House Of Gucci 10 Best Movies About The Fashion Industry

House Of Gucci: 10 Best Movies About The Fashion Industry

Can’t get enough of Ridley Scott’s fashion-filled melodrama House of Gucci? Explore the secrets of the fashion industry with these great movies.

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The world of fashion has a magnetism that few other industries can claim when blending commerce with art. It’s often not about presenting what is, but what can be (with the right head-turning ensemble), providing an intoxicating amalgamation of politics, geography, artistic freedom, and self-expression that often sets the trends of the globe.

Movies like House of Gucci and documentaries like McQueen offer rare glimpses behind the glittering curtain at the back-breaking work of the artisans, designers, and fashion editors that maintain the allure of the industry, while also giving fans a pageant of melodrama wrapped up in provocative garments. The best movies about the fashion industry manage to strike a balance between being authentic and maintaining the mystery, and like the best runway collections, leave fans wanting more.

McQueen (2018) – Available On Hulu

Considered one of the most daring designers in fashion history, Alexander McQueen entered the world of fashion while still in his teens, and McQueen celebrates not only his world-renowned label, but the journey to its launch (he often used money he received on government assistance to buy fabric before he was famous), and its continued endurance even after the tragic death of its founder, who died by suicide in 2010.

Not only is the documentary stunning to look at, it’s brave, with both its unabashed subject matter (often considered uncouth by his British critics) and its focus on the almost terrifying creations he conjured. For those seeking answers to questions raised by his death, there are glimpses of how the pursuit of artistic expression under extreme pressure in a cruel and unforgiving industry that pursues superficial perfection negatively impacted his mental health.

The Phantom Thread (2017) – Available On Hulu

Considered one of the most elite couture dressmakers in British fashion in the ’50s, Reynolds Woodcock dressed film stars, royalty, and socialites. Two large events alter the glamorous design of his life; the dawn of ready-to-wear, and the sudden appearance of Alma, a strong-willed woman who challenges his misogynistic viewpoints to become his muse and something more.

The Phantom Thread, widely considered one of star Daniel Day-Lewis’s best movies, takes place at a time when designers like Woodcock went to wealthy client’s homes and designed them an entire season’s wardrobe, or hosted an intimate fashion show out of their living room, and were becoming increasingly old hat with the rise of runway shows held in department stores. Fashion lovers will be fascinated by this unique time in history, and the portrait of a man whose sense of self-worth was passionately tied to it.

Unzipped (1995) – Available On Paramount+

Unzipped is a behind-the-scenes look into designer Isaac Mizrahi’s preparations for his 1994 Fall collection, capturing a special moment in time when Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell, and Linda Evangelista still strode the runways, and ’90s trends borrowed from Alfred Hitchcock, Judy Jetson, and every era of the 20th century.

Aside from capturing Mizrahi’s colorful personality (which gives the documentary infectious energy), the movie also reveals the tricky balance between commerce and art, and Mizrahi’s creative drive while reflecting on the bottom line, all while remaining positive under pressure. And for or those nostalgic for ’90s fashion, it can’t be beaten!

Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton (2007) – Available On Prime

Though “L.V.” dominates the international fashion world now, the initials of Louis Vuitton once graced trunks and hat boxes before Marc Jacobs became its creative director and transformed the French label into a juggernaut fashion house. Considered the successor to Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, and others, he envisioned the look of an urban woman who mixed uptown glamour with downtown attitude, and every “it” girl from the ’90s sported his designs.

Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton is an exciting look at one of the fashion industry’s then most thrilling designers, who constantly took risks and challenged what a fashion house and label could be.

The Devil Wears Prada (2006) – Available On Hulu

When aspiring journalist Andy (Anne Hathaway) scores a job “a million girls would kill for” at a prestigious fashion magazine, she isn’t prepared for the demanding schedule, social sacrifices, and verbal abuse from her boss, Runway’s savage editor, Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep). Even as she learns to balance it all, she begins to wonder if having it all is worth her conscience.

The Devil Wears Prada, based on the book of the same name, is a fictional send-up of the fashion industry in all its pageantry and back-stabbing glory. It pokes fun with thinly veiled archetypes and tropes but manages to give them heart. Seeing the grim reality of the fashion world, fashionistas wonder if all the shoes, clothes, and lifestyles of the elite within are really something to covet.

In Vogue: The Editor’s Eye (2012) – Available On Prime

To celebrate the 120th anniversary of Vogue, In Vogue: The Editor’s Eye highlights the work of the fashion industry’s most renowned fashion editors and their methods of bringing stunning fashion images to life. Titanic figures like Anna Wintour and Grace Coddington lead the way with discussions about some of their best editorials, while prominent celebrities and readers discuss their influence.

For fans wondering about the effort that goes into a fashion shoot and editorial spread in magazines as prestigious as Vogue, this documentary not only illuminates such secrets, but exposes the talent that goes into creating the iconic looks that shape American style.

Cruella (2020) – Available On Disney+

Because Cruella is an origin story, much more time can be spent with the impish designer (Emma Stone) before her transformation into the infamous Disney villain. As she skillfully climbs the professional ladder at the Baroness’s (Emma Thompson) fashion house, working her “revenge angle” for the death of her mother, she learns the importance of style in devilry when creating her alter-ego.

Fashion lovers will note the influence of Dior (soft, feminine, structure) in the designs and gowns of the Baroness, and Alexander McQueen (edgy, punk-rock couture) in Cruella’s best outfits as the feud between the women erupts into a kaleidoscopic fashion war.

The First Monday In May (2016) – Available On YouTube

When the fashion exhibit “China: Through the Looking Glass” debuted at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2015, it became one of the most visited exhibits in the history of The Met, allowing visitors a chance to see how much Chinese culture had influenced Western fashion design via 150 breathtaking garments created by 40 designers.

Through a series of interviews with Anna Wintour, Karl Lagerfeld, Lady Gaga, and many more, the documentary explores the concept of fashion as art, as well as the topic of cultural appropriation, and the duty of fashion designers to pay homage to their inspirations in their work rather than lay claim to their concepts.

House Of Gucci (2021) – Available On HBO Max

Ridley Scott’s House of Gucci is the dazzling true-crime story of murder so scandalous, it could only come from the over-the-top world of fashion. It follows Patrizia Reggiani (Lady Gaga) as she marries into the powerful Gucci designer family and a life of luxury, only to see it all crashing down when her husband (Adam Driver) leaves her for a younger woman. Desperate and enraged, she decides to strike where she can inflict the most damage and plots the assassination of the heir to the family fortune.

Even as it veers away from the facts at times to better communicate the emotional center of the story, there’s no denying the creative liberties are in service to the plot to make it more entertaining. Witnessing the family dynamics that bleed between the Gucci clan and the House of Gucci is to see an important (but not always glimpsed) side of the fashion industry, where reputations are everything.

Dior & I (2015) – Available On Prime

This French documentary shines a light on the talented staff of the Christian Dior fashion house as Raf Simons, its newest creative director, assembles his premier haute couture collection in a span of two months (a task, as the movie explains, that normally takes five or six).

From its fashion to its editing, Dior & I is beautifully tailored as it hammers home a very specific point; it takes a lot of work to make its glamour look effortless. A frenetic composite of industry professionals, veteran artisans (some have been working for Dior for 40 years), and the celebrities that swear by the label, it has at its center a paradox; a shy Bulgarian designer who prefers to stay out of the spotlight even as his creations call for it, very much like his legendary predecessor.

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