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