Movies Similar to Fernandel the Dressmaker

L'Arpète(1929)

This light-hearted comedy takes place at and around a Parisien haute-couture fashion house and tells a love triangle story.

Three Ladies and me(1960)

As the lithe accountant of an haute couture house on the brink of bankruptcy takes three beautiful mannequins to promote their work, a chance encounter with a rich businessman will soon pave the way for a delightful romance under the sun.

The Heirs(1964)

Four very different people inherit a percentage of a fashion house but in order to make it work they have to get along with each other.

Christian Dior, la France(2017)

Christian Dior, the creator of the New Look, died 60 years ago, on October 23, 1957. Frédéric Mitterrand traces the entire life of the French couturier who revolutionized fashion. He also explores France, which Christian Dior loved, and ventures into landscapes that inspired him.

Bill Cunningham New York(2011)

Doubling as a cartography of the ever-changing city, Bill Cunningham New York portrays the secluded pioneer of street fashion with grace and heart.

The Successor(2023)

Happy and accomplished, Ellias becomes the new artistic director of a famous French Haute Couture house. When he learns that his father, whom he has not seen for many years, has just died of a heart attack, Ellias goes to Quebec to settle the estate. The young creator will discover that he has inherited much worse than his father's fragile heart.

Qu'est-ce que la haute couture ?(2016)

Celebration(2018)

A documentary on Yves Saint-Laurent and the legendary fashion designer's final show.

Depeche Mode: 1983 “Teenagers Growing Up, Bad Government… and All That Stuff.”(2006)

"Teenagers Growing Up, Bad Government… And All That Stuff" - While Alan Wilder becomes a full member of Depeche Mode, the band experiment with new sounds through sampling, for their third album "Construction Time Again".

Audrey(2020)

An unprecedented and intimate look at the life, work and enduring legacy of British actress Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993).

Yves Saint Laurent, tout terriblement(1994)

Maison Margiela Artisanal Collection 2024(2024)

The ritual of dressing is a composition of the self. With the body as our canvas, we build an exterior expressive of the interior: a form of emotion. The Maison Margiela 2024 Artisanal Collection paints a picture of the practices and occurrences that shape the character reflected within our dress. Under Pont Alexandre III, bathed in the light of the first full moon of the year, Creative Director John Galliano captures a moment in time: a walk through the underbelly of Paris, offline.

L'épopée pop de Jean-Charles de Castelbajac(2018)

Jean-Charles de Castelbajac has dressed Lady Gaga as well as John Paul II, Daft Punk as well as Beyoncé; he has also danced with the Sex Pistols and haunted the nights of the Palace... A colorful (self)portrait of a couturier in a class of his own, an eternally inspired jack-of-all-trades.

Iris Van Herpen ~ Sensory Seas(2020)

Iris van Herpen’s Sensory Seas dives into oceanic depths with gowns shaped like coral, neurons, and sea creatures. Laser-cut forms and fluid layers ripple like living art. It’s couture as underwater dreamscape—organic, intricate, and otherworldly.

Phantom Thread(2017)

In 1950s London, a renowned dressmaker's meticulous lifestyle begins drastically changing as his relationship with his young muse intensifies.

Paris Frills(1945)

Philippe Clarence, a famous Parisian dressmaker, seduces his friend's fiancee. But, for the first time in his life, this is for real. The film is also a sharp picture of the fashion world.

The birth of luxury(2020)

From China to Venice, each country preciously kept the secret of its specialty. Industrial espionage, kidnappings, debauchery or innovations, the royal envoys will not shrink from anything and intrigue in often incredible conditions to victoriously impose French splendour in Europe.

Elsa Schiaparelli's Private Album(2024)

Narrated by her granddaughter, Marisa Schiaparelli Berenson, this documentary delves into the extraordinary life and legacy of fashion visionary Elsa Schiaparelli. Featuring never-before-seen images from the family’s private archives, it offers an intimate portrait of one of couture’s most daring innovators. Inspired by the book of the same name by Marisa Schiaparelli Berenson, published by Double-Barrelled Books (UK).

Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic(2018)

Inspired even as a boy by the Folies Bergere, the legendary Paris cabaret venue, couturier Jean-Paul Gaultier always wanted to stage a show there. "But what story can I tell?" he muses in this doc about the six months of preparation that went into the show. "Mine." Combining fashion with film, dance, theater, and unapologetic over-the-top-ness, the revue offers a 40-year career retrospective of the designer who is practically never spoken of without using the phrase enfant terrible. Notorious among cinephiles for his costumes for The Fifth Element and The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover and among pop fans for Madonna's pointy cone brassiere, he also incorporated teddy bears and S&M fetish gear as design motifs. In the show, the fanciful and outrageous meets the naughtily witty (a skit sending up Vogue dragon lady Anna Wintour) and the poignant (a tribute to his partner Francis Menuge, who died in 1990).

SHEIN : Enquête sur le géant de la fast fashion(2025)

Through the account of her research, encounters and experiences, Claire Latour, an influencer, explores the inner workings of the ultra-fast fashion giant: Shein. A true ecological cost, the quality and toxicity of the garments, sales techniques, greenwashing, and the reasons behind the ultra-low prices, this unprecedented investigation leads her to question her way of consuming… but also of influencing.