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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)

sponsors

 
     
 
   
"Fashion to die for" Charlie Porter/GQ May 2008

   
     
BFI Southbank, Ciné lumière, ICA, Tate Modern and The Horse Hospital
   
The festival is sponsored by:

   
Highlights    
     
We bring you the UK premiere of Arne Mattsson's 1958 thriller Mannequin in Red, shown for the first time with English subtitles. Check out this Eastmancolor treasure of Swedish cinema, which will be screened in a recently restored print at Ciné lumière Tuesday 20 May, with an introduction by Bella Freud. Images courtesy of SFI Stills Archive. Copyright Sandrew Metronome AB. Click here for slide show.  
     
GQ's Editor Dylan Jones will introduce this wacky futuristic thriller made in 1965 by Italian director Elio Petri. Featuring Marcello Mastroianni and Ursula Andress dressed in space-age creations from the Fontana Sisters. 28 May at the ICA. Images courtesy of BFI, The Cinema Museum and the Archivio Fondazione Micol Fontana, Italy. Click here for slide show.  
     
 
     
   


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