High Fashion Reigns Supreme At Tribeca
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Fashion, film and red carpet glamor joined forces at several events during this year's Tribeca Film Festival. NY1's Michelle Park filed the following report. Fashionistas were out in full force during this year's Tribeca Film Festival, starting out with an ode to hair idol Vidal Sassoon on April 23.
"Vidal Sassoon: The Movie" chronicles the self-made hair dresser who helped shaped the look and feel of the '60s with a pair of scissors.
"He took people from having giant beehive hairdos to elegant cuts, and that's the look of the '60s," says director Craig Teper. "He helped create that and that freed women from having to go to the hair salon three times a week."
Fashion and film mixed again at Chanel's annual Tribeca Film Festival Dinner, honoring artists who donate works clothes to award-winning filmmakers during the festival.
Celebs turned out in their favorite Chanel creations to celebrate the role art plays in movies and fashion.
"I think the arts have always been connected. I mean, without great wardrobes, we wouldn't play great characters," says actor Selma Blair. "People that create those looks and wardrobes have a feeling for the history and the time and it makes a person's character."
"I think the worlds of fashion and film and art, the gap is getting smaller and smaller and smaller, and they all inspire each other," says stylist Rachel Zoe.
Fashion was also the focus of "Ultrasuede: In Search Of Halston," a documentary that details the rise and fall of Halston, American's first celebrity designer.
"I wanted to capture the glamor and chicness of the '70s and Halston kind of represented that. He was this mythical character, he's a great designer, he kind of represents studio 54," says director Whitney Sudler-Smith. "I think it's a uniquely New York story and I wanted to capture the glamor, the decadence of that era."
"Clothes are timeless, and it's beautiful when you look back at the archives to see how relevant the work still is," says actor Sarah Jessica Parker.
Parker is keeping the brand relevant by designing Halston's Classic Heritage line, which will make a few cameos in the upcoming "Sex And The City" sequel.