Dressing Dangerously: Dysfunctional Fashion in Film

A thought—provoking examination of the challenging and sometimes sinister roles that fashion has played in the history of cinema

When Marlene Dietrich makes her entrance in Alfred Hitchcock’s Stage Fright, the Dior dress she wears immediately draws the viewer’s attention—not because of its designer label, but owing to the dramatic blood stains ruining its stylish surface. Fashion in film goes far beyond glamorous costumes on glamorous stars, as Jonathan Faiers proves in Dressing Dangerously...