Docu-fashion

I went to see Valentino: The Last Emperor today with our good friend Ahmed Khedr. It was fantastic. It gave fascinating insight into the depths of the old school fashion industry. It is really amazing to go through the life of his 45 year fashion career. Fashion today is so different, exploited, and perhaps even mechanic; Valentino stayed true to his values of his love for gowns, beauty and pug puppies(!!). The movie was also a bit of a romance story between Valentino and Giammetti, his 25 year friend and 12 year partner .



So in New York it is playing at the Film Forum and in San Francisco it is playing at the Embarcadero Center Cinema. I would strongly sugguest going extra early because the shows are consantly sold out, and you really want to get good seats. Ahmed pushed me to go an hour early and it was well worth it, people were fighting for seats, it was funny.

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