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12 Fashion Documentaries You Can Stream Right Now

We may not be heading back to movie theatres just yet, but luckily there’s plenty for us to stream right from our couches. Whether you’re interested in a deep dive into the modelling industry’s body diversity problems or looking for a spotlight on some of fashion’s most celebrated designers, these are the fashion documentaries we recommend watching right now.

McQueen This documentary explores the work of one of the most irreverent and iconoclastic designers the British fashion industry has ever produced, Alexander McQueen. Famous for his headline-grabbing fashion shows, created with the aim to make viewers feel either “repulsed or exhilarated,” McQueen was a gifted yet conflicted visionary and the film offers a window into his complicated life. Available on Netflix

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The Gospel According to André Available to stream for free on the Hot Docs Canada website until September 4, this documentary chronicles the life and career of André Leon Talley, the former editor-at-large of Vogue. From his childhood in the segregated South to his early years in New York media to his rise in the fashion industry, the film traces Talley’s fascinating journey and features interviews with some of the biggest names in the business. Bonus: Hot Docs is hosting a virtual Q&A with the director Kate Novack on Instagram Live on August 18 at 6pm EST. Details here.

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Franca: Chaos and Creation The late Franca Sozzani helmed Vogue Italia for nearly three decades as editor-in-chief, creating some of the most iconic and boundary-pushing fashion spreads in the industry. This documentary by her son Francesco Carrozzini paints an intimate portrait of her life and career, which began in the late 1980s, and features interviews with other icons like Karl Lagerfeld, Courtney Love, Naomi Campbell and Donatella Versace. Available on Netflix

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Unbanned: The Legend of AJ1 Exploring the history and origins of arguably the most iconic sneakers ever created—Air Jordans—this documentary is a must-watch for any sneakerheads. Featuring appearances from the likes of Spike Lee, Michael B. Jordan, Lena Waithe and Carmelo Anthony, the film charts the rise of the sneaker craze and the shoe’s ties to social and cultural movements. Available on Crave

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Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful Available to view via Hot Docs Canada until September 24, this documentary dives into the provocative and controversial work of iconic fashion photographer Helmut Newton. Featuring interviews with some of the most famous people he photographed over the course of his career—such as Claudia Schiffer, Grace Jones and Isabella Rossellini—the film investigates an important question: were they treated as subjects or objects in his work? Details here.

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A Perfect 14 Exploring the narrow beauty standards of the fashion industry, this documentary focuses on plus-size models fighting to change the status quo. Directed by Vancouver filmmaker Giovanna Morales Vargas, the film features three plus-size models at different stages of their career, going behind-the-scenes to show viewers the challenges they face in pushing for body diversity in modelling. Available on Amazon Prime

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Very Ralph This documentary chronicles the life and impact of Ralph Lauren, revealing “the man behind the icon and the creation of one of the most successful brands in fashion history.” The film offers “unprecedented access to his life and work,” featuring interviews with the reticent designer himself as well as with fashion stalwarts like Anna Wintour, Karl Lagerfeld, Naomi Campbell and André Leon Talley. Available on Crave

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Jeremy Scott Charting New York designer Jeremy Scott’s journey from humble roots on a Missouri farm to creative director of Moschino, this documentary features appearances from some of the brand’s most famous fans, including Rihanna, Lady Gaga and Jared Leto. Available on Netflix

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Dior & I When minimalist designer Raf Simons took over the reins at French fashion house Christian Dior, it was big news. This documentary follows Simons as he prepares his first couture collection for the brand and features cameo appearances by film legends (and Dior ambassadors) like Marion Cotillard and Jennifer Lawrence. Available on Amazon Prime Video

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Suited Spotlighting Bindle & Keep, a Brooklyn custom suiting shop that caters to people who are transgender or gender-nonconforming or non-binary, this documentary explores the connection between gender identity and clothing. The film follows several of the store’s clients, who each share their personal stories of having a hard time finding suits that fit their body and that reflect how they want to present themselves to the world. Available on Crave

