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Nine creators talk about the films that continue to influence their aesthetics, from “in the mood for love” to “The Exorcist”.
By Emilia Petrarca
For many contemporary designers, movies were an introduction to the power of fashion. And whereas most children were focused on the plot, they were often more interested in the visuals and — in particular — the clothes. Maximilian Davis, the Milan-based creative director of Ferragamo, for example, remembers being fixated on the color palette of the 1999 Stanley Kubrick drama “Eyes Wide Shut” when he watched it as a preteen; Willy Chavarria, who designs his namesake brand in New York, first saw the 1973 horror classic “The Exorcist” when he was 12 and was entranced by a khaki dress. As adults, both men have watched these films again and again, weaving elements from the big screen into their collections. Here, they and seven other designers talk about the cinematic fashion moments that continue to inspire them.
It is the fashion movie par excellence. Faye Dunaway’s clothes, by legendary costume designer Theoni Aldredge, are remarkable, and seeing Dunaway, as fashion photographer Laura Mars, photograph Lisa Taylor, the style of the moment, in Columbus Circle dressed in a suit houndstooth was my first appearance in a photo shoot. . The disco soundtrack, Barbra Streisand theme song, and the fact that it featured the best hair and makeup artists of the time, John Sahag and Joey Mills, made it all feel like a real slice of global New York fashion. Also, how many movies have a Calvin Klein cameo in the opening credits? The Big-City Glamor film edit will be a component of my fashion vocabulary.
When I was in school at Central Saint Martins, someone shared an image of the wedding scene from the movie and I fell in love. The film is loosely based on the life of an Armenian poet, depicting the rituals of his daily life, and each shot resembles a Renaissance painting. The first symbol represents the rare pomegranate juice on a beige tablecloth, and it’s incredibly rich but also natural; That’s how I like to paint with colors. There are a lot of awesome reds, pinks, and purples, which are also on my palette. It’s a clever reminder of the universality of colors and how they live in our subconscious: white as purity, red as passion, etc. To show the evolution of a character, they are important.
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