Fashion designer movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant fashion designer movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, realistic, thrilling, inspirational, psychological and romantic films and TV shows about / with fashion designer, fashion, female protagonist, fashion industry, haute couture, ambition, sewing, designer, fashion show and relationships plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in UK, France, USA and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as fashion designer: Haute Couture (2021), Yves Saint Laurent (2014), Cruella (2021), After the Ball (2015), House of Gucci (2021), Katy Keene (2020), The Collection (2016), House of Versace (2013), Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022), Phantom Thread (2017).

List of fashion designer movies

Haute Couture (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Esther is at the end of her career as Head Seamstress at Dior Avenue Montaigne workshop. One day, she gets her handbag stolen in the metro by a 20 years old girl, Jade. Instead of calling the police she decides to take care of Jade. She sees in her ...
Plot: fashion designer, dressmaker, fashion, strong female character, stealing, nudity, diabetes, racism, loneliness, female protagonist, train, party ...
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Yves Saint Laurent (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A look at the life of French designer Yves Saint Laurent from the beginning of his career in 1958 when he met his lover and business partner, Pierre Berge.
Style: sentimental, melancholic, factual, captivating, sweet ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: fashion, gay, fashion designer, lgbtq, gay interest, rise to the top, biopic, lgbt, glbt, character study, art, fashion industry ...
Time: 1950s, 20th century, 2000s, 60s, 50s ...
Place: paris france, france, morocco, europe, algeria ...
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 7.3
 293K
Cruella (2021)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, UK, Ireland, Australia, Canada
Duration: 134 min.
Story: In 1970s London amidst the punk rock revolution, a young grifter named Estella is determined to make a name for herself with her designs. She befriends a pair of young thieves who appreciate her appetite for mischief, and together they are able to ...
Style: fairy tale, light, visually appealing, captivating, gothic ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: fashion, robbery, personality change, villain, fashion designer, female villain, villainess, dalmatian, designer, criminal, life is a bitch, change of heart ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, future, year 1965, year 1964
Place: london, england, britain, united kingdom, europe
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After the Ball (2015)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story: After the Ball, a retail fairy tale set in the world of fashion. Kate's dream is to design for couturier houses. Although she is a bright new talent, Kate can't get a job. No one trusts the daughter of Lee Kassell, a retail guru who ...
Style: feel good, semi serious, humorous, funny, romantic ...
Audience: girls' night, teens
Plot: fashion, cinderella story, cross dressing, female protagonist, happy ending, hidden identity, cinderella, haute couture, love and romance, father daughter relationship, good versus evil, dream ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa, montreal
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 6.6
 174K
House of Gucci (2021)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA, Canada, UK
Duration: 158 min.
Story: The true story of how Patrizia Reggiani plotted to kill her husband Maurizio Gucci, the grandson of renowned fashion designer Guccio Gucci.
Style: realistic, period piece, romantic, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience: adult
Plot: fashion, fashion designer, fashion industry, mistress, high society, murder, family feud, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, greed, job, femme fatale ...
Time: 90s, future, 80s, 2020s, year 1997 ...
Place: italy, milan italy, new york, swiss alps, tuscany ...
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 6.3
 3K
Katy Keene (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: A group of aspiring artists living in New York City try to make their dreams come true.
Style: light, realistic, intense, romantic, captivating ...
Audience: girls' night, teens, family outing
Plot: dating show, fashion, youth, luck, lovers apart, new house, city life, fashion designer, sewing, relocation, workplace situations, friendship ...
Place: new york, paris france
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The Collection (2016)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A gripping family drama and entrepreneurial fable, set in a post-war Paris fashion house. It exposes the grit behind the glamour of a rising business, spearheaded by two clashing brothers.
Style: captivating, historical drama, suspenseful, entertaining, disturbing ...
Plot: fashion, fashion designer, brother brother relationship, family business, post war, female nudity, investigation, murder, designer, rivalry, conspiracy, love triangle ...
