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The Fashion of Film: How Cinema has Inspired Fashion – 8 Sept. 2016

by Amber Butchart

Karl Lagerfeld drew inspiration from the dystopian vision of Metropolis. The picture-perfect worlds of Wes Anderson's films echo in Miuccia Prada's collections. From historical epics and romantic dramas to sci-fi blockbusters and arthouse cool, the world's most creative fashion designers have long taken their inspiration from screen idols - and continue to do so today.

Let fashion historian Amber Butchart take you a journey through the last 100 years of cinema style and its influence on the catwalks, and see how the fashion of film has transformed the world of fashion design.

Sumptuously illustrated with photographs of fashion creations and the films that inspired them, The Fashion of Film is a must-have for any fan of style.

Amber Jane Butchart is a British fashion historian and writer from Kessingland, Suffolk.

Butchart presented the BBC Four's A Stitch in Time, a six part documentary series which "explored the lives of historical figures through the clothes they wore". She also presented a segment in the BBC Documentary series Civilisations Stories entitled The First Refugees regarding the silk-weaving Huguenot community of Spitalfields. She is an associate lecturer at the London College of Fashion, and was formerly head buyer for vintage clothing company Beyond Retro. She has an MA in History and Culture of Fashion from the London College of Fashion, now part of the University of the Arts London. Butchart also acts as a consultant forensic garment analyst to British police forces and crime scene investigators.

Butchart is a regular guest on BBC Radio 4's Women's Hour.In January 2017 she appeared on Radio 4's The Museum of Curiosity where her hypothetical donation to this imaginary museum was "the colour mauve". She has also produced a two-part documentary for Radio 4 about the history of the vintage fashion industry entitled From Rags to Riches. Since 2018, Butchart has presented English Heritage's series of historic make-up tutorials on its YouTube channel. The series was part of the charity's efforts to expand its audience, and the campaign led to English Heritage winning the 'Grand Prix' and 'Best UK Breakthrough Advertiser' prizes at the 2019 YouTube Works Awards.

She regularly hosts fashion events, including Puttin’ on the Glitz: Fashion & Film in the Jazz Age at the British Library in 2014.