The 25 Most Modern Movies of All Time

Loopy Wealthy Asians was a world success for good motive. On this replace of the basic rags-to-riches story Hollywood loves a lot, Constance Wu is positively delectable as Rachel, the fish-out-of-water girlfriend of Singapore’s most eligible bachelor, who finds that the existence of the wealthy and well-known include heaps and much and plenty of garments.

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Placing apart professionalism for one second: Down With Love is one in all my favourite movies of all time, as a critic and self-styled rom-com aficionado. It’s hilarious, sharply written, and filled with so many phenomenal actors and costuming selections, there’s hardly a second to catch your breath! In a outlandishly satirical tackle Nineteen Sixties information media, Renée Zellweger performs Barbara Novak, a best-selling feminist creator with a killer wardrobe who finds herself hopelessly entangled with suave girls’ man and author Catcher Block, performed by Ewan McGregor. It’s bought the whole lot, everybody, and a lot extra.

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A spookier movie than most others on this record, Private Shopper tells the story of a private shopper to a supermodel. Issues shortly go south, however to disclose anything about this Kristen Stewart automobile would spoil the shock!

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Oft confused with Barbra Streisand’s hit musical Humorous Lady, Humorous Face really stars Audrey Hepburn as Jo, a bookish store assistant pursued throughout New York and Europe by esteemed trend photographer Dick (performed by Fred Astaire). Its musical quantity “Suppose Pink” is without doubt one of the most infectious tunes ever recorded on movie—to not point out the good robes, lovely robes.

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One other private favourite of nearly everybody’s, Humorous Lady launched the moviegoing world to Barbra Streisand and her singularly iconic wardrobe as Fanny Brice. Because the titular humorous woman, she dazzles and shines in an assortment of enviable ensembles, from small-time showgirl to internationally famend comedic legend. As an added bonus, she sings “My Man” within the Platonic perfect of little black clothes.

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Girl Gaga has the Midas contact on the subject of advertising and marketing the costume work for her current movie initiatives. From Home of Gucci to the upcoming Joker sequel, there’s a veritable cottage business across the paparazzi pics of her life on set. Whereas it obtained blended critiques, Home of Gucci is a treasure trove of classic designs, and price it for Gaga’s supply of the road “Father, son, and Home of Gucci.”

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Josie and the Pussycats was already a cult basic amongst camp fans like myself, however the satirical movie a few rock group who turn into unwitting pawns in a capitalist brainwashing scheme has seen a second wind on social media. Its enduring reputation comes courtesy of the fabulous costumes by costume designer Leesa Evans. Past its mouthwatering wardrobe, nonetheless, it’s a movie that has mainly the whole lot we wish: slicing cultural commentary, Parker Posey, musical numbers, and lovely visuals.

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Earlier than there was Barbie, there was Life-Dimension. Tyra Banks and Lindsay Lohan star in a coming-of-age comedy a few doll that involves life—and sure, she brings all of her outfits together with her. Poignant, humorous, and nostalgic, this one probably holds a particular place within the hearts of future trend obsessives all over the place.

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There are nearly too many costumes to take a look at in Mahogany, Diana Ross’s camp basic from 1975 about an aspiring dressmaker who turns into a world celebrity. Do I really like the purple get-up or the rainbow chiffon extra? Or was it the embroidered peach robe that I dream of most? The movie’s tagline says it greatest: “Mahogany: the girl each girl desires to be, and each man desires to have.” Ross had already earned her legendary diva standing earlier than the movie’s launch, but it surely definitely cemented a legacy that may proceed to endure for over 40 years.

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Had been you even on Tumblr in case you didn’t reblog stills from Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette not less than as soon as? Cleverly costumed and gorgeously designed, the movie has endured as a favourite of trend obsessives—no small feat. Costume designer Milena Canonero gained the 2007 Oscar for Greatest Achievement in Costume Design because of her work on the movie, and would go on to design for equally fashionable movies like The Grand Budapest Resort (which she additionally gained an Oscar for) and Asteroid Metropolis.

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Paul Thomas Anderson’s drama a few tortured dressmaker and his muse-turned-wife is thrilling, attractive, and lovely to take a look at. Daniel Day-Lewis loses himself within the function as Reynolds Woodcock, and moreover the enviable clothes he sends out to shoppers, he and costar Vicky Krieps have chemistry thick sufficient to chop with a knife.

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Julia Roberts, Sophia Loren, Kim Basinger—1994’s Able to Put on was the preeminent trend movie earlier than there was The Satan Wears Prada. A homicide thriller towards the backdrop of Trend Week, it options two reporters going undercover to unravel essentially the most glamorous crime of the twentieth century. Stylish, humorous, sharply written, and directed by Robert Altman, Able to Put on (unique title: Prêt-à-Porter) will transport you again to one of the vital enviable and memorable many years in trend historical past.

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The Intercourse and the Metropolis film was divisive when first launched, however has since turn into considered a cult favourite, particularly with the discharge of And Simply Like That…’s equally divisive first two seasons. There’s rather a lot to like concerning the movie—most clearly the enduring Vivienne Westwood marriage ceremony gown, which sits because the crown jewel above all the remainder of Sarah Jessica Parker’s onscreen ensembles as trend savant Carrie Bradshaw.

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It doesn’t matter the place you might be, who you might be, what you’re doing, or the place you’re going: When you haven’t seen Showgirls but, drop what you’re doing and run to the closest tv. In case you have already, most likely do the identical, because it’s a movie that calls for (on the very least) a semiannual rewatch. Paul Verhoeven’s 1995 epic tells the story of an aspiring Vegas dancer wrapped up in forces a lot bigger than even her ambitions. Erotic, thrilling, and with an enviable wardrobe in addition, Showgirls has earned its repute as a controversial masterpiece.

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Earlier than there was Wong Foo, there was Priscilla. A favourite amongst drag queens, the Australian comedy lovingly depicts a trio of trend icons who set out on a cross-country journey within the titular bus. It has among the most often-referenced costumes in current cultural reminiscence, and is a visually jaw-dropping love letter to the LGBTQ+ neighborhood at a time when the world at massive was nonetheless waking as much as the truth of these struggling by the AIDS disaster.

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One other cult basic on Tumblr and the net trend boards of yesteryear, Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s West German romantic drama unfolds within the sprawling bed room of narcissistic dressmaker Petra von Kant, and explores themes of magnificence, isolation, and emotional codependency.

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Did you count on this entry’s synopsis to start out with a joke about blue sweaters—despite the fact that it was 2002, I consider, when Oscar de la Renta did a group of blue sweater jokes? Apart from, there’s extra to like about this movie than blue sweaters and Chanel thigh-highs. Anne Hathaway and Meryl Streep’s chemistry as Andy and Miranda is downright electrical, and it endures as one of the vital memorable home windows into the cutthroat worlds of trend and publishing ever put to movie.

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