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In Vogue: The Editor’s Eye Released in 2012 in conjunction with Vogue’s 120th anniversary, this documentary takes a journey through the magazine’s editorial history, looking back at not just its most iconic images but the fashion editors who conceptualized and shaped them. Available on Crave

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Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel Legendary fashion editor Diana Vreeland, who did stints at both Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar between the 1930s and ’70s, is the subject of this fascinating documentary. Following Vreeland’s life from her childhood in Paris during the Belle Epoque to her rise through the ranks of New York fashion media and eventual role as consultant at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, the film sheds light on one of the fashion industry’s most acclaimed voices. Available on Amazon Prime Video

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Even ‘Project Runway’ Couldn’t Save Zac Posen

Once upon a time, back in ye olde days of 2002, a young designer, just shy of 21 years old, was discovered by a store that was famous throughout the land for crowning the new princes of fashion. And so he was named, and so he was celebrated, and so it came to pass — at least for awhile.

He made big, lavish ball gowns. He wore top hats and tails. The most famous women wore his clothes and became his friends. Rich men invested. He won awards. He was on a reality TV show. He had a documentary made about him.

And last week, both his company and the store that first found him met their demise.

On Friday, not long after a bankruptcy court in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., put the final stamp on the sale of Barneys’ intellectual property to Authentic Brands Group, beginning the closure of its bricks and mortar stores, liquidation of its inventory and the start of its new life as a disembodied brand, an announcement came that Mr. Posen’s board had “determined to cease business operations and carry out an orderly disposition of its assets.”

Essentially, after what the announcement called a “comprehensive strategic and financial review of the businesses,” his backers had lost faith in the company. Ron Burkle of Yucaipa Companies, the majority owner, had been trying to sell his stake since April, with no success.

The brand’s approximately 60 employees were let go. Its former web address now links to a Shopify site. On Instagram, Mr. Posen thanked his team and “all those who have stood by me and the brand.”

The fairy tales of both Barneys New York and Zac Posen do not have a happy ending.

Derek Blasberg, fashion and beauty director of YouTube, tweeted, “Fashion has been (and always will be) a tough business, but it’s like 2002 is imploding!”

Maybe. Or maybe what the end of Barneys and the end of Zac Posen (at least as we currently know them) is really about is the end of a certain kind of fashion story, one that hasn’t really been relevant for awhile.

After all, Mr. Posen is not the first of his generation of designers — the generation that emerged post-9/11 and pre-global downturn, and was thrust into the spotlight very early on as part of a concerted effort to create a positive narrative in a dark time — to hit the hurdle of the changing business of today and not be able to get over it. He is simply the designer probably best known outside the ivory tower of fashion.

Derek Lam, for example, who also founded his business in 2002, was a runner-up in the 2005 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund and won the CFDA emerging designer award for women’s wear the same year, decided earlier this year to close his high-end business and focus on a contemporary line. Thakoon Panichgul, who started his namesake line in 2004 and won the CFDA/Vogue award in 2006, put it on pause in 2017 and has now relaunched with a direct-to-consumer model. Behnaz Sarafpour, who also started her line in 2001 and was often nominated for CFDA awards, has switched from ready-to-wear to fragrances.

All were (and are) talented. But they came into the industry at a time when careers could be made by very specific gatekeepers and kingmakers: department stores, who held the keys to national reach, and glossy magazines, which served as the conduits to consumers, dictating trends and the names everyone needed to know.

And not long after they arrived, all of that changed. The premises on which Mr. Posen and his peers based their careers — that a seal of approval from Vogue, for example, was all the push you needed; that celebrities on the red carpet were the best marketing you could have; that a department store like Barneys was the open door to a consumer sector — no longer held true in the fractured age of social media, peer influencers and direct communication.

They were following one plotline, and all of a sudden it went veering off in multiple different directions.

Mr. Posen’s began as the charming wunderkind who grew up in TriBeCa, went to the arts-oriented private school Saint Ann’s, did a stint at Parsons, and was discovered before he had even graduated from Central Saint Martins in London. Naomi Campbell wore his clothes; so did Natalie Portman, Claire Danes, Katie Holmes and Lena Dunham.

