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Versailles '73: American Runway Revolution (2012)
Directed by Deborah Riley Draper
Overview
In an era known for protests and sit-ins, the 1973 Grand Divertissement at Versailles, made a statement of its own - a fashion statement. The legendary event pitting the five lions of French couture Givenchy, Dior, Ungaro, Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Cardin with five American designers Halston, Oscar de la Renta, Anne Klein, Stephen Burrows and Bill Blass created a cross-stitch of change across fashion, race, business and catwalks. When African American models Bethann Hardison, Pat Cleveland, Alva Chinn, Billie Blair, Norma Jean Darden, Barbara Jackson, Jennifer Brice, Romana Saunders and Amina Warsuma boarded the plane to Paris, they had no idea they would help change the course of fashion and pull off its biggest coup. Versailles ‘73: American Runway Revolution tells this story
Length 91 minutes
Actors
Marisa Berenson | Karen Bjornson | Billie Blair | Stephen Burrows | Alva Chinn | Dennis Christopher | Pat Cleveland | Laurent Cotta | Norma Jean Darden | Charlene Dash | Tom Fallon | Didier Grumbach | Bethann Hardison | Pierre-André Hélène | Jean-Luce Hure | Barbara Jackson | Harold Koda | Carla LaMonte | Simone Levitt | China Machado | Katrina McGrath | Grace Mirabella | Katrine McGrath | Nancy North | Carola Polakov | Béatrix Saule | Cameron Silver | Barbara Summers | Mikki Taylor | John Tiffany | Corey Tippin | Charles Tracy