Kosmorama #274: Fashion film

'Casstello Cavalcanti' (2013). High degree of self-consciousness and transtextually in Wes Anderson’s narrative short, art, ad or fashion film emulating classic Italian cinema for Prada. Starring Jason Schwartzman.
Dressed in haute couture garments, Kosmorama marks the opening of Copenhagen Fashion Week and Copenhagen Fashion Film Festival with this issue on fashion film.

Kosmorama #274

Jakob Ion Wille maps the generic and formal qualities of the fashion film in his article:

Acclaimed directors lending their fame and signature style to the promotion of exclusive fashion brands is a staple of the fashion film. Josette Wolthuis takes aim at David Lynch’s approach in her article:

Fashion film combines art and advertisement, and – in some cases – an ideological agenda. Stina Resting analyses how the prestigious Italian brand Prada promotes women filmmakers and a feminist agenda with fashion films on their website:

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