslet, Kate
Summary: Returning to her small Australian town after decades abroad mastering the art of dressmaking, a woman begins making articles of clothing that arouse competition and envy in town, but it soon becomes clear that her mind is set on revenge.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Broadgreen 2016
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA DRECopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE DRESummary: "Acclaimed street syle photographer Ari Seth Cohen and director Lina Plioplyte dive into the personal lives of New York City's most fashionable seniors. In an industry obsessed with youth, these older women dispel conventional ideas about beauty and aging and prove that with age comes grace, confidence, and new, unimagined opportunities for fame and fortune."--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ADVSummary: Miranda is the editor of "Runway" magazine. She is a terror to everyone who is around. Her first assistant strives to please her, but can't quite pull it off. Enter Andy, a young woman who knows nothing of the fashion industry and has never read the magazine. Nonetheless, Miranda, hires her as a second assistant. When Miranda demands that she obtain the next unpublished Harry Potter manuscript,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DEV RATED PG-13Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Devil 2006Summary: Years after being abandoned at an orphanage by her father, Gabrielle Chanel finds a job in a tailor shop where she meets, and soon begins an affair with French millionaire Etienne Balsan. Through Baron Balsan she is introduced into French society and given the opportunity to design her own style of hats. Though her career takes off, her personal life becomes more complicated when she falls in...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Classics 2010
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD COCCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD COC RATED PG-13Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN COCSummary: After years organizing fashion in the city, Lauren decides to move home. In exchange for her organizing services, mover Rob makes it his mission to help her see the beauty of Seattle.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY FASCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FASSummary: In acclaimed director Edgar Wright's psychological thriller, Eloise, an aspiring fashion designer, is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s where she encounters a dazzling wannabe singer, Sandie. But the glamour is not all it appears to be and the dreams of the past start to crack and splinter into something far darker.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY DRAMA LASCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LASSummary: A possessed pair of jeans is brought to life to punish the unscrupulous practices of a trendy clothing company. Shipped to the company's flagship store, the killer jeans proceed to wreak carnage on staff who are locked in overnight to set up the new collection.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Cunningham, Bill
Summary: Profiles New York Times fashion photographer and columnist, Bill Cunningham.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Zeitgeist Films 2011