Ghost World

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.

Photo : MarieClaire.fr

 

 

 

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).

Photo : VOGUE.co.uk

 

 

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 ».

Photo : VOGUE.fr

 

 

 

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.

Photo : VOGUE.fr

 

 

 

Mœbius

The Leyre Valiente Autumn/Winter 2014-2015 Show, titled « Nostromo », and presented as part of the Samsung EGO Innovation Project, was based on Mœbius’ drawings for Ridley Scott’s « Alien ».

Photo : VOGUE.es

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

Carrie Bradshaw

« Carrie Bradshaw meets Katharine Hepburn » is the theme of the Houghton Bridal Autumn/Winter 2015-2016 Collection.

To read about « Sex and the City »-inspired pieces, search for the « Sex and the City » and « Sex and the City 2 » posts that I have published on January 30, 2014, and on November 20, 2012, respectively.

Photo : John Aquino

 

 

 

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.