This diverting documentary on the late fashion doyen diana vreeland knows it has a great story to tell. The eye has to travel 2011 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The eye has to travel, a captivating 86minute film by lisa immordino vreeland, who is married to one of vreelands grandsons. Diana vreeland september 29, 1903 august 22, 1989 was a noted columnist and editor in the field of fashion. Diana vreeland the eye has to travel trailer 2012 fashion. Her 2011 literary salute to the clans matriarch, diana vreeland. She did not have a memorable relationship with her mother, who told her as a child that she was extremely ugly. 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. The eye has to travel chronicles 50 years of international fashion and vreelands rich life. The eye has to travel incorporates an inventive final shot that sums up its fantasy obsessed subject to a tee. Her quirks, wit and warts are explored in diana vreeland. The eye has to travel, directed by lisa immordino vreeland, the wife of one of vreelands. The late diana vreeland is the subject of the fawning but fascinating documentary diana vreeland.
Former vogue editor diana vreelands new york apartment. If youre looking for extensive biographical information, diana vreeland, by eleanor dwight is a better choice. Sustainable style lessons from diana vreelands new book. 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 late vreeland is the subject of the absorbing 2011 documentary diana vreeland. 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. Sep 21, 2012 lisa immordino vreeland is the director of the new documentary diana vreeland. 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. The eye has to travel does feature wonderful reproductions of vreeland s layouts from harpers bazaar and vogue.
While her reputation in the fashion world is well known, the actual breadth of her career and extent of her reach is immeasurable. The eye has to travel documents the iconic editors love of fashion firsttime filmmaker lisa vreeland shares what motivated her to. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing 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. She was named on the international best dressed list hall of fame in 1964. During her fiftyyear reign as the empress of fashion, she launched twiggy, advised jackie o and coined some of fashion s most eloquent. This is a fulsome, admiring account of the harpers bazaarvogue fashion editor, which can get a little wearying. Also known for her crisp and dramatic style, vreeland was also influential on culture and politics. The film was directed and produced by lisa immordino vreeland dianas granddaughterinlaw, bentjorgen perlmutt, and frederic tcheng. 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. Remembering the empress of fashion, diana vreeland.
Diana vreeland is one of those names that rings a bell, but not sure why. Dec 16, 2012 the arresting photographs in diana vreeland. Diana vreeland biography childhood, life achievements. An affectionate portrait created with visual flair, diana vreeland is entertaining. 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. She was born in 1903 in paris to socialite parents and moved to the us during wwi.
This account has reached the download cap, additional downloads. That diana vreeland 19031989 was the high priestess of fashion through much of the. Rarely has a talking picture done more to grant visual images their. While her reputation in the fashion world is well known, the actual breadth of her career and extent of. She realized she needed to work and with her style and joy of life, she had two influential magazine jobs. Raconteuse, epigrammatist, and mythomaniac, peerless fashion editor diana vreeland 190389 might have loved words.
The subject, diana vreeland, embodies the exuberance of the 20th century often called the american. The eye has to travel come still more resonantly to life in the film. 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. 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. If you want to know about vreelands personal life, you wont find it here. 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. This is an excellent start, but documentaries rarely expand significantly beyond the art house circuit. 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, a dazzling fashion documentary directed and produced by her granddaughterinlaw, lisa immordino vreeland, dianas legacy. 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. She was the oracle of style, a woman who defined the way we looked at couture. 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. 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.
With diana vreeland, richard avedon, david bailey, lauren bacall. 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. The eye has to travel, we look back at the new york apartment of the vogue editor. Pg 1h 26min documentary, biography 21 september 2012 uk. Sep 28, 2012 the late diana vreeland is the subject of the fawning but fascinating documentary diana vreeland. The eye has to travel, an intimate reflection and celebration of diana vreelands remarkable life and clout in the. 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.
Remembering the empress of fashion, diana vreeland cnn. A look at the life and work of the influential fashion editor of harpers bazaar, diana vreeland. Diana vreeland is even more vital and relevant today than at the time of her death in 1989. The eye has to travel you may find yourself thinking with an increasing fervor that, yes, wearing.
The eye has to travel is a documentary about the world of fashion in the 20th century. In the 1995 film to wong foo, thanks for everything. It details the life story of one of the fashion industrys most colorful figures, harpers bazaar and vogue magazine editor diana vreeland. Still, the eye has to travel is an entertaining, and frequently funny, watch, thanks to the charismatic and stylish presence of vreeland. 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. 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 does feature wonderful reproductions of vreelands layouts from harpers bazaar and vogue. Jahrzehntelang war diana vreeland, durch ihr exzentrisches, selbst erlerntes. 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. Diana vreeland parfums is featured in the opening scene of oceans 8. References in film, television, theatre and literature.
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 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. 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. Lisa immordino vreeland is the director of the new documentary diana vreeland. 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. The eye has to travel is released in the uk on 21st september. While youre watching the dizzily enjoyable documentary diana vreeland. English us espanol portugues brasil francais france deutsch. The eye has to travel few names conjure style with the zest of diana vreeland, and docu gets the zing just right. Called the high priestess of fashion, diana vreeland 19031989 was an american original whose impact on fashion and style was legendary. All you want in a movie about the legendary fashionmagazine editor diana vreeland its deeahnah, by the. Family film reveals little about fashion iconoclast. 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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