Time: 1940s, post world war two, 20th century, 1950s, 50s
Place: paris france, france
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House of Versace (2013)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Based on Wall Street Journal reporter Deborah Ball’s widely-read book "House of Versace: The Untold Story of Genius, Murder, and Survival", the movie brings to light the story of Donatella, who, following the brazen murder of her ...
Style: touching, serious, stylized, realistic
Plot: fashion, fashion industry, family business, fashion designer, drug abuse, fashion show, workplace, life is a bitch, family relations, siblings relations, addiction, model ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place: usa
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Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, France, Hungary
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A 1950s London cleaning lady falls in love with an haute couture dress by Christian Dior and decides to gamble everything for the sake of this folly.
Style: period piece, disturbing, captivating, semi serious, satirical ...
Plot: fashion, haute couture, cleaning lady, widow, fashion model, fashion designer, fashion show, dream, bigger dreams, female protagonist, culture, direction and purpose ...
Time: 20th century, year 1957, 1950s, 50s
Place: paris france, london, france
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 7.4
 160K
Phantom Thread (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, China
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Renowned British dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock comes across Alma, a young, strong-willed woman, who soon becomes a fixture in his life as his muse and lover.
Style: period piece, sentimental, costume drama, suspense, psychological ...
Audience: adult
Plot: fashion show, seamstress, fashion, masochism, fashion designer, brother sister relationship, wedding, dressmaker, lady, dysfunctional relationship, food, wedding dress ...
Time: 1950s, 2010s, year 2017, post world war two, 50s
Place: london, alps
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Chanel Solitaire (1981)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The story about the life and loves of an amazing woman-Coco Chanel- who rose from the bottom with no family or financial support and became one of the most legendary of all our creative icons.
Style: inspirational, factual, melancholic, atmospheric, stylized ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: fashion designer, fashion, businesswoman, dressmaker, designer, historical figure, fashion show, mistress, illegitimate child, high society, creativity, life philosophy ...
Time: 20th century, 1920s, 19th century, year 1981
Place: paris france, france, europe
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Last Night in Soho (2021)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, China
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A young girl, passionate about fashion design, is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s where she encounters her idol, a dazzling wannabe singer. But 1960s London is not what it seems, and time seems to be falling apart with shady consequences.
Style: gothic, suspense, postmodern, psychological horror, psychotronic ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: murder, time travel, fashion designer, rape, nostalgia, nightmare, brothel, female serial killer, plot twist, grandmother granddaughter relationship, female teacher, suicide of mother ...
Time: 60s, 2020s, year 1960, year 1969, year 1965 ...
Place: london, england
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Paris or Perish (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Maya is living the ultimate fashionistas dream: she is working as a stylist for one of the French trend setters, in the capital of haute-couture: Paris. One of the IT girls of fashion, shes following her dreams until one night, when her life takes ...
Style: humorous, feel good, funny, sweet, inspirational ...
Plot: fashion, fashion designer, immigrant, hopes, escapades, rise to the top, life turned upside down, misfit, getting home, childhood home, stereotypes, rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: paris france, france, morocco
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The House of Eliott (1991)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: The House of Eliott is a British television series produced and broadcast by the BBC in three series between 1991 and 1994. The series starred Stella Gonet and Louise Lombard as two sisters in 1920s London who establish a dressmaking business and ...
Style: serious, realistic, costume drama, sincere, captivating ...
Plot: fashion, society, workplace, lifestyle, family relations, workplace situations, fashion designer, dressmaker, rise to the top, sister sister relationship, media sensation, siblings relations ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century
Place: england, london, britain
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 3.3
 302
Fashion Victim (2008)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Andrew Cunanan started his murderous spree in Minnesota, continued through Chicago, and despite being the subject of an intense manhunt, was able to kill fashion great Gianni Versace, in Miami, before killing himself.
