The Best Fashion Movies Inspired by Haute Couture
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There’s nothing quite like watching fierce, well-heeled individuals hustle their way through life while you languish in a self-declared state of laziness. We’re talking about the fashion-fuelled lazy day; where every stylish program, documentary or film seems to find its way onto your screen. Films that feature *haute couture often triumph when it comes to evoking inspiration; which, let’s face it, is the best you can hope for on a duvet day. As you know, the latest collection we showcased at *Paris Couture Fashion Week was inspired by a famed classic of the chic-est variety: ‘And God Created Woman.’ Whether vintage or nouveau, it seems fashion and film are intrinsically linked. So, in honour of the Venice Film Festival, we’re taking a look at some of our favourite fashion movies.

Coco Avant Chanel

This rendition of the life of Coco Chanel is one of the most stylised biopics you’ll likely see. That’s not such a bad thing, which is rather rare. Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel’s life was like something out of a novel and the film is very true to that fact, as it pans from her very humble beginnings to the fashion industry’s tour-de-force at the peak of her career. Not forsaking the point of the film, there is no scene without a decadently elegant ensemble.

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The Devil Wears Prada

The Devil Wears Prada is a classic that rarely faces criticism due to its memorable characters and a plot that favours the journey-to-self-discovery trope. The protagonist is charmingly clueless at first glance, but as the story unfolds you realise just how shrewd, thoughtful and resourceful Andy is. With knock-out after knockout fashion couture piece to boot, this is a Cinderella story where ‘Ella’ becomes her own Prince (although Ella is more than enough, to begin with!).

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Confessions of a Shopaholic

Who doesn’t love to live vicariously and watch as someone else, not too dissimilar to you, makes the mistakes you might easily have made once upon a time – and all in the name of fashion? Enter Rebecca Bloomward, a woman whose obsessive passion for all things sartorial lands her in hot water. It’s a fable on why showing a little restraint once in a while may be good for the psyche (and bank account). It’s also a great excuse to look at many, many fabulous items of clothing.

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Marie Antoinette

So not strictly a fashion movie, but anyone with a penchant for ostentatious aesthetics can spot the style galore going on in this sumptuous film about the infamous Marie Antoinette. These outfits could easily rival the street-style at *Paris Fashion Week. We know the Austrian-born French royal loved the good life, but now (thanks to Kirsten Dunst) it appears she expressed her joie-de-vivre through *fashion couture, too.

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