Chapels (Bernhard Willhelm)

Belgium/France, 2002. Director Diane Pernet.

The processes of designing clothes (and oneself) through film are evoked in Diane Pernet’s experimental mini-documentary series Chapels, and most obviously in an episode about the Belgian fashion designer Bernhard Willhelm (2002). Pernet too has background in fashion design and thus a most sympathetic accomplice to Willhelm; her off-the-wall filmmaking mirrors his approach to fashion. Together they concoct a fable where the dressmaker’s studio collides with his kitchen and where copious amounts of cloth are cut, celebrated and finally made into food.

Past screenings:

Between Stigma and Enigma – London
Tuesday 16 May 2006, 20:30 | ICA Cinema 1

The 1st Fashion in Film Festival – Prague
Thursday 28 September 2006, 20:30 | Kino Svetozor

The 1st Fashion in Film Festival – Arnhem
Sunday 17 Jun 2007, 14:00 | Focus
Illustrated talk with curator Marketa Uhlirova.

The 1st Fashion in Film Festival – New York
Saturday 17 March 2007, 14:00 | Museum of the Moving Image