The Luella Spring/Summer 2008 Show was inspired by Thora Birch’s character, Enid, in Terry Zwigoff’s « Ghost World », which was based on Daniel Clowes’s eponymous graphic novel.
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The African Queen
Images of Katharine Hepburn in John Huston’s « The African Queen » featured on the mood board of the Erdem Spring/Summer 2015 Show.
Photo : Yannis Vlamos / Indigitalimages.com
The Devil’s Envoys
The 36th look, named « Les Visiteurs du Soir », of the Jean Paul Gaultier Couture Autumn/Winter 2009-2010 Show, titled « Actresses / Les Actrices » (or « Cinema / Cinéma »), was a tribute to Marcel Carné’s « The Devil’s Envoys / Les Visiteurs du Soir ».
Another « The Devil’s Envoys »-inspired collection : Dior by John Galliano Couture Autumn/Winter 2006-2007 (in part).
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Last Year at Marienbad
The French formal garden of the Chanel by Karl Lagerfeld Spring/Summer 2011 Show was inspired by the black-and-white elegance of Alain Resnais’s « Last Year at Marienbad / L’Année dernière à Marienbad ».
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Legend
The Gareth Pugh Spring/Summer 2007 Show was inspired by the scene in Ridley Scott’s « Legend » where Princess Lili dances in a room and turns into her darker self.
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The Flowers of War
The Antonio Berardi Spring/Summer 2015 Show took inspiration from Zhang Yimou’s « The Flowers of War ».
Photo : Stefano Masse / Indigitalimages.com
Barry Lyndon
The Alexander McQueen Spring/Summer 2007 Show, entitled « Sarabande », made reference to Stanley Kubrick’s « Barry Lyndon ».
Another « Barry Lyndon »-inspired collection : Altuzarra Spring/Summer 2015 (this show paid tribute to « Barry Lyndon »’s sinister magnificence).
Photo : MarieClaire.fr
Mamma Mia ! The Movie
The Ryan Lo Spring/Summer 2015 Collection is partly influenced by the innocence of Sophie Sheridan in Phyllida Lloyd’s « Mamma Mia ! The Movie » and by Carrie Bradshaw’s vacation to Abu Dhabi in Michael Patrick King’s « Sex and the City 2 ».
To read about other « Sex and the City 2 »-inspired pieces and « Sex and the City »-influenced shoes, search for the « Sex and the City 2 » and « Sex and the City » posts that I have published on November 20, 2012, and on January 30, 2014, respectively.
Aelita : Queen of Mars
The Givenchy by Riccardo Tisci Couture Spring/Summer 2012 Collection was inspired by Yakov Protazanov’s « Aelita : Queen of Mars » and by Fritz Lang’s « Metropolis ».
To read about other « Metropolis »-influenced collections, search for the « Metropolis » post that I have published on May 31, 2012.
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