The symbiotic relationship between cinema and fashion is well known. It's clear: they need each other in their particular creative processes. Films use costume design to enlighten certain characteristics or to capture the course of time, for instance. Whereas fashion, uses cinema as one of its main sources of inspiration.
But it is also true, that there are certain movies, in which costume design plays a principal role. And that is the case of Fassbinder films. He knew how important clothing is to reflect personality -he was often seen with a leather jacket and dark glasses- hence he relied the costume design of his films to the amazing Barbara Baum.
Here you can find an interesting article about Costume Design in German Cinema.
Forgive my lack of originality: Lili Marleen.
ooh i adore that last picture.
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Like Sick, I am captivated by that last photo!
ReplyDeleteI can't view Blogger pics for some reason but I'm big fan of Fassbinder so thanks for highlighting his work....and of course the costumes!
ReplyDeleteI love the costume's of old films
ReplyDeletethey are so artistic, now films generally have boring costumes
Thta's Fassbider movie it's amazing,the history is very dramatic.i like it
ReplyDeleteThe last picture is great.
ReplyDeleteNo he visto ninguna de sus películas pero me acabas de dar un buenísimo motivo para empezar.
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Oops, i did it in spanish!sorry!
ReplyDeleteOh gorgeous pictures and it is true that both art forms really do rely on each other.
ReplyDeleteGreat post! I love the Bitter tears of Petra Von Kant, and he is such an amazing director.
ReplyDeletehardly anything is as inspiring as a great movie wardrobe.
ReplyDeleteOhhh, me leiste la mente, quería desde hace mucho postear algo sobre Fassbinder, sus musas y estilos, precioso post!
ReplyDeletei went to see a fasbinder exhibition at the PS1 museum and it's amazing the visual style of this director, really interesting
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