Rialto Channel presents the very best of fashion documentaries on Rialto Channel, Thursdays at 8.30pm throughout April. To celebrate this we have 5 DVD packs of 3 of the films to give away. You could win a copy of THE TENTS, DIANA VREELAND: THE EYE HAS TO TRAVEL, and ABOUT FACE: SUPERMODELS THEN AND NOW.
THE TENTS
In the fashion world, "The Tents" are synonymous with the giant white tents erected every spring and fall during New York Fashion Week(NYFW). Here, hundreds of designers showcase their latest collections to fashion editors, buyers and celebrities. This film documents the total extravaganza that NYFW has become and takes a look at the future of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week as it prepares to make its debut at The Lincoln Center. Told with exclusive behind the scenes footage and intimate interviews with top fashion players like Carolina Herrera, Donna Karan, Glenda Bailey, Hal Rubenstein, Tommy Hilfiger and Zac Posen.
DIANA VREELAND: THE EYE HAS TO TRAVEL
A look at the life and work of the influential fashion editor of Harpers Bazaar, Diana Vreeland. During Diana Vreeland's fifty year reign as the "Empress of Fashion," she launched Twiggy, advised Jackie Onassis, and established countless trends that have withstood the test of time. She was the fashion editor of Harper's Bazaar where she worked for twenty-five years before becoming editor-in-chief of Vogue, followed by a remarkable stint at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute, where she helped popularize its historical collections. This doco is an intimate portrait and a vibrant celebration of one of the most influential women of the twentieth century, an enduring icon who has had a strong influence on the course of fashion, beauty, publishing and culture.
ABOUT FACE: SUPERMODELS THEN AND NOW
About Face explores beauty and aging through the stories of the original supermodels, now between fifty and eighty years old, whose images defined our sense of beauty over the last half-century. Shot in Timothy Greenfield-Sanders' intimate portrait style, participants include Isabella Rossellini, Christie Brinkley, Marisa Berenson, China Machado, Beverly Johnson, Carmen Dell'Orefice, Paulina Porizkova, Jerry Hall, and Christy Turlington among others. They discuss the fashion industry, their careers, aging, plastic surgery, botox, and how they have reassessed and redefined their own sense of beauty as they have aged.
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