4 Must-Watch Fashion Documentaries From the ’90s
By Alexus Mosley
Supermodels, backstage chaos, ballroom glamour and the fashion world before Instagram.
It was the decade when supermodels became celebrities, designers became personalities and fashion increasingly became part of the larger pop culture conversation. And luckily for us, cameras were there to capture it all.
From Isaac Mizrahi creating a collection surrounded by the biggest models of the decade to Christy Turlington making her way through the international fashion circuit, these four films captured the ’90s while it was happening.
So cancel your plans, pour something fabulous, and prepare for a little fashion history.
Unzipped (1995)
Isaac Mizrahi, supermodels, and enough backstage chaos to make us wish we had a Fashion Week time machine. Unzipped captures the making of a collection when fashion was fabulous, frantic, and gloriously unfiltered.
Catwalk (1995)
Come for Christy Turlington, stay for Naomi, Kate, and a front-row seat to peak supermodel mania. Catwalk follows fashion’s favorite faces from New York to Milan to Paris, and yes, it’s as fabulous as it sounds.
Beautopia (1998)
Turns out, being professionally beautiful isn’t always pretty. Beautopia pulls back the curtain on the modeling industry, revealing what happens when the fantasy of fashion meets the business of beauty.
Paris Is Burning (1990)
Before voguing went mainstream, ballroom was already serving fashion, fantasy, and fabulousness. Paris Is Burning takes us inside New York’s ballroom scene and the Black and Latino LGBTQ+ community that made the floor its runway.