Twenty-five years since the release of Douglas Keeve’s Unzipped — which is considered the first fashion documentary and one of the finest — the genre is flourishing.
If fashion docs were once focused on household names (such as Valentino and Vogue’s editor-in-chief, Anna Wintour), the 2010s saw the release of movies portraying a variety of industry cult figures, plus explorations of hot-button issues including diversity and cheap clothing’s environmental impact.
While the driving force behind these movies used to be first-time directors (who had an ‘in’ or a connection to their subject), recently, veteran art world and social issues filmmakers have crossed over to the realm of style with spectacular results.
These are the top 10 fashion documentaries of the decade.
