
Fashion shows don’t just happen during Fashion Week. On Netflix, they’re year-round. Get it? Fashion shows. Also fashion films. Among the seemingly endless viewing options on the streaming service, there are plenty of movies and series that put fashion and style front and center. And they come in just about every genre, from reality shows to prestige dramas. These are just some of our faves available to stream on Netflix right now.
Wonder Boy
French designer
Olivier Rousteing became the creative director of Balmain when
he was just 25 years old. That in and of itself is a feat worthy of
a documentary of its own—the story of a fashion prodigy. But
Wonder Boy is about more than just Rousteing’s
gargantuan talent. Director Anissa Bonnefont is as interested in
the designer’s process of creating Balmain’s latest collection as
she in in his ongoing search for his birth parents. It’s an
emotional journey, with lots of style and a few celebrity cameos
(Kim
Kardashian,
Jennifer Lopez) along the way.
Halston
From one of today’s most celebrated young designers to one of the
20th Century’s most legendary: Halston.
Executive producer Ryan Murphy brings a flair for glitz and scandal
to this five-part limited series starring Ewan McGregor as the
influential American designer. We see Halston’s rise to the top of
the 1970s fashion world, his battles with addiction and his
struggle to retain control of the empire he built. Sure, it’s all a
bit soapy and seedy, but the glamor of the disco era shines
through. After all, who wouldn’t want to tag along with Halston and
Liza Minnelli (Krysta Rodriguez) and co. as they partied at Studio
54?
The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime
Story
We’re still in the Murphy-verse with this 2018 installment of the
uber-producer’s American Crime Story anthology series.
Based on journalist Maureen Orth’s 1999 book Vulgar
Favors, The Assassination of Gianni Versace explores
the series of tragic events that lead to the designer’s 1997
murder. Versace’s killer Andrew Cunanan (Darren Criss) is the
Emmy-winning show’s primary focus, following him on a murderous
spree that led him right to the fashion icon’s Miami doorstep. But
we also get a very unauthorized look into the House of
Versace, including the lives of
Donatella Versace (Penelope Cruz) and Gianni’s lover Antonio
D’Amico (Ricky Martin) leading up to and in the aftermath of his
death.
Emily in Paris
If you’ve been
keeping
up
with all the
And Just Like That set photos and wondering, Where, oh
where, is
Patricia Field? Well, here she is. In Paris. With
Emily. The famed Sex and the City stylist is
responsible for the colorfully campy looks on
this…polarizing series from executive producer Darren Star
(SATC, Younger). The show follows 20-something
American social media strategist Emily (Lily
Collins) as she tries to drag the French out of their
nicotine-stained ennui into the brave new Silicone century. Or
something. Think of it as The Devil Wears Whatever Carrie
Bradshaw Did That Time Baryshnikov Took Her to Paris.
The Remix
Hip-hop and fashion go hand-in-hand, but that is largely thanks to
the work of people like famed stylist Misa Hylton and designer
April Walker. This documentary follows these two pioneers, giving
them the spotlight they don’t often get, while also tracing the
history of Black fashion and the impact that hip-hop style has had
on global culture.
7 Days Out
Each episode of this 2018 docuseries chronicles the week leading up
to a major event: the Kentucky Derby, the reopening of Eleven
Madison Park, the Westminster Dog Show, the culmination of NASA’s
Cassini Mission to Saturn. All of which sounds very exciting, but
fashionistas will be especially interested in the show’s fifth
episode, which documents the seven days before
Chanel’s spring-summer 2018 Haute Couture show. Cameras follow
creative director
Karl Lagerfeld and his team as they race against the clock to
ready the looks, while set designers construct the lavish,
garden-inspired set in Paris’s Grand Palais. It’s a fascinating
look at what goes into creating one of the fashion world’s greatest
spectacles.
Styling Hollywood
This one’s a little more Housewives than Haute Couture,
but celebrity stylist Jason Bolden and interior designer Adair
Curtis are so delightful it’s easy to forgive the reality TV
trappings. The pair are partners in both life and their business,
JSN Studio, where they work with the likes of
Taraji P. Henson,
Serena Williams, Janet Mock and
Ava Duvernay, just to name a few. And, yes, all of those ladies
show up to lend a little Black girl magic to this fabulously
bingeable series.













