Revisiting a project I started a while back with my friend Michael Carl at Hermès. We set out to curate a list of 100 fashion and style-focused films. We only made it to 74, but I’m always on the lookout for more to add.
It’s that time of year where, after a long day outside in the sun, I like to wrap myself in my Hermès blanket and turn on a movie. These are the films that have stayed with me time and time again. Some are classics, others just brilliant. Each one left a mark on how I see fashion, beauty, and presence.
The Style Set
Fashion, identity, and the kind of looks that still hold up.
The Devil Wears Prada
Working Girl
Pret-a-Porter
Dior and I
The September Issue
Unzipped
Mahogany
Paris is Burning
Zoolander
Who Are You, Polly Magoo?
The Originals of Cool
Not just the clothes — the energy.
Clueless
Heathers
Pretty in Pink
Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion
Breakfast Club
Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead
Can’t Buy Me Love
Less Than Zero
Mediterranean Mood Board
Full of color, light, and sense of place.
La Dolce Vita
The Talented Mr. Ripley
La Piscine
Purple Noon
Call Me by Your Name
I Am Love
Roman Holiday
Rocco & His Brothers
Mother of George
The Look Says Everything
Women with presence, without shouting.
Carol
Orlando
Blue Jasmine
The Royal Tenenbaums
Grey Gardens
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Charade
Dangerous Liaisons
Black Girl
Visually Unforgettable
Every frame is inspiration.
Red Desert
In the Mood for Love
Black Orpheus
Blade Runner
Suspiria
The Aviator
5th Element
The Last Picture Show
Great Characters. Great Clothes.
When it all just works.
Bonnie and Clyde
American Gigolo
Annie Hall
Taxi Driver
The Graduate
Harold & Maude
The Thomas Crown Affair
Casino
The Italian Job
Manhattan
3 Days of the Condor
Chinatown
Some of these I’ve seen a dozen times. Some I go back to for five minutes. They’re not all “fashion films”… but they are full of style.
Let me know what we missed. Aiming for 100. I’m always looking for what to watch next.
Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Sabrina, Funny Face, and Charade (all her movies, really ❤️), Grace Kelly in Rear Window, To Catch a Thief and Philadelphia Story, Ginger Roger’s in Top Hat, Lauren Bacall in Designing Woman, Doris Day in Lover Come Back and Please Don’t Eat the Daisies, Tilda Swinton in A Bigger Splash.
For great characters and clothes, Something’s Gotta Give. Think I’ve watched this movie a dozen times.