7 essential movies from Netflix, HBO and Amazon for fashion lovers
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If you consider yourself a true fashion lover, you cannot miss some of these iconic Netflix, HBO or Amazon movies about the textile industry
By Helen ThomasFew things are better than disconnecting with a good movie and more, if it is about one of our great passions. Fashion has been, on countless occasions, the protagonist of all kinds of funny, dramatic and even action plots. Stories that have in common the fact of developing in the field of the textile industry, either because they revolve around some iconic designer, because they show what this frenetic world implies or because they have a more than fabulous wardrobe.
Authentic fashion lovers thus have a wide variety of films to choose from, but it is true that there are certain titles that are almost essential due to their originality, teaching or the good time they can make any viewer go through and more still if you are an expert in this area. In this sense, we bring you a selection of seven films that you can find on platforms such as Netflix, Amazon and HBO that any fashion lover would want to see.
'The Devil Wears Prada' (HBO and Amazon)
Consolidated as a classic, among the classics 'The Devil Wears Prada' is a film based on the homonymous novel by journalist Lauren Weisberger, who in turn was inspired by her own experiences to develop it. It is a satire of the world of fashion in which a magnificent Meryl Streep plays the editor-in-chief of a major magazine from which she controls the world of fashion, while Anne Hathaway fights for a permanent position in the magazine, acting as a personal assistant to this 'devil' disguised as Prada. A film that received numerous accolades and you can see both on Amazon Prime and on HBO.
'Sex and the City' (HBO)
As far as emblematic films are concerned, we could not fail to mention 'Sex and the City', available on HBO. A tape that, contrary to what usually happens, was born from the successful television series and does not tell the story from which the series in question was left, but rather begins a few years later. Carrie Bradshaw, Samantha Jones, Miranda Hobbes and Charlotte York Goldenblatt once again become unique and unforgettable style references in this fiction.
'Wear' (Amazon)
Not many know about it, and yet it is one of the few films that deal with Spanish fashion. Halfway between the documentary and the feature film, 'Wear' tries to answer the question "Is fashion an art... or isn't it?" Through Models, designers, industrialists, sociologists, musicians or Spanish journalists.
'Ocean's 8' (Amazon)
Is an action plot contextualized in the world of fashion possible? Absolutely yes. 'Ocean's 8' is a spin-off of the trilogy that began in 2001 with Ocean's Eleven, but this time led by female characters, played by actresses such as Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Mindy Kaling, Sarah Paulson, Rihanna, Awkwafina and Helena Bonham Carter. A combo of big stars who will try to carry out a sophisticated plan to steal a diamond necklace from Cartier, during the Met Gala in New York.
'The Dressmaker' (Amazon)
With Kate Winslet and Liam Hemsworth as protagonists nothing can go wrong. 'La modista' tells the story of a haute couture seamstress who returns to her hometown, ready to take revenge on the people who expelled her as a child, transforming, with her sewing machine, the style of all the women of the place .
'The invisible thread' (Netflix)
'The Invisible Thread' tells the life story of a famous couturier named Reynolds Woodcock who, along with his sister Cyril, are the center of British fashion. Woodcock dresses royalty, movie stars, and all manner of high society personalities, while he leads a hectic love life that ends when he finds the love of his life in a waitress whom he turns into. muse. A film that, according to its team, is inspired by the work of Balenciaga and designers from the fifties such as John Cavanagh, Charles Creed, Norman Hartnell, Digby Morton or Hardy Amies.
Halston (Netflix)
It is not a movie to use (rather a miniseries), but it is worth delving into the history of the American fashion designer and socialite Roy Halston Frowick. In this, the life story of the iconic creator is narrated, full of successes, excesses and personal conflicts. “His name from him built an empire. His style defined an era. Halston makes his way as a fashion designer while his personal life goes off the rails, ”you can read in the Netflix synopsis.
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