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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
When John Galliano, the “bad boy” of British fashion was brought over by LVMH’s Bernard Arnault to head Christian Dior it was a dream come true. His incredible vision has flourished under the auspices of the legendary designer and the fashion powerhouse.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The name Christian Dior is synonymous with luxury and glamour in the world of clothing, accessories, fragrance and cosmetics. Come to Paris to meet the master Dior himself in the early days of the House and see how the Dior label has flourished under famous designers such as Yves Saint Laurent, Marc Bohan, and Gianfranco Ferre.
3) Sebastiane
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Latin
Description
Jarman made his feature directorial debut with this interpretation of the life of St. Sebastiane. The Roman martyr is exiled to an all-male colony and tortured in this visually stylish and gorgeously photographed film. Sebastiane caused a stir for its frank homoerotic content, but was equally noteworthy for presenting its dialogue entirely in Latin. Music by Brian Eno.
5) Lourdes
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Français
Description
Christine has been confined to a wheelchair for most of her life. In order to escape her isolation, she makes a journey to Lourdes, the iconic site of pilgrimage in the Pyrenees Mountains. She wakes up one morning seemingly cured by a miracle. The leader of the pilgrimage group, a handsome 40 year-old volunteer from the Order of Malta, begins to take an interest in her. She tries to hold on to this new-found chance for happiness while her cure provokes...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Far removed from its heyday of the 50s and 60s, by the early eighties, haute couture was a dying business. However, a young man from the south of France, planning a career as a museum curator would soon turn that world upside down. Lacroix spent several years at Hermes but by 1981 was designing haute couture for Jean Patou. It was fashion executive Jean Jacques Picart who had first spotted his talent. In 1987 Bernard Arnault made a controversial offer...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Throughout the 80s and 90s Christian Lacroix had established a look based on a beautiful mix of cultures and eras. Already a part of the LVMH group, it was no surprise when he was tapped to take over at stable-mate Emilio Pucci. In 2005 the relationship between Christian Lacroix and LVMH broke down and the house was bought by the US-based Falic group. It ushered in a new era for the increasingly frustrated couturier. Relieved of his Pucci duties,...
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In this heartfelt dramatic comedy, a teenage girl reluctantly joins her new step-cousin at a summer camp for Mormon girls. Reeling from the recent loss of her father to cancer, she finds that there are many others who feel her pain -- and that she never has to face her sorrow alone.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
They called themselves the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing, but because of their ecstatic dancing, the world called them Shakers. Though they were celibate, they are the most enduring religious experiment in American history. They believed in pacifism, natural health and hygiene, and for more than 200 years insisted that their followers should strive for simplicity and perfection in everything they did. The Shakers put their...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In this issue of Videofashion Collections, Project-Runway alum, and evening wear drama king, Christian Siriano adds his youthful exuberance to the art of day dressing with his Spring/Summer 2015 Collection! Jenny Packham delivers a show-stopping tribute to Marilyn Monroe. The sexy icon’s signatures, such as shimmer to body-hugging, are ever present. Social activist Nancy Cunard gets an elegant nod from Bibhu Mohapatra. Plus, don’t miss our Fashion...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This spellbinding creation by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi interprets the Gothic cathedral through Gaudi's visionary, modernist style. Study the striking sculpted decoration of the exterior portals, the dreamlike interior with its columns fashioned as stylized trees, and the powerful Christian iconography of this unique melding of the traditional and the radically new.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This spellbinding creation by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi interprets the Gothic cathedral through Gaudi's visionary, modernist style. Study the striking sculpted decoration of the exterior portals, the dreamlike interior with its columns fashioned as stylized trees, and the powerful Christian iconography of this unique melding of the traditional and the radically new.
Publisher
Pure Flix Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
It was meant to be a perfect getaway, suddenly it became a horrific nightmare. While vacationing aboard a private yacht on the Sea of Cortez, Detective David Ramsey discovers that his wife and friends have suddenly disappeared.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Thy Will Be Done follows Male-to-Female Transsexual Sara Herwig in her journey to ordination in the Presbyterian Church. The Church’s conservative groups do not recognize Sara as female and challenge her fitness and eligibility to be a pastor. In addition, it is crucial to Sara’s success that she has support from friends and family. The documentary explores the way in which alternative lifestyles and permanent choices of identity have the power...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In this issue of Videofashion Collections, New York’s premier fashion designer, Carolina Herrera looks to the Kinetic Art movement and Venezuelan artists, Carlos Cruz-Diez and Jesús Rafael Soto, resulting in a graphically sophisticated Spring/Summer 2014 collection. After, not only a relaxing but also, an inspiring vacation in Mexico, Christian Siriano takes us to la Isla Mujeres--The Island of Women—for the warm weather season. Tory Burch gives...
19) Letters to God
Publisher
Possibility Pictures
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
A young boy with cancer touches a community when he writes letters to God to help him with his struggle.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Videofashion Collections presented by Videofashion Daily is a front row seat to the creative genius of New York, London, Milan and Paris Fashion Weeks that set the fashion trends for Spring/Summer and Autumn/Winter. Videofashion Collections delivers comprehensive and rapid coverage of each major fashion show, complete with extensive and unparalleled VIP access to, and interviews with: designers, fashion editors, makeup artists, models, fashion luminaries,...
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