Taglines: A behind-the-seams look at the world of high fashion.
Unzipped movie storyline. Using a variety of cinematographic techniques, the world of high- profile fashion designer Issac Mizrahi is portrayed as being driven by excitement and creativity, despite the concomitant chaos and cacophony. Mizrahi’s frenzied genius and rollercoaster emotions paint a humorous and personal portrait of a brilliant designer. Famous “SuperModels”, actors, and actresses populate Issac’s rarified world, but Douglas Keeve’s cameras capture the stress and turbulence beneath the placid coolness of glamour.
Unzipped is a 1995 American documentary filmdirected by Douglas Keeve and Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Kate Moss, Isaac Mizrahi, Roseanne Barr, Sandra Bernhard, Natane Boudreau, Carla Bruni and Helena Christensen. It follows fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi, Keeve’s then boyfriend, as he plans and ultimately shows his fall 1994 collection. The film put such a rift in their relationship over Mizrahi’s depiction that the two broke up over it.
There are appearances by supermodels Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista and Kate Moss, as well as many other celebrities and designers from the fashion world and beyond. Janet Maslin for The New York Times gave Unzipped a positive review. Calling the film a “crafty valentine to the fashion world in general and this irrepressible designer in particular”, Maslin praised the film’s tight structure and found Mizrahi an engaging personality. She concludes that Unzipped is a “smart, spiky documentary”.
Unzipped (1995)
Directed by: Douglas Keeve
Starring: Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Kate Moss, Isaac Mizrahi, Roseanne Barr, Sandra Bernhard, Natane Boudreau, Carla Bruni, Helena Christensen, Yasmeen Ghauri
Cinematography by: Ellen Kuras, Robert Leacock
Film Editing by: Paula Heredia, Alan Oxman
MPAA Rating: R for some language.
Distributed by: Miramax Films
Release Date: August 11, 1995
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