Unzipped Trailer: Rediscover the Fashion Culture of the 1990s in New Restoration of Isaac Mizrahi Documentary

While recently (and memorably) seen in Marty Supreme, Isaac Mizrahi’s breakout in the world of fashion design is getting a renewed spotlight this fall. Unzipped, Douglas Keeve’s documentary on his contributions in the 1990s, features appearances by Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Eartha Kitt, Kate Moss, Liza Minnelli, Sandra Bernhard, Richard Gere, and more. It’s now been restored and getting a theatrical release courtesy of Janus Films, beginning on September 25 at NYC’s Film Forum. Ahead of the release, the first trailer has landed.

Digitally restored by the Sundance Institute and UCLA Film & Television Archive. Funding provided by Isaac Mizrahi Entertainment. Laboratory services by Roundabout Entertainment, Inc. and Deluxe Media Audio Services.

Here’s the synopsis: “Designer Isaac Mizrahi proved a force of nature on the road to his legendary fall 1994 collection, a career-defining triumph that was documented with an effervescent intimacy by Douglas Keeve, Mizrahi’s then-partner. Both a time capsule of the buoyant, raucous 1990s, when pop culture and high art became interchangeable, and a vérité-style, in-the-trenches report on the daily agonies and ecstasies of the creative process, this seminal artistic portrait—sumptuously shot by Ellen Kuras and Robert Leacock—transcends glitz and glamour to offer an extraordinary view of the charisma and force of will inherent to genius, as well as its personal costs.”

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