What is the best fashion movie of all time?
Some of cinema's most visually stunning films have placed fashion at the center of their story, from inside-the-industry dramas to stylish comedies. Pick the fashion film that made the biggest impression.
1The Devil Wears PradaA 2006 comedy-drama following a young journalist who becomes assistant to a tyrannical fashion magazine editor, based on Lauren Weisberger's bestselling novel.
2CluelessA 1995 teen comedy set in Beverly Hills following the stylish Cher Horowitz, loosely based on Jane Austen's Emma and celebrated for its iconic 1990s fashion.
3Breakfast at Tiffany'sA 1961 romantic drama starring Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly, featuring the iconic little black Givenchy dress and the song 'Moon River.'
4Funny FaceA 1957 Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire musical set in Paris, following a bookish young woman transformed into a fashion model by a renowned photographer.
5The September IssueA 2009 documentary offering a fly-on-the-wall look inside Vogue magazine as editor-in-chief Anna Wintour prepares fashion's most important annual issue.
6Pret-a-PorterRobert Altman's 1994 ensemble satire following a sprawling cast of fashion insiders, models, journalists, and designers during Paris Fashion Week.
7Coco Before ChanelA 2009 French biographical drama starring Audrey Tautou as the young Coco Chanel, tracing her path from poverty to becoming one of fashion's greatest icons.
8Phantom ThreadPaul Thomas Anderson's 2017 drama set in 1950s London's haute couture world, starring Daniel Day-Lewis as a meticulous dressmaker entangled in an obsessive relationship.
9The Neon DemonNicolas Winding Refn's 2016 psychological horror-thriller set in the predatory Los Angeles modeling world, following a naive newcomer consumed by its dark glamour.
10GiaA 1998 HBO biographical drama starring Angelina Jolie as supermodel Gia Carangi, whose meteoric rise in the late 1970s fashion world ended in tragedy.
11MahoganyA 1975 Diana Ross drama following a Chicago woman who rises from designer's assistant to celebrated fashion icon in Rome, featuring Ross's own costume designs.
12ZoolanderA 2001 comedy starring Ben Stiller as a dim-witted male supermodel caught in a fashion-world assassination plot, a beloved satire of the industry's absurdity.
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Anne Fontaine's 2009 biopic made this list; no Dior film did, and that house got a television series instead. The rest of the comparison: https://youpick.best/articles/chanel-vs-dior-ranked