He made himself into the P.T. Barnum of New York Fashion Week, and attracted investment from Sean Combs. (When Yucaipa bought a stake in Mr. Combs’s Sean John brand, it took over the investment in Mr. Posen’s brand.) He became the model of the well-connected, well-dressed, publicity-loving young designer. The red carpet was his happy place. It was also his distraction.

He suffered the fall from grace of the braggart, took himself to Paris in 2010 because he thought it might understand him better, and then returned, penitent and ready to work. His mother, a lawyer who had been his C.E.O., stepped down to make way for professional management.

Mr. Posen took on side gigs to support his brand: creative director of Brooks Brothers, designer of uniforms for Delta Air Lines. He was a judge on “Project Runway” from 2012 to 2018. He started a contemporary line, and did a collection for David’s Bridal. He embraced Instagram. (He has 1.9 million followers.) He owned his own mistakes, most publicly in “House of Z,” a 2017 documentary about his rise and fall and return. He wrote a cookbook. He was a regular at the Met Gala.

But weeks before he appeared on that 2019 red carpet with Jourdan Dunn (among others) on his arm, WWD reported his backers had begun looking for someone to buy their stake. They couldn’t find one.

It’s easy to blame the rise of the big luxury groups and the meddling of private equity, with its desire to get in and out of investments fast, for the difficulty of being a small, independent designer today. Certainly, financial engineering plays a part. But culture has changed, too.

The fairy tales of today center on nontraditional start-ups, disrupters geared toward a different value system (also a different commercial system). Their heroes have names like Supreme and Everlane and Outdoor Voices; Telfar and Pyer Moss. They are less about escapism, glamour and the power brokers of old, and more about the urgency of contemporary issues. They are built on a different kind of community and identity politics, and they have a different story arc.

Mr. Posen says he will be back. If so, that will be a fable to watch. For now, it’s about time fashion woke up and started rewriting its own myths.

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'I'm a really dark-skinned girl': The foundations supermodel Adut Akech swears by

Supemodel Adut Akech covers <em>Allure</em>'s May 2019 issue. (Photo: Daniel Jackson for Allure)

Adut Akech is living her best supermodel life.

The South Sudan-born beauty signed with a modeling agency at the tender age of 15. Akech turned heads when she walked the Saint Laurent Spring/Summer 2017 show in Paris, and later went on to sign a three-season exclusive deal with the fashion house. She’s since graced the catwalks of Versace, Prada and Chanel and showed off her stunning features on multiple Vogue covers.

Even though the 19-year-old has claimed such notoriety, including Model of the Year title, she knows that the beauty industry still has a lot of work to do when it comes to addressing the needs of black girls and women like herself.

In her cover story for Allure’s May 2019 issue, Akech gets candid with writer Baze Mpinja about what it’s really like to be a dark-skinned model. From being compared to fellow South Sudanese supermodel Alek Wek to having her Afro styled by artists who are not trained in textured hair, Akech isn’t sitting in silence about the challenges she faces on the job.

“If a model is not feeling OK [with a style], they should understand,” she says about not letting anyone “touch her hair this season.”

Another beauty struggle for Akech: the hassle of bringing her own foundation on set.

Even though the Fenty Beauty effect has motivated more cosmetic brands to expand their makeup shades to include darker hues beyond taupe and chestnut, access to inclusive foundations isn’t widespread.

“I’m a really dark-skinned girl, and it was hard to find something in Australia; the only brand I could use was M.A.C. In America, I can find my shade,” says Akech.

When listing the foundation brands she swears by, the young model tells Allure L’Oréal Paris True Match, Maybelline New York Fit Me and Dior Backstage are her go-to’s.

More than just a pretty face. Adut Akech is using her platform to raise awareness about the lack of diversity in beauty and fashion. (Photo: Daniel Jackson for Allure)

Shop Akech’s foundation brand picks below! Then head over to allure.com to learn more about her beauty regimen, and pick up a copy of Allure‘s May issue on newsstands.

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