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For many contemporary designers, movies were an introduction to the power of fashion. And whereas most children were focused on the plot, they were often more interested in the visuals and — in particular — the clothes.
Maximilian Davis, the Milan-based creative director of Ferragamo, for example, remembers being fixated on the color palette of the 1999 Stanley Kubrick drama “Eyes Wide Shut” when he watched it as a preteen; Willy Chavarria, who designs his namesake brand in New York, first saw the 1973 horror classic “The Exorcist” when he was 12 and was entranced by a khaki dress.
Michael Kors, 65, recalls being drawn to the fashion movie “Eyes of Laura Mars” in 1978. He loves the film’s visuals, clothes, and hairstyling, saying it’s like a “movie about a photo shoot.” Another designer, Colleen Allen, 29, was inspired by the 1969 film “The Color of Pomegranates,” a biographical drama about an Armenian poet. The film’s colorful palette and visual storytelling influenced Allen’s design sensibility.
Other designers mentioned “In the Mood for Love,” “Eyes Wide Shut,” “The Exorcist,” “I Am Love,” and “The Royal Tenenbaums” as films that inspired their work.
