True Films 3.0 - Kevin Kelly

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The concept is simple. Reveal what really happens as a world-class
couture designer develops, in fits and starts, his fall line. Show the factual
side of a fashion show. The result is both hilarious and mesmerizing. Unexpectedly
I came to appreciate fashion designers as artists, even though
I have zero fashion sense. (After this film was made the designer, Isaac
Mizrahi, went on to produce his own TV fashion show, Isaac.)
By Douglas Keeve
1995, 73 min.
Available from Amazon
Rent from Netflix
Isaac Mizrahi despairs (top) when
he is told another designer is,
improbably, working on the same
theme as he is – Eskimo and Inuit
style. Designer clothes are often
not practical. An assistant yanks off
the high boot of a model (middle).
On the catwalk, color highlights the
collection.
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