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If Looks Could Kill: Cinema’s Images of Fashion, Crime and Violence More…

10 - 31 May 2008

'I love Fashion in Film’s approach to film and find their work supremely dazzling and unique!' Steve Leggett, Program Coordinator
National Film Preservation Board, Library of Congress.



2nd Fashion in Film Festival “If Looks Could Kill” Catalogue out now.

'A must-see for any style-conscious movie buff' James Anderson, i-D June
2008

'Absolutely fabulous' Metro 12 May 2008

Lily Cole's Pick of the Festival

'An impressively rich and well thought out programme' Virginie Sélavy,
Electric Sheep Magazine

Fashion in Film Festival in GQ magazine: click here for more...

Sharon O'Connor, Managing Director of Oasis comments:
'... These rarely seen films dating back to 1908 present us with a source of iconic fashion images which have visibly influenced the contemporary scene..'

Anne Smith, Dean of Fashion and Textiles, Central Saint Martins:
'... The role of fashion, costume and styling in films spanning a hundred years reveals the special position that fashion holds in locating the drama of life, society and the human experience.'

'Kirin Ichiban is often associated with style, design and fashion so we're delighted to be a part of this exciting festival' (Kirin Ichiban)

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...the most fashionable film festival...
Women's Wear Daily, January 2007


Should be absolutely fabulous... This new festival shows an impressive and intriguing engagement with clothes in the pictures.
Time Out, May 2006


...the results on show here demonstrate that movies are a better place for displaying clothes in all their glory than catwalks ever will be.

The Guardian Guide, May 2006

 


59 Positions, Erwin Wurm, Austria 1992

     

about


The biennial Fashion in Film Festival (FFF) premiered in London in May 2006 with a brilliantly received programme entitled 'Between Stigma and Enigma' and now has a travelling schedule which includes the Museum of the Moving Image in New York, Kino Svetozor in Prague and Mode Biennale in Arnhem.

Founded in 2005 by curators Marketa Uhlirova and Christel Tsilibaris and costume designer and stylist Roger K. Burton, it quickly established itself as a leading forum for research and the retrospective exhibition of international film in which fashion and clothes play a significant part. Drawing on a rich film history from its beginnings to the present, and a wide variety of genres ranging from feature and documentary film to artist video, animation shorts and newsreels, FFF investigates how the moving image has represented and interpreted fashion as a concept, industry and cultural form.

Promoting a critical engagement with fashion and film, FFF attempts to build a dialogue between the history of film and its current practices. One of its missions is to create a platform for, and nurture the growing area in contemporary 'fashion moving image' and art which explores fashion through the moving image.

Fashion in Film Festival is partnered and supported by a number of major cultural institutions internationally, including the University of the Arts London, Film London, Institut Français, the Horse Hospital, ICA, Museum of the Moving Image and SHOWstudio.

Apart from its major biennial travelling festival, Fashion in Film's curators also collaborate on smaller projects including special screenings, conferences and exhibitions.

 

festival founders

Roger K. Burton
Christel Tsilibaris
Marketa Uhlirova

 
advisory board

London

Cathy John (Chair)

Karen Alexander
Ed Barber
Stella Bruzzi
Sarah Bunter
Pamela Church Gibson
Louise Clarke
Stuart Comer
Barry Curtis
Caroline Evans
Monica Hundal
Penny Martin
Alistair O'Neill
Marco Pirroni
Alice Rawsthorn
Raoul Shah
Ann Shuptrine

New York

Mary Barone (Chair)

Donald Albrecht
Andrew Bolton
Devon Dikeou
Jane Gaines
Helen Hamber
Pat Kirkham
Julia Morton
Alex Nahlous
Trong Nguyen
David Schwartz
Drake Stutesman

   

art direction

Séan O'Mara

 

 
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