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40 minutes in total immersion in the fashion world with Mademoiselle Agnès. Ten days of fashion, stimulated by the new generation of designers, reassured by the old guard, and dazzled by hallucinating scenography.

As every season Mademoiselle Agnes immerses herself in the backstage of women's ready-to-wear to take the tension of the business, to measure the height of the heels as well as the morale of the troops.
 

AMI is one of the biggest brands and names in the fashion industry. A unique dive into the creation process of Alexandre Mattiussi’s (founder of AMI) new collection,. Over the past 13 years, he has conquered the world, bringing French icons such as Catherine Deneuve and Carla Bruni to the catwalk.     
 

This documentary offers a unique glimpse into AMI’s upcoming fashion show, taking us behind the scenes from its inception to the catwalk. Thanks to the exclusive access, the audience dives into the designer’s intimacy and personality, exploring his emotions, his perspective of the current times. Uncover his inspiration, creative methods, and explore the essential requirements for upholding the highest standards of excellence. Alexandre Mattiussi's goal remains the same: "to dress the people I meet in the city or in the metro, and also my friends".

The exceptional success story of today’s most famous fashion designers, told through 10 years of exclusive archives and backstage images of his latest fashion show. Jacquemus’ magnificent catwalk scenographies flood the press and social media. Worshipped by international stars, he is often compared to Jean Paul Gaultier in the 1980s.

At only 33, Simon Porte Jacquemus is the founder and artistic director of his eponymous brand Jacquemus – still independent and not owned by any large luxury group. His name begins to be heard in 2015, when he wins the LVMH Jury Prize. His mini bag Chiquito, the width of a credit card, has been a bestseller since its creation in September 2018. His discourse has remained the same since the beginning: create clothes for liberated women, sexy women. His cabin of models is mixed-race, he is one of the first designers to leave curly-coily hair unstraightened, and he refuses models who are too skinny. And yet in 2022, his turnover reached 200 million euros, double from the previous year and is said to reach 500 million euros by 2025.
While following the preparation that precedes his next show, the film also retraces this incredible French success story. In the footsteps of this contemporary fashion genius: from the creative process and how he works with his teams, to the heart of a fashion show in front of an exceptional star-studded crowd: Vincent Cassel, Dua Lipa, Angèle, Sophie Marceau, Pamela Anderson, Victoria and David Beckham, among others...

An exclusive deep dive into the secrets of creation behind the House of Boucheron and its perennial modernity for over a century and a half. Today, the two women at the head of the company are rethinking luxury by proposing creative and innovative collections, far from the traditional codes of high jewelry.

It is in the heart of Paris, on Place Vendôme, that the world’s greatest jewelry Houses sit across the legendary Ritz Hotel. The very first to set up shop on this iconic square at the end of the 19th century was Boucheron. High jewelry dazzles and fascinates the whole world, elevating jewels to the rank of works of art, and passing down wellkept trade secrets.
 
This documentary offers an exclusive look backstage at the creation and development of the collections – which over the years have established Boucheron’s privileged spot among the most modern high jewelry Houses in the world. Today, a duet of women upholds this tradition of innovation, by designing exceptional jewels, as poetic as they are technologically innovative: Claire Choisne, Director of Creations and Hélène Poulit-Duquesne C.E.O. From Claire’s first intuitions, nourished by inspirational travels, to the first drawings and models, she often lets her creativity run wild, doing away with commercial security. Then, these ideas are materialized thanks to the unique know-how of the research and development teams, the goldsmith’s workshops, and the involvement of specialists whose professions are sometimes a far cry from the world of fine jewelry, such as a member of NASA or a “petal artist”. On all floors, at the Place Vendôme workshop, teams of mostly women are at work – but also all over the world – to obtain the most beautiful stones, with a real ethical and ecological concern about their origins. Once these unique pieces are completed, marketing enters the stage to publicize the collections, which are intended to be “genderless” – for both men and women. Modern and trendy jewelry. This exclusive deep dive into a refined artisanal process allows us to fully understand that there are no hard limits to the possible achievements of this tirelessly creative spirit. One that, collection after collection, reexamines luxury and reinvents high jewelry.

The Versace empire as you have never seen it before! Uncover the success story of the most famous Italian fashion house through the incredible story of the siblings who created it. In the Versace family, glory and tragedy are intrinsically intertwined.

At the end of the 1970s, Gianni Versace founded a small family business, that in just a few years would become a gigantic “haute couture” empire. While his older brother managed the cash money, his sister Donatella helped in the shadow at the artistic direction. At the height of his fame and fortune, Gianni was suddenly shot by a serial killer in 1997. At that time, everybody thought that this sad event would sound the death of the house of Versace. But like every Italian saga, the blood tie would prevail. Despite her immeasurable pain, Donatella fought to take back the reins of the house and managed to assert her legitimacy as she has ensured the prosperity of the family business.

The Jean-Paul Gaultier Couture show by Olivier Rousteing from Balmain marks the meeting of two of the greatest contemporary fashion designers. A 360-degree view of the creation of this exceptional collection, which will go down in fashion history.

Since Jean Paul Gaultier's last show in 2020, the Haute Couture collections of the House are assigned to a different designer each season. The French fashion house has announced that Olivier Rousteing of Balmain will present the next couture collection in July 2022.
Jean Paul Gaultier and Olivier Rousteing belong to very different generations but share many common inspirations: military style, sailor clothing and a certain taste for flamboyance. It is therefore the reinterpretation of codes that he already knows well that Olivier Rousteing will undertake for the preparation of this fashion show. Follow Olivier Rousteing throughout the creative process: his first sketches, his rediscovery of the Gaultier archives, the first fittings. Finally, you are invited backstage to the catwalk, traditionally set up at the Maison's headquarters on boulevard Saint Martin and at the heart of the VIP entrance. Not to mention an exclusive interview with Jean Paul Gaultier himself, to get his take on the interpretation of his legacy by the talented Olivier Rousteing.

Follow Maria Grazia Chiuri, the first woman to be appointed head of Dior. An exclusive and unique immersion in the magical backstage of one of the world’s most prestigious and iconic maison de couture. Discover the secrets of Dior’s first lady.

This film is an exclusive and unique immersion behind the scenes of one of the world’s most prestigious and iconic “maison de couture.” Discover the secrets of Dior’s first lady. The 2022 cruise show will take place in Greece, at the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens. The artistic director gives us intimate access as we follow the elaboration of the collection at her side. We discover her working method with her daughter, the frantic rhythm of the haute couture workshops, the doubts, the changes and the last preparations before the dazzling fashion show in Athens. When the show begins, Maria Grazia Chiuri’s vision takes full shape before our eyes. In 1951, Christian Dior himself came to present his creations on the Acropolis of Athens. The circle is complete: 70 years later, the name Dior still spreads its magic and beauty in the middle of the ancient capital.
 

To mark his 50th year as a designer, Jean Paul Gaultier held his final show in 2020 in Paris, with an event combining models and artistic performances. Let’s look back at his incredible career and personality.

With exclusive access, Loïc Prigent’s documentary follows the legendary bad-boy of French fashion in this exercise in virtuosity and celebration, a retrospective on a career and a demonstration that his creativity remains undiminished. The perfect occasion to look back on 50 years of classic designs which left their stamp on fashion: The corset, the sailor top, tattoo prints, skirts for men, and Haute Couture revisited.

After decades of growth and ostentation, when every excess was allowed, the fashion industry is currently at a turning point, caught up in the political issues that are reshaping our times: climate change and sustainable development, cultural representation and appropriation, equality, gender issues...

Brands and creators are now subject to increasingly sharp public scrutiny. How is the fashion industry facing these challenges and responding to this new paradigm? Based as it is on the concept of planned obsolescence, can fashion survive?

This film opens the doors to the work of a unique creator with a creative process always on the move and with a unique know-how. He reveals himself as a free and passionate alchemist who imagines shoes as real works of art.

Instinctive and spontaneous, Christian Louboutin is a creator with a singular journey. Constantly on the alert, he develops immediately recognizable collections of shoes and accessories to keep pace with the seasons.
From distant destinations where he isolates himself to draw without constraint, away from the factory in Italy where a rigor and meticulous know-how reigns, Christian Louboutin reveals to us, behind the scenes, of a creative process made of exchanges and travels.
Over the months, we follow Christian Louboutin in his daily life and we witness the birth of an exceptional event: the design of the first major exhibition dedicated to him in France which will be held at Palais de la Porte Dorée in Paris starting February 2020.
This documentary is an opportunity for the creator to share his love for shoes, to pay a vibrant tribute to the artists and craftsmen who crossed his path while returning to his sources of inspiration and the enthusiasm aroused by the act of creation for him.

Loic Prigent opens the secret doors of Paris Fashion Week. Interviews of creative directors, journalists and influencers help us understand this obscure microcosm and give us the keys to fully apprehend this hidden industry.

Loic’s camera films discreetly and lets the viewer observe as a real attendee of these crazy fashion moments. Paris Fashion Week enables the audience to finally experience and understand the unique circus of fashion shows.
 
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What criteria do we use to define human beauty? And what values underlie our criteria? What role do women play? What are their beauty secrets? How are social and love relationships established?

When we delve into what beauty really is, different worlds become apparent. What seems to be a focussing on the superfluous is in fact touching the essence. Beauty enables people to acquire self-knowledge and to blossom.

The "Beyond Beauty" documentary collection is an invitation to discover beauty as an original expression of world cultures.