Style: sincere, captivating, serious, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot: serial killer, fashion designer, fbi, manhunt, lgbt, on the run, violence spree, murder, gay interest, gay, glbt, fashion ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa, chicago
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Unforgettable Christmas (2023)
Genre: Family, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: If Princess Colette were to get a Christmas wish, she would rather be a fashion designer than heir to her country's throne, but when she works for designer Wilson James on a collection, she finds both her true calling and her true love.
Style: feel good, psychological, christmas special, thrilling, captivating ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: fashion designer, royalty, princess, christmas, holiday, christmas romance, xmas, male female relationship, relationships, christmas spirit, love interest, modeling ...
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The Stars Are Shining (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story: In 1960's, the family of an optimistic girl Jo Bong-hee, fell into difficulties after her father's death. Then, she decided to rekindle her hope and overcomes different obstacles to become the best fashion designer in Korea
Style: captivating, thrilling, psychological, period piece, historical drama
Plot: fashion designer, poverty, ambition, fashion, fashion industry, perseverance, family drama, female protagonist, relationships, problem, family relations, social problems ...
Time: 60s
Place: korea
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 6.4
 98
Runway Beat (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Transfer student Biito “Beat” Mizorogi, talented in fashion design, bring classmates together to stage a fashion show for the school's annual festival.
Style: thrilling, captivating, psychological, feel good, lighthearted ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: student, fashion, fashion designer, friendship, ambition, school, fashion show, fashion industry, schoolboy, teenage protagonist, designer, teenager ...
Time: 2010s
Place: japan
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 6.8
 4K
Coco Chanel (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy, France, UK
Duration: 139 min.
Story: Italian-French-British TV film targeting the US audience, about the fashion icon Coco Chanel. The film begins with the fashion goddess (deftly played by Shirley MacLaine) in her twilight years, steeped in wealth and fame, still issuing game-changing ...
Style: serious, realistic, inspirational, touching, disturbing
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: fashion, fashion designer, rise to the top, tragic love, relationship vs career, lifestyle, ambition, biopic, rags to riches, designer, eccentricity, couples ...
Time: 19th century, 20th century, turn of the century, 1890s, 1900s
Place: paris france, france
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Voice in the Rain (2020)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Thailand
TV show
Story: Rarin is an upcoming fashion designer; her creativity is inspired by a mysterious male voice that only she can hear and only when it rains. The voice belongs to Tanthai, a gorgeous model and actor she is about to work with during the upcoming rainy ...
Style: romantic drama, semi serious, thrilling, captivating, inspirational ...
Audience: adult
Plot: fashion industry, fashion designer, mind reading, rain, inspiration, supernatural power, haute couture, fashion, designer, design, model, supernatural ability ...
Time: 2020s
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Symphony of Fate (2011)
Genre: Romance
Country: China
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story: The story focuses on two adopted sisters, An Qi and An Na, and their trials and tribulations in the fashion industry. An Qi is the older, nicer sister who is framed by An Na. She returns after five years of wrongful imprisonment as a talented ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, psychological, twisted, suspense ...
Plot: fashion industry, fashion designer, ambition, fashion model, sisters, model, betrayal, foster child, female protagonist, ambitious woman, empire fashion, sister sister relationship ...
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Coco Before Chanel (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 105 min.
Story: 2009 biopic about the early life of Coco Chanel. Several years after leaving the orphanage, to which her father never returned for her, Gabrielle Chanel finds herself working in a provincial bar both. She's both a seamstress for the performers ...
Style: sexy, stylized, costume drama, period piece, factual ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens
Plot: fashion, women, high society, feminist, fashion designer, designer, rise to the top, gender, feminism, dressmaker, rags to riches, social climbing ...
Time: 1920s, 19th century, 1900s, ancient times, edwardian era ...
Place: france, paris france, europe, canada, new jersey ...
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 8.0
 8K
Velvet (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: In 1950s Spain, the heir to a fashion house romances a beautiful seamstress who works for the company, despite the objections of his family.
Style: romantic, sincere, stylized, emotional, captivating ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: dressmaker, impossible love, fashion, seamstress, male female relationship, true love, haute couture, love, society, fashion designer, empire fashion, businessman ...
Time: 1950s, 60s, 20th century, 50s
Place: spain, europe, new mexico
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 7.2
 1K
Atelier (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: A young "fabric geek" lands a job at an upscale Japanese lingerie company — and quickly discovers she'll need help to survive.
Style: disturbing, captivating, aesthetic, emotional, dorama ...
Plot: fashion industry, fashion, female protagonist, ambition, fashion designer, workplace, empire fashion, self discovery, coming of age, follow your dream, direction and purpose, female empowerment ...
Place: tokyo
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Fit Check: Confessions of an Ukay Queen (2023)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Philippines
TV show
Story: Melanie's dream of making it big in the fashion world draws from her deep interest in ukay fashion and the pain of being abandoned by her own mother. She finds the opportunity when Chris, a fashion executive of a struggling streetwear company, ...
Style: satirical, semi serious, captivating, thrilling, psychological ...
Plot: fashion, female protagonist, fashion designer, designer, personal growth, self discovery, relationship vs career, aspiration, direction and purpose, lifestyle, satire, career ...
Time: 2020s
Place: the philippines
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 7.0
 70K
The Dressmaker (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 119 min.
Story: In 1950s Australia, beautiful, talented dressmaker Tilly returns to her tiny hometown to right wrongs from her past. As she tries to reconcile with her mother, she starts to fall in love while transforming the fashion of the town.
Style: romantic, romantic drama, period piece, costume drama, melancholic ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: bullying, women, fashion, dressmaker, small town, murder mystery, mother daughter relationship, revenge, memory, illegitimate daughter, accidental death, seamstress ...
Time: 1950s, 1900s, year 1951, 50s
Place: australia, oceania, milan italy, france, new york ...
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 5.2
 7K
Rabid (2019)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 107 min.
Story: When a young woman is left scarred beyond recognition following an accident, she undergoes a radical untested stem-cell treatment. And while the procedure turns her into the belle of the ball, the experimental transformation comes at a price...
Style: medical horror, suspense, disturbing, psychotronic, bleak ...
Plot: body horror, fashion designer, amnesia, bloodlust, mad scientist, pandemic, rabies, virus, medical experiment, tentacle, vampire, treatment ...
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 7.4
 9K
The New Look (2024)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
TV show
Story: The shocking story of how fashion icon Christian Dior and his contemporaries including Coco Chanel, Pierre Balmain, and Cristóbal Balenciaga navigated the horrors of World War Il and launched modern fashion.
Style: captivating, thrilling, period drama
Plot: fashion, gay, empire fashion, fashion designer, fashion industry, biopic, life, career, business, ambition, seamstress, haute couture ...
Time: year 1947, 1940s
Place: paris france
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Once We Get Married (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: China
TV show
Story: Fashion buyer Gu Xixi bought Alex's couture wedding dresses for her clients. During a private reception, she got acquainted with Yin Sichen, the black-bellied president who came to discuss business cooperation with Alex. An incident occured ...
Style: romantic drama, captivating, thrilling, psychological, romantic comedy ...
Plot: marriage of convenience, fashion designer, wedding planning, fashion, marriage, fake relationship, haute couture, contract, deception, husband wife relationship, escapades, couple relations ...
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 7.3
 72
She Has It (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story: Natalie, a small-town girl with big ambitions, and an equally big attitude, gets her first break in fashion, only to discover that her dreams come with a price to pay — in love, in her career and in her values — in this romantic comedy-drama set ...
Style: psychological, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, satirical ...
Plot: fashion, fashion designer, young woman, glamour, ambitious woman, ambition, relationship vs career, social problems, romantic relationship, relationships, male female relationship, price of fame ...
Place: israel
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