Seamless (2005)

A brilliant film that helped define a genre

Wow! What a bizarre film! Unfortunately the few funny moments there were were quite overshadowed by it's completely weird and random vibe throughout.

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Blistering performances.

a film named Seamless, given viewers the idea of how garments were made and designers' process on designing collections. what it takes for fashion designers to go from good to great it's all about the original takes on garment making, all that, you don't see a bit in the film. Name seamless but little about inspirational view on design and fashion. All we can learn is how hard and tiresome designers' life is (from all different ages). It is not an inspirational film for any designers to learn and walk away with ideas and be inspired to be great, no, you would feel more of the dark and low and down fall with the emotions that may need you take sometimes to recover from feeling hopeless situation of fashion business if you are not being rich, but it isn't true. This is a film about life not a film about fashion, I dare to say there is so little telling about design and fashion and talents but more on the hardship of getting to the business. Even the winner in the end, we don't see the collection and what made them unique to win such a hard price.....shamefully made. But like I said. It's a film about life. One surprise part is to see the soft and human side of Anna Wintour.

Sort of the actual Project Runway. I had no expectations, but was totally drawn in by this film, a simple and candid look at the somewhat ugly innards of the fashion business. I doubt anyone without some peripheral experience or knowledge of the industry realizes how grueling it actually is; the fact that you can be touted as a success and yet still be up to your eyeballs in debt. The filmmaker did an excellent job of capturing the subjects and the tension was tangible. My personal favorite was the Russian designer of the Cloak line, I hope he succeeds in the business.Plus, you get to see Claire Danes get hit in the head with a camera.(just joking)

I started watching this little gem while terminally bored on a Saturday afternoon. Shortly afterward, my ennui was displaced by admiration for this tightly-woven look at the world of fashion. I also found myself wanting to go right out and find a copy of the highly listenable soundtrack. Music credits go to James Sizemore, and before you start freeze-framing, let me advise that you aren't likely to find any further information at the end credits. By the way, Mr. Sizemore also contributed the soundtrack for the film Independence Day. While I do not find myself humming the score from that cinematic offering in elevators, it does demonstrate an interesting diversity. For those of you who loved this film and are knocking yourselves out trying to find the title of that soundtrack, I have some hope. After a bit of Googing and Yahooing, I finally discovered that the catchy, bluesy number about "love gone wrong" is titled "London" by Noonday Underground on the CD "Self Assembly." It is also available as a single for download online at the usual locations. Enjoy!

"Seamless" documents the establishment of a new fund created jointly by Vogue Magazine and the CFDA (Council of Fashion Designers) in fall 20004 and the process by which ten finalists are weeded down to one winner. The filmmaker follows three of these ten fashion lines- Doo-Ri, menswear line Cloak (designed by Alexandre Plokhov), and Proenza Schouler (designed by the disarming and charming duo Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough). We see the struggles of the jury - composed of fashion editors (Anna Wintour), young but established designers (Narciso Rodriguez), and CFDA members as they determine the purpose of the award and then interview the designers, travel to showrooms and watch their shows for spring 2005. Unfortunately, given the numerous people the filmmaker follows, we never get to know any of the design finalists in the same way viewers felt they knew designer Isaac Mizrahi (of Mr. Keeve's previous movie, "Unzipped") and "Seamless" feels less involving because of it. Of course, a good part of the charm of "Unzipped" was undeniably the effervescent Mr. Mizrahi, and his brief cameo in "Seamless" reminds that fashion, while a serious business, is ultimately something that should be fun and enjoyed.