Portable.tv presents an entire week of programming about fashion to coincide with London Fashion Week.
This five-day specially-curated event consists of the best documentaries, films, and video collections from all aspects of fashion’s representation in the media from the present and the past.
Our team of 35 video curators have selected and crafted unique collections of videos to complement well-selected documentaries on influential designers, compelling art shorts, and fashion-oriented feature films. Supplementing all this will be collections on everything from Punk Fashion to Alexander McQueen to Coco Chanel.
Sept. 14, 2012
Movie - The Comfort of Strangers (Paul Schrader, 1990)
A holiday to Venice leads to a strange encounter. Costume Design by Giorgio Armani
Doc - Boss Women: Anna Wintour
One of the world's most influential fashion magazine editors, Anna Wintour, gets followed around by the BBC for a doc on her life in and outside of the office.
Collection - Betsey Johnson 1980s Fashion Shows
The soundtracks! The neon! The innovation! A look at some of the best moments in the beginning of Betsey Johnson's career: her first fashion shows.
Collection - Vivienne Westwood
Fashion iconoclast Vivienne Westwood is largely responsible for bringing "punk fashion" to the mainstream
Live Music Show - Andrew Bannis of Fab Africa
British designer Andrew Bannis, who is currently living and working in Buenos Aires, presents some of his favorite songs!
Art - Martha Rosler Reads Vogue (1982)
Rosler deconstructs the messages in Vogue and its advertising
Sept. 15, 2012
Movie - The Intern (2000)
an intern at the fictional New York City magazine, Skirt. Horribly mistreated, overworked and underpaid, Jocelyn lives for Skirt.
Collection - Fashion of the 1920s
A look at the hottest clothes, hairstyles, undergarments and sunshades of the 1920s!
Doc - The Secret World of Haute Couture
Doc travels from New York to Paris to California to meet the designers and discuss how haute couture has changed over the years.
Collection: Dolce & Gabbana
Commercials and more from the men behind those blinding huge belt buckles.
Sept. 16, 2012
Talk Show - Valentino
The Italian legend speaks about his work + 2 sections of his most recent documentary
Doc - Vanished: Gia Carangi
Dramatic ABC special on 80s supermodel Gia Carangi serves as a reminder that anyone famous and troubled might want to choose better friends on their way up...and down.
Collection: Gia Coppola
Granddaughter of Francis Ford and niece of Sofia, she's making charming films too!
Movie - Cover Girl (Charles Vidor, 1944)
A splashy musical geared to the talents of its redheaded star, Mrs. Rita Hayworth!
Sept. 17, 2012
Collection - Leigh Bowery
A brilliant collection of interviews and performances by the late, great Leigh Bowery! Rejoice!
Collection - A Lizard in a Woman's Skin (1971)
Great, trippy, bloody Giallo film from Lucio Fulci features an outstanding soundtrack by Ennio Morricone
Live Music Show - Kat George, Editor Portable.tv
Because it's fashion week, I thought I'd give this list a little fashion spin, and pick some of my favorite fashion related live music performances
Sept. 18, 2012
Doc - Yves Saint Laurent (1992)
10 years before the closure of Yves Saint Laurent haute couture - provides the look at the life and career of the legendary designer.
Art - The Tale Of A Fairy (Karl Lagerfeld, 2011)
Karl describes it as “a movie about an ill-advised use of money which begins with violence and ends with feeling”.
Art - O moda, moda! (Oh Fashion, Fashion! 1968)
Russian Animation looking at the over-indulgence of extravagant fashion
