Deborah Riley Draper released the documentary last year. %27Battle of Versailles%27 show in 1973 pitted U.S. designers against the French America%27s black models%2C disco music%2C innovative fabrics ...

The screening will take place in the URBN Annex Screening Room (34th and Filbert Streets). The event is hosted by the Design & Merchandising Program in the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & ...

In 1973 American designers took Paris by storm, and won fashion from the French. Their secret weapon? Twelve African-American models. If your fashion sense is tingling big time, no surprise: For weeks ...

Logo will premiere Deborah Riley Draper’s documentary “Versailles ’73: American Runway Revolution” on Monday, Sept. 14. Featuring interviews with fashion industry vets including supermodel Pat ...

The documentary is a dishy, behind-the-scenes story of competition between French and American designers that resulted in the elevation of the U.S. fashion industry and the breaking of the color ...

In 1973, American designers put their ready-to-wear cloth against the lions of French haute coutour. It was the greatest fashion show ever staged, featuring Yves Saint Laurent, Christian Dior, Hubert ...

"Versailles '73: American Runway Revolution," chronicles U.S. designers' groundbreaking victory against their French counterparts. By Merle Ginsberg Pat Cleveland Vittadini Fall 2011 - P 2012 There ...

How did this documentary come about? I was actually researching another documentary, about Donyale Luna, a supermodel was discovered by Richard Avedon, dated a Rolling Stone, and then died of a drug ...

How a noble fundraising effort to restore France’s iconic Palace of Versailles turned into a game-changing battle for world fashion supremacy is chronicled in the superbly told, enjoyably dishy ...

Twentieth-century America was avidly interested in the latest fashion news from Paris, but the opposite wasn’t always the case You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you ...