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Vanessa Bruno: Moonlight
A stellar girl, a radiant girl who clutches onto the moon and arrives in an unknown land, on unmarred ground, as immaculate as her white ensemble. Is this the end of reality, the beginning of a dream?...
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Ouroboros – karl&tynan
Ouroboros (2012) Ouroboros, the debut film from directors karl&tynan, showcases designs from each of the 80 2012 Ravensbourne Fashion Graduates.
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DN261: Ouroboros – karl&tynan
If you want to make a splash for your new directing partnership, then putting out a film which seamlessly features 80 graduate fashion designs over an 8:30 minute creative narrative is probably one of...
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Face the Future
Gordon von Steiner freaks us the fuck out with his short fashion film captured during Steven Meisel’s Face the Future photoshoot for Vogue.
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Welcome Stranger
Riley Blakeway steps aboard the Thrills x Wrangler collaboration with a fashion short presented as beautifully realised mood piece in Welcome Stranger.
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W A R
Taking words from Leonard Cohen, music from Nine Inch Nails, an in your face attitude from actress Nana Agyapong, and stunning macro cinematography from Alexandre Naufel (his partner at...
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Fall in Love – Markus Lupfer / Spring Summmer 2013
Glen Milner casts gravity in a major role in free fall fashion show Fall in Love for the Markus Lupfer / Spring Summmer 2013 collection.
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Fashion Film
Sometimes I think to myself in French & listen to old records from the 60s. Remember when Matthew Frost sent up the fashion film pitch whilst executing its requirements to a T in Une Fille Comme...
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River Island x Georgia Hardinge – Design Forum
Commissioned by River Island for their collaboration with Georgia Hardinge, the latest to fall under the Design Forum moniker, London director Alex Turvey – who previously brought us cake based promo...
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Han Kjøbenhavn SS13
Conceived with Han Kjøbenhavn for the SS13 Collection, director Casper Balslev portrays a bizarre world of rivalry played out in underground furry fighting contests. It’s fashion, so beware of the odd...
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Land of Vree
New York based director Charlie Wan presents a tribute to legendary fashion editor Diana Vreeland in Land of Vree.
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Anne Gorke: T W O // The Tale of the Bloody Marys
Sandra Hüller and Emily Cox see their charmed existence disrupted by the arrival of Paul Wolff-Plottegg in Michael Venus’ Dogtooth-esque fashion film T W O // The Tale of the Bloody Marys for the Anne...
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J’attends
In Stewart Maclennan’s J’attends, a woman patiently waits in anticipation for her potential lover to make his move; they speak, they dance, they drink, but still she waits. That is, until she can wait...
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Yellow Darkness
German photography David Zimmermann’s fashion film Yellow Darkness stakes out its abstract narrative ground in the field of professional sport as a critic of the industry’s often cavalier attitude to...
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DN283: Possession – Ralf Schmerberg
We’re big fans of the fashion film here at DN, but have to admit that whilst your eyes feast on beautifully composed visuals, your mind is often left with little of substance to engage it. Not so with...
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One Fell Swoop: AW13 – Self Deflect
A model falls prey to the transfixing hold of infinite recursion in Amelia Phillips’ film for One Fell Swoop’s Autumn/Winter collection, Self Deflect. Phillips’ Spring/Summer film for Daniel Romanin...
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Free People Presents ‘Roshambo’
Few things are as bitter-sweet as those finally hours spent with the one you love who’ll soon be leaving. In the first part of fashion retailers Free People’s Roshambo series of shorts, Guy Aroch and...
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Broken
Clothes and tattoos share centre stage in Fulvio Maiani’s RED Epic shot (& definitely NSFW) fashion film Broken.
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Helmut Roar
Created as part of fashion site/retailer They Roared Vintage’s Roar series, filmmaker Jordan Chesney directed and edited Helmut Roar; a two-part film hommage to photographer Helmut Newton.
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Dreams of Nature
A captivating study in white, Russian director, CG artist and photographer Tatyana Zvanskaya’s fashion film Dreams of Nature is a bleached interpretation of Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, staring albino...
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Muñeca
A woman battles dark external & internal forces in Sergio Herencias’ grim tale of desire, fear and manipulation Muñeca. “The narrative is based on the fear and bewilderment of the main character’s...
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Odditory
I’m pretty sure I’d have done 100% better at university if all my lectures had run a little more like Monica Menez’s titillating fashion film Odditory.
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Kubatek 2013
The bold, geometric cuts and shapes of Polish fashion house Kubatek combine with the creative eye of director, animator and motion designer Szymon Pawlik for a film which reflects the cyclical nature...
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The Matriarch
Barna Nemethi dons his director’s hat for a truly visceral (& NSFW) fashion film, created for his magazine venture All Hollow. The resulting film, The Matriarch is stunningly satisfying.
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DUAL
Overlapping kaleidoscopic candy-coloured neon layers of model Agata Danilova come together to a pulsing beat in Javier López’s virtually lickable fashion film DUAL.
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Fabric of Spacetime
Flipping the usual approach to fashion films on its head (and every other which way too), Jesse Kanda’s Random Acts film Fabric of Spacetime, takes a deep motion controlled, 3D fractal dive into the...
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Marina Hoermanseder – Spring / Summer 2014
Berlin filmmaker Mudhar captures the strange beauty of Marina Hoermanseder’s Spring / Summer 2014 diploma collection Ilpox of orthopaedic inspired leather buckles and strappings.
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ISHIKO
Dressed flawlessly in Azzedine Alaia, model Ginta Lapina takes a bold leap into the manga infused world of Santiago & Mauricio’s ISHIKO.
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New York La La La
Tapping into two of DN’s filmic loves, Aaron Rose and his co-director André Saraiva (L’Officiel Hommes editor) beautifully blend the skate and fashion film into a dreamy parade of slow motion tricks...
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CRUSH
Rachel Antonoff and Bianca Giaever transport us back to Boston 1972 for the hesitant begins of what will become a lifelong CRUSH for Rick & Shira Wall Antonoff; featuring Antonoff’s Spring 2014...
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She Said, She Said
Featuring Marisa Tomei and Elodie Bouchez balanced precariously on the precipice of an acrimonious split whilst taking cutting jibes at each other, Stuart Blumberg’s fashion film She Said, She Said...
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FLORIS+MENNO Stop Over Thinking Things & Dive Out of Their Comfort Zone in...
For many filmmakers, taking a break from client work more often than not means diving headlong into an all consuming personal project. Such projects invariably force them to stretch beyond the bounds...
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Tropicalia
Kristel Van De Kamp finds herself lost in a paradise that’s not for her in Iñaki San Juan’s fashion film Tropicalia.
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All:Expanded Blur the Lines Between Fashion, Music & Narrative in ‘Providence’
Starring Dutch producers Illuminati AMS (who also provide the music) and featuring outfits from fashion designer Phillip Lim, All:Expanded’s multi-faceted debut Providence marks them as a creative...
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Clive Will Marries Sexy Chic Edged with Contemporary Punk for Kirsten Goss’...
Drawing inspiration from the collection name as well as close discussions with jewellery designer Kirsten Goss herself, Clive Will’s Cape Town shot promo for the Arcade collection mixes high speed...
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Fashion Designer & Industry Fall Under the Glare of David Zimmermann's...
As demonstrated in last year’s professional sport indictment / fashion film Yellow Darkness, David Zimmermann is a director who knows how to layer complex concepts into a form of filmmaking more know...
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Crossing Genres Across a Culture of Subtraction in Ramón Ayala’s Fashion...
When it comes to an appreciation of the fashion film, we here at DN have always demanded more than the pretty people, pretty clothes tropes associated with the genre, but I doubt that any of us would...
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Reflecting the Essence of a Fashion Brand in Robert Hackett’s ‘Shrine’
When director Robert Hackett was brought onboard to create a mood piece for fashion brand Komana, he was clear that he wanted to craft a film which extended beyond the limitations of the conventional...
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Tal Mor Delivers the Mad Max Fashionista Fix You’ve Been Waiting for in...
For those of you who’ve found your excitement for George Miller’s much lorded Mad Max: Fury Road reboot still bubbling over, you can get a much needed fix of cracked desert landscapes, fast cars and...
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Rare Finds & Rivalries Abound in Crowns & Owls’ Ted Baker Fashion Short...
I’ve said it before (perhaps more than once), but for me, a good fashion film is one which approaches the tenets of gorgeous clothes, on stunning models, in breathtaking locations, from a hitherto...
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