The eye has to travel is released in the uk on 21st september. The eye has to travel chronicles 50 years of international fashion and vreelands rich life. The film was directed and produced by lisa immordino vreeland dianas granddaughterinlaw, bentjorgen perlmutt, and frederic tcheng. This film guides you through this fashion pioneers long career from her youth in paris until she became a leading magazine fashion columnist and editor. Her quirks, wit and warts are explored in diana vreeland. During her fiftyyear reign as the empress of fashion, she launched twiggy, advised jackie o and coined some of fashion s most eloquent.
The eye has to travel incorporates an inventive final shot that sums up its fantasy obsessed subject to a tee. The eye has to travel does feature wonderful reproductions of vreeland s layouts from harpers bazaar and vogue. The eye has to travel, a dazzling fashion documentary directed and produced by her granddaughterinlaw, lisa immordino vreeland, dianas legacy. The late diana vreeland is the subject of the fawning but fascinating documentary diana vreeland. The eye has to travel you may find yourself thinking with an increasing fervor that, yes, wearing. While her reputation in the fashion world is well known, the actual breadth of her career and extent of her reach is immeasurable.
She worked for the fashion magazines harpers bazaar and vogue, being the editorinchief of the latter, and as a special consultant at the costume institute of the metropolitan museum of art. If youre looking for extensive biographical information, diana vreeland, by eleanor dwight is a better choice. Beginning in 1936, when she became a fashion editor at harpers bazaar, vreeland established herself as a controversial visionary with an astonishing ability to invent and discover fashion ideas, designers, personalities, and. Lisa immordino vreeland is the director of the new documentary diana vreeland. Remembering the empress of fashion, diana vreeland.
The eye has to travel, an intimate reflection and celebration of diana vreeland s remarkable life and clout in the. The eye has to travel documents the iconic editors love of fashion firsttime filmmaker lisa vreeland shares what motivated her to. The eye has to travel come still more resonantly to life in the film. While youre watching the dizzily enjoyable documentary diana vreeland. While her reputation in the fashion world is well known, the actual breadth of her career and extent of. Her 2011 literary salute to the clans matriarch, diana vreeland. Diana vreeland biography childhood, life achievements. English us espanol portugues brasil francais france deutsch. The eye has to travel is a biographical documentary that explores the life and work of the pioneering fashion editor for harpers bazaar and vogue. Called the high priestess of fashion, diana vreeland 19031989 was an american original whose impact on fashion and style was legendary. With more than 350 illustrations, including original magazine spreads and many famous photographs, this intensely visual book shows fashion as it was being invented, and how vreeland shaped american taste through her superb vision. That diana vreeland 19031989 was the high priestess of fashion through much of the. Dec 16, 2012 the arresting photographs in diana vreeland.
The eye has to travel is a documentary about the world of fashion in the 20th century. References in film, television, theatre and literature. The eye has to travel, a dazzling fashion documentary directed and produced by her granddaughterinlaw, lisa immordino vreeland, dianas legacy is shown to have more to do. Diana vreeland the eye has to travel trailer 2012 fashion. The eye has to travel is a 2011 documentary about the life and career of diana vreeland, a fashion legacy famous for her time at harpers bazaar and vogue. This diverting documentary on the late fashion doyen diana vreeland knows it has a great story to tell. Rarely has a talking picture done more to grant visual images their. Diana vreeland, the legendary vogue editor and subject of the eye has to travel, a newly released book and film set to open in theaters spring 2012 would be. She was named on the international best dressed list hall of fame in 1964. Diana vreeland parfums is featured in the opening scene of oceans 8.
With diana vreeland, richard avedon, david bailey, lauren bacall. The eye has to travel 2011 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. For diana vreeland reality was merely the starting point on a far more delicious journey, the best of which is captured here in this excellent documentary. The late vreeland is the subject of the absorbing 2011 documentary diana vreeland. The film is based on her life, how she became a pioneer in the fashion industry and how her time spent with her husband in europe made her into a fashionista. Diana vreeland the eye has to travel trailer 2012 fashion documentary hd a look at the life and work of the influential fashion editor of harpers bazaar, diana vreeland. In the 1995 film to wong foo, thanks for everything.
The eye has to travel, an intimate reflection and celebration of diana vreelands remarkable life and clout in the. She was the oracle of style, a woman who defined the way we looked at couture. The eye has to travel, directed by lisa immordino vreeland, the wife of one of vreelands. She realized she needed to work and with her style and joy of life, she had two influential magazine jobs. An affectionate portrait created with visual flair, diana vreeland is entertaining. She was born in 1903 in paris to socialite parents and moved to the us during wwi. All you want in a movie about the legendary fashionmagazine editor diana vreeland its deeahnah, by the. Intimate portrait of the legendary fashion icon guides us through her life, adventures, accomplishments and passions. Across a career that spanned half a century, she edited harpers bazaar and vogue, discovered lauren bacall and innumerable others and was style consultant to jackie onassis. In expectation of the us release of diana vreeland. The eye has to travel stars the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 17 min, and received a score of 69 out of 100 on metacritic, which. The eye has to travel, a captivating 86minute film by lisa immordino vreeland, who is married to one of vreelands grandsons. Sustainable style lessons from diana vreelands new book. Sep 21, 2012 for decades, diana vreeland was one of the leading authorities in fashion through eccentric selftaught skill and a bold stylistic audacity.
This account has reached the download cap, additional downloads. Diana vreeland september 29, 1903 august 22, 1989 was a noted columnist and editor in the field of fashion. Also known for her crisp and dramatic style, vreeland was also influential on culture and politics. Sep 21, 2012 lisa immordino vreeland is the director of the new documentary diana vreeland.
The subject, diana vreeland, embodies the exuberance of the 20th century often called the american. Aug 10, 2012 diana vreeland the eye has to travel trailer 2012 fashion documentary hd a look at the life and work of the influential fashion editor of harpers bazaar, diana vreeland. The subject, diana vreeland, embodies the exuberance of the 20th century often called the american century even though she was not born in the us and was a confirmed europhile all her life. This is a fulsome, admiring account of the harpers bazaarvogue fashion editor, which can get a little wearying. Still, the eye has to travel is an entertaining, and frequently funny, watch, thanks to the charismatic and stylish presence of vreeland. The eye has to travel is an intimate portrait and a vibrant celebration of one of the most influential women of the 20th century, an enduring icon whose influence changed the face of fashion, beauty, art, publishing and culture forever. The eye has to travel is a terrific little documentary by lisa immordino vreeland the wife of dianas grandson alexander about the life and times of easily the most magnetic of magazine editors in fashion history, diana vreeland. Family film reveals little about fashion iconoclast. Sep 28, 2012 the late diana vreeland is the subject of the fawning but fascinating documentary diana vreeland. The eye has to travel pg documentaries movie 2012 this is an intimate portrait and a vibrant celebration of one of the most influential women of the 20th century, an enduring icon whose influence changed the face of fashion, beauty, art, publishing, and culture forever. Diana vreeland is even more vital and relevant today than at the time of her death in 1989. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing diana vreeland. Pg 1h 26min documentary, biography 21 september 2012 uk.
Former vogue editor diana vreelands new york apartment. If you want to know about vreelands personal life, you wont find it here. A look at the life and work of the influential fashion editor of harpers bazaar, diana vreeland. The eye has to travel, from samuel goldwyn films and epix pictures, with a running time of 86 minutes, opened yesterday and i apologize for my tardiness in posting. She did not have a memorable relationship with her mother, who told her as a child that she was extremely ugly. Remembering the empress of fashion, diana vreeland cnn. It details the life story of one of the fashion industrys most colorful figures, harpers bazaar and vogue magazine editor diana vreeland.
Diana vreeland is one of those names that rings a bell, but not sure why. The eye has to travel trailers and video, including teasers, extended looks, exclusive clips, footage, sneak peeks, interviews, and more on moviefone. The eye has to travel, we look back at the new york apartment of the vogue editor. That diana vreeland 19031989 was the high priestess of fashion through much of the twentieth century is persuasively demonstrated by this documentary from immordino vreeland her granddaughterinlaw, bentjorgen perlmutt and frederic tcheng, which offers both a. This is an excellent start, but documentaries rarely expand significantly beyond the art house circuit. Diana met the love of her life, drew vreeland, and their had two sons, frederick and tim, who tell us with some angst that she was not a good mother. The eye has to travel few names conjure style with the zest of diana vreeland, and docu gets the zing just right. With lots of incredible cameos and commentary by the likes of veruschka, penelope tree, david bailey, manolo blahnik, angelika huston, hubert givenchy and ms. The eye has to travel is an intimate portrait and a vibrant celebration of one of the most influential women of the twentieth century, an enduring icon who has had a strong.
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