Fashion Films to indulge!

Films That Will Whet Your Appetite For Style
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How To Marry A Millionaire (1953)
The fashion in this film is a man's idea of what a woman should wear when wooing a very rich man. Marilyn Monroe, Lauren Bacall and Betty Grable slithered into those silky strapless gowns and satin gloves to gold dig and the game hasn't changed much since.

The Wild One (1953)
The ultimate bad boy Marlon Brando is wildly hot in the iconic biker get-up. More sex appeal than Steve McQueen, Jack Nicholson and Leo DiCaprio crushed together.

Vertigo (1958)
Kim Novak plays a chilly blonde named Madeleine Elster in this Hitchcock thriller. Her costume is exclusively, neutrally monochromatic. Very Roland Mouret.

Lawrence Of Arabia (1962)
Peter O'Toole's sheik-chic performance is so sizzling it leaves you parched in this epic that could be described as a "visual orgasm."

Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Russian Revolution fashion runs a dramatic gamut of highs and lows. From the fur bonnets and muffs to felt peasant garbs, the film's protagonist Lara, played by Julie Christie, wears the splendor and hardship of the pre- and post-Revolution era exquisitely. And the music is beautiful too.

Belle de Jour (1967)
This film is quintessential for all fashion maniacs and movie buffs. Sure, we all love the Yves-Saint-Laurent masterminded Catherine Deneuve's baby-doll dresses, pilgrim shoes and hair pulled back in sweet little bows. But how devilishly handsome is Pierre Clementi in that trench coat and with his fucked-up teeth?

Manhattan (1979)

To me, Mariel Hemingway's outfits in Manhattan are so much better than Diane Keaton's in Annie Hall. Right on the cusp between '70s decadence and '80s preppiness, the casually thrown-together but tasteful look of this period is so smug yet all too attractive.

After Hours (1985)
Martin Scorsese captures, in a nutshell, the kooky downtown SoHo styles around the mid-'80s.

Pretty Woman (1990)
This is a guilty pleasure -- a lot like fashion.

Gia (1998)

A supermodel junkie tragedy is neither glamorous nor inspiring, but Angelina Jolie is fabulous.

In The Mood For Love (2000)
Maggie Cheung must've worn about 200 different variations of the cheongsam dress in this movie and every single one is a knockout. Wong Kar-Wai has a way with colors in the grander scheme of things... a brilliant cinematographer!

Yves Saint-Laurent: 5 Avenue Marceau, 75116 Paris (2002)
In the opening scene, Saint-Laurent's life-long muse Catherine Deneuve stands in front of the mirror at 5 Avenue Marceau and repeats "Trés jolis, trés jolis." She's trying on one of the latest pieces by the designer, of course. It's such a touching moment.

Imelda (2003)
Beyond the shoes, you get Imelda's philosophies on beauty and politics. Even though she's a delusional has-been beauty queen, it's hard not to get a little smitten with this world's most notorious fashion victim.