FILM, FASHION
AND THE 1960s
Edited by Eugenia Paulicelli, Drake Stutesman and Louise Wallenberg
Contributions by Stella Bruzzi, Pamela Church Gibson, Marilyn A. Cohen, Pat Kirkham, Ronald Gregg,
Amy Herzog, Anupama Kapse, Nick Rees-Roberts, Astrid Söderbergh Widding, Drake Stutesman,
Louise Wallenberg, Eugenia Paulicelli, and Adriana Berselli
“This collection of essays is enlightening and fruitful in demonstrating
the richness of the scholarship regarding fashion and film, evident in the range of voices and range of conceptual approaches. This would be an invaluable read for scholars and fans of fashion and film costume, as well
as for film historians, particularly with an interest in 1960s European film.”
- Historical Journal of Film, Radio, and Television
A fascinating look at one of the most experimental, volatile, and influential decades, Film, Fashion, and the 1960s,
examines the numerous ways in which film and fashion intersected and affected identity expression during the era.
From A Hard Day’s Night to Breakfast at Tiffany’s, from the works of Ingmar Bergman to Blake Edwards, the
groundbreaking cinema of the 1960s often used fashion as the ultimate expression for urbanity, youth, and political (un)awareness. Crumbling hierarchies brought together previously separate cultural domains, and these blurred
boundaries could be seen in unisex fashions and roles played out on the silver screen. As this volume amply
demonstrates, fashion in films from Italy, France, England, Sweden, India, and the United States helped portray
the rapidly changing faces of this cultural avant-gardism. This blending of fashion and film ultimately created a new
aesthetic that continues to influence the fashion and media of today.
A brief synopsis of my essay in Film, Fashion and the 1960s:
“RITE OF PASSAGE: THE HAT THAT WOULDN’T DISAPPEAR IN THE 1960S”
The hat suddenly disappeared in the 1960s as required wear in the industrial world. Exploring two American films,
A New Kind of Love (Melville Shavelson, US, 1963) and Puzzle of a Downfall Child (Jerry Schatzberg, US, 1970),
both about the fashion industry, this essay shows that the hat, nevertheless, remained a crucial cultural symbol.
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