The eye has to travel documents the iconic editors love of fashion firsttime filmmaker lisa vreeland shares what motivated her to make a documentary about the former. The eye has to travel chronicles 50 years of international fashion and vreelands rich life. In the coming weeks, a documentary titled diana vreeland. Like the woman it talks about, the movie seems convinced. 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.
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. The eye has to travel you may find yourself thinking with an increasing fervor that, yes, wearing violet velvet. This weekend a new documentary about her life is being released by samuel goldwyn films, diana vreeland. 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 and copy or rip diana vreeland. Aug 09, 2012 the official trailer for the eye has to travel chronicling diana vreeland s epic career in international fashion over the last 50 years. The filmmakers are clearly fans, and any of vreelands personal shortcomings childrearing, for instance are only hinted at. This is a fulsome, admiring account of the harpers bazaarvogue fashion editor, which can get a little wearying. For decades, diana vreeland was one of the leading authorities in fashion through eccentric selftaught skill and a bold stylistic audacity. The eye has to travel is available to watch free on pluto tv and stream, download, buy on demand at amazon prime, hulu, the roku channel. 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. Diana vreeland left in a scene from the eye has to travel. The eye has to travel is not the companion book that ties in with it, but vreelands memoir, d. She was the oracle of style, a woman who defined the way we looked at couture.
Many people remember some of diana vreelands famous pronouncements i adore pink. The eye has to travel provides a perfect conclusion to london fashion week, profiling the grand editrix of vogue in new york. The eye has to travel, a documentary about the late harpers bazaar and vogue editor directed by her granddaughterinlaw lisa immordino vreeland, may. The eye has to travel and other popular tv shows and movies including new releases, classics. 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. The eye has to travel 2011 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Diana vreeland is one of those names that rings a bell, but not sure why. 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. Vreeland is a work of art in herself, rouging her ears. The eye has to travel few names conjure style with the zest of diana vreeland, and docu gets the zing just right.
The eye has to travel is a documentary about the world of fashion in the 20th century. This is an excellent start, but documentaries rarely expand significantly beyond the art house circuit. The eye has to travel guides us from paris to new york to london and through vreelands life, adventures, accomplishments and passions. Sep 21, 2012 for decades, diana vreeland was one of the leading authorities in fashion through eccentric selftaught skill and a bold stylistic audacity. Raconteuse, epigrammatist, and mythomaniac, peerless fashion editor diana vreeland 190389 might have loved words. The eye has to travel celebrates a unique and uniquely determined woman. These people invented themselves and i was there to help them along, so said fashion magazine diva diana vreeland in just one of her nonstop. Lisa immordino vreeland is breathing new life into diana vreeland s legacy.
The eye has to travel 2011 starring diana vreeland on dvd and bluray. This diverting documentary on the late fashion doyen diana vreeland knows it has a great story to tell. The eye has to travel is streaming, if diana vreeland. 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.
Beginning in 1936, when she became a fashion editor at. The eye has to travel is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. A look at the life and work of the influential fashion editor of harpers bazaar, diana vreeland. The eye has to travel documents the personal and professional history of the famous editor, known as the a. With diana vreeland, richard avedon, david bailey, lauren bacall. During her fiftyyear reign as the empress of fashion, she launched twiggy, advised jackie o and coined some of fashions most eloquent. Oct 30, 2012 still, the eye has to travel is an entertaining, and frequently funny, watch, thanks to the charismatic and stylish presence of vreeland. Directed by lisa immordino vreeland, bentjorgen perlmutt, frederic tcheng. The eye has to travel has an unexpected effect on viewers who will most likely end up grinning for days after watching it. The eye has to travel by alex lorge on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. With a keen eye and strong editorial viewpoint, she steered harpers bazaar and vogue through some of the greatest revolutions in fashion history. Intimate portrait of the legendary fashion icon guides us through her life, adventures, accomplishments and passions. In the 60s vreeland moved to become editorinchief at vogue where she defined the fashion of the era. She was born in 1903 in paris to socialite parents and moved to.
The eye has to travel dvd, 20 at the best online prices at ebay. 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. The eye has to travel, directed by lisa immordino vreeland, the fashion icons granddaughter inlaw and it looks really good. 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. Sep 21, 2012 while youre watching the dizzily enjoyable documentary diana vreeland. Your reaction to the eye has to travel, though, may well be determined by how you wind up feeling about a woman who was driven, imperious, supremely selfconfident, enormously successful butone has to addmanipulative and extremely singleminded. 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. The eye has to travel is an intimate portrait and a vibrant celebration of one of the most influential women of the 20th century.
The eye has to travel fashion category winner in london design museums designs of the year award 20. The eye has to travel is a 2011 documentary about the life and. Plimpton interviewed vreeland at length to gather the material for the book, and codirectors lisa immordino vreeland. Dec 16, 2012 a documentary about vreeland, the eye has to travel, is currently playing at american cinemas. Many people remember some of diana vreeland s famous pronouncements i adore pink. I have to be honest, i didnt know much about diana vreeland.
While youre watching the dizzily enjoyable documentary diana vreeland. 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 major influence on the course of fashion, beauty, publishing and culture. Sep 06, 2011 diana vreeland, who died in 1989, is hardly an unknown figure in the worlds of fashion and journalism, with several books and even a critically acclaimed onewoman play having explored her influence as an editor at harpers bazaar and then at vogue, and later her groundbreaking work at the metropolitan museum of art and its costume institute. Its creator, lisa immordino vreeland the wife of vreelands grandson alexander, has also. It details the life story of one of the fashion industrys most colorful figures, harpers bazaar and vogue magazine editor diana vreeland. The official trailer for the eye has to travel chronicling diana vreeland s epic career in international fashion over the last 50 years. The eye has to travel directed by lisa immordino vreeland for. Family film reveals little about fashion iconoclast. Called the high priestess of fashion, diana vreeland 19031989 was an american original whose impact on fashion and style was legendary. The eye has to travel and other popular tv shows and movies including new releases, classics, hulu originals, and more. The film was directed and produced by lisa immordino vreeland dianas granddaughterinlaw, bentjorgen perlmutt, and frederic tcheng. Remaining relevant over a whole career is an accomplishment few are afforded, but diana vreeland had the touch.
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