A Better Look at The Influence of Fashion, Arts and Crafts in Film

Movies are so powerful that they have the ability to influence the world of fashion. In fact, movies and TV shows have culturally driven the style and choice of dressing since the invention of the moving screen.

After the debut of the eclectic award-winning Netflix series Queen’s Gambit, global fashion platform Stylight received a 383% growth in requests for vintage fashion. A great story is incomplete without great characters, and sometimes, it takes great style and expression of art to give the best statement for your character.

Amazing films like Black Panther, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Great Gatsby, Lord of the Rings Trilogy and much more, still continue to ignite captivating images of the fashion arts and crafts exhibited in such films, all of which have claimed the prestigious Oscars for their inspiring creativity.

Costumes for live theatre productions could be extravagant or gory depending on the story being told and requires a deeper sense of fashion arts and crafts to grasp the concept of costume and set design that sets one production apart from another.

The fashion and clothing choices of a character can help the audience deduce the character’s personality as well as the growth of the character, as the film or show progresses or the character transitions.

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