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Bringing Hollywood home

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Costumes in motion pictures have influenced fashion ever since they began in the 1910s. Fashion designers would copy dresses in movies and sell them in great numbers. As women entered the workforce in the 1940s, practical fashions became popular in movies, and in society. This trend continues.

Author: Spindler, Amy M.
Publisher: The New York Times Company
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 1993
Women, History, Clothing, Fashion

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They lost it at the movies

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Various fashion designers discuss the movies that have most influenced them. Designers include Alexander McQueen, Jean Paul Gaultier, Tom Ford, Yohji Yamamoto, and others.

Publisher: The New York Times Company
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 2000

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Silent movies

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Film has consistently influenced both fashion designers and fashion photographers. Specific influences are discussed.

Author: Spindler, Amy M.
Publisher: The New York Times Company
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 2000
Photographers

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Subjects list: Influence, Motion pictures, Movies, United States, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Fashion designers
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