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Ten of the Best Fashion Docs

s we eagerly await the release of the doc on this week’s ‘Who The F*** Are You?’ profile subject, Balmain creative director Olivier Rousteing, here are ten of the best fashion documentaries on the style world's most exciting characters, and the reality of their lives behind the curtains of glamour.


MCQUEEN

Confirming his legacy as a creative genius, this finely-tuned documentary about the late Alexander McQueen takes the audience on an intimate journey into the highs and lows of one of fashion’s greatest maverick designers.

Watch on Hulu


FRANCA: CHAOS AND CREATION

Franca Sozzani, the highly revered and longtime Editor in Chief of Vogue Italia, is celebrated here in a film directed lovingly by her son, Francesco Carrozzini, that was released just after her death in 2016.

Watch on Netflix


BILL CUNNINGHAM NEW YORK and THE TIMES OF BILL CUNNINGHAM

Self-proclaimed ‘fashion historian,’ photographer Bill Cunningham, documented high society and street fashion for decades. Much loved by all, he traversed Manhattan on bicycle and if you weren’t captured by his lens, then life that day may not have been worth living. This intriguing man’s life deserves two documentaries.

Watch on Pluto


MANOLO: THE BOY WHO MADE SHOES FOR LIZARDS

Considered the King of Shoemakers, Manolo Blahnik brought charm, wit and an exquisite design and craft to the most prestigious feet of the 20th and 21st century. His star gained even more luminescence as a constant ‘cameo’ in ‘Sex and the City.’

Watch on Amazon


LARGER THAN LIFE: THE KEVYN AUCOIN STORY

Kevyn Aucoin was one of the first rock star makeup artists. A gay man from Alabama, he broke the mold in his ascent to the very top, bringing along a list of who’s who as his fans.

Watch on Amazon


DIANA VREELAND — THE EYE HAS TO TRAVEL

The OG arbiter of elegance, before anyone, there was Diana Vreeland. As the editor of Vogue, not only did she change the game, she invented the rules and then delighted in breaking them.

Watch on Pluto


THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ANDRE

For many years known as Anna Wintour’s right hand man, this film tells the tale of Andre Leon Talley’s rise from humble beginnings in North Carolina to become a larger than life, trailblazing tastemaker, and one of the most influential figures in fashion media.

Watch on Hulu


WESTWOOD: PUNK. ICON. ACTIVIST

As one of the original punk movement founders in London, Vivienne Westwood remains an enormous influence in the fashion world. An activist, designer and provocateur, she epitomizes what it is to blaze a brilliant trail, rebel and demand answers of authority.

Watch on Amazon


UNZIPPED

Covering the design and presentation of Isaac Mizrahi’s 1994 Fall Collection, with cameos by all our favorite supermodels, this doc is a unique behind the scenes look at fashion’s inner workings, narrated with Mizrahi’s famed wit and self-deprecating humor.

Watch on Pluto


HALSTON

Handsome and talented, Halston epitomized the glamour of New York in the 1970s. From the days of Studio 54, he was America’s first superstar designer, and even though his reign was not long to last, his clothes are still copied and revered. Interesting to watch now, as Ewan McGregor prepares to star as the designer in Netflix’s upcoming new mini series, ‘Simply Halston’.

Watch on Amazon

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