Versailles '73: American Runway Revolution (2012)

Name: Versailles '73: American Runway Revolution
Director: Deborah Riley Draper
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2012-09-07
Duration: 1 h 31 min
Cast: Marisa Berenson, Karen Bjornson, Billie Blair, Stephen Burrows, Alva Chinn

1h 31m

Documentary

Directed by Deborