These Ultimate Fashion Films Would Keep You Busy This Holiday

We want to create the best atmosphere for you as we are about officially kicking off the holiday season, no one can deny the fact that this year has been one of a kind year and we all wont be forgetting in a hurry and this has forced a lot of plans this holiday to either have a different approach as the new word that we are all hearing or saying is VIRTUAL, and just like your authoritative web portal www.fashionghana.com just recently had its Accra Fashion Week Summer Harmattan dubbed “VIRTUAL INSANITY” This had to happen because of the Social distancing method that was instituted by the World Health Organization to help curb the spread of the deadly Coronavirus which became popular in 2020. With these unforeseen event, we all had to be locked up indoors for weeks and even months and we have learnt that some countries are still currently observing the Lockdown which for us isn’t a good sign but anything to stay alive and safe is highly welcome, this has forced people to actually be comfortable with the whole staying at home as they are not sure what the real situation is out there. This holiday season some of us would prefer to be home stucked while the rest of you go out partying all-night. Now we need some entertainment to keep us glued hence we have come up with these fabulous movie ideas that is sure to make your holiday season worthwhile as you choose to  stay clear off any public gatherings.

This film ideas are totally down with fashion and we are hoping you had take a thing or two while watching these films to improve your style while you get entertained.

The first film we had suggest is ‘THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE’ girl what have you been waiting for not watching this power documentary is like committing a fashion sin and here’s why The September Issue is a R J Cutler’s documentary which follows Anna Wintour, renowned editor of `Vogue’, as she prepares the September 2007 issue. Weighing in at a record 840 pages, it is also the magazine’s most important issue, heralding the autumn fashions. With her trademark bob and omnipresent dark glasses, Wintour comes over as a woman who is a success because she knows exactly what the reader wants, as she supervises each page. Now watching this fashion film would give you some of the best seasons styles and how to rock them the best way you, so imagine you killing two birds with one stone, you are getting entertained and at the same time you taking a few style tips from the 1hr 30mins film. 

Another favorite of ours is the timeless oldie ‘THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA’. released in June 30, 2006 The devil wears prada has gone on to become one of the most successful fashion films that has ever crossed the billion dollar mark that’s to show you how successful this movie was. The Devil Wears Prada is a 2006 American comedy-drama film directed by David Frankel and produced by Wendy Finerman. The screenplay, written by Aline Brosh McKenna, is based on Lauren Weisberger’s 2003 novel of the same name. The film adaptation stars Meryl Streep as Miranda Priestly, a powerful fashion magazine editor, and Anne Hathaway as Andrea “Andy” Sachs, a college graduate who goes to New York City and lands a job as Priestly’s co-assistant. Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci co-star as co-assistant Emily Charlton and art director Nigel Kipling, respectively. Adrian Grenier, Simon Baker, and Tracie Thoms play key supporting roles. Want to soak yourself in some good fashion related film then The Devil Wears Prada is your best option.

The First Monday in May is a 2016 documentary film directed by Andrew Rossi. The film follows the creation of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s most attended fashion exhibit in history: the 2015 art exhibition China: Through the Looking Glass by curator Andrew Bolton at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. It was produced by Fabiola Beracasa Beckman, Dawn Ostroff and Sylvana Ward Durrett and distributed by Magnolia Pictures. The documentary was first released on April 13, 2016 as the opening film of the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival. Want to know what goes into the world fashion event MET GALA then The First Monday In May is your go to movie.

Phantom Thread is a 2017 American historical drama film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, and starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Lesley Manville and Vicky Krieps. Set in 1950s London, it stars Day-Lewis as an haute couture dressmaker who takes a young waitress, played by Krieps, as his muse. The film was Day-Lewis’s final role before his retirement. The film is the first Anderson film shot outside the United States, with principal photography beginning in January 2017 in Lythe, England. It is Anderson’s second collaboration with Day-Lewis, following There Will Be Blood (2007), and his fourth with composer Jonny Greenwood.

Lastly one of the fashion films that made huge headlines in 2020 and most especially during the pandemic is “Emily In Paris”. Emily in Paris is an American comedy-drama streaming television series created by Darren Star, which premiered on Netflix on October 2, 2020. The series stars Lily Collins as the eponymous Emily, an American who moves to Paris to provide an American point of view to a French marketing firm. There, she struggles to succeed in the workplace while searching for love and experiencing a culture clash with her “boring” and mundane Midwestern upbringing. It also stars Ashley Park, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, Lucas Bravo, Samuel Arnold, Camille Razat, and Bruno Gouery. In November 2020, the series was renewed for a second season by Netflix.  So there you have a reason to Netflix and chill.