Publications

Discover our books and festival catalogues featuring essays by renowned scholars in the fields of fashion, cinema, costume design, art, theatre, dance, queer studies and more. With a focus on rarely screened archival films and contemporary works, our publications explore the profound impact of fashion on storytelling, aesthetics, and cinematic history.

Birds of Paradise: Costume as Cinematic Spectacle

2013

A dark greyish navy book cover, overlayed with an image of actress Musidora, in a black bodysuit, as she appears in Les Vampires (1915-16). The book title is bright red and reads 'If Looks Could Kill'.

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

2008

Actor Jaque Catelain in a promotional still for the film 'Le vertige' (1926). He leans against a cabinet, wearing a geometric patterned bath robe, facing the camera. A vase of flowers is seen on top of the cabinet & an art deco armchair behind him.

Marcel L'Herbier: Dossier

2014

Between Stigma and Enigma: Fashion in Film Festival Catalogue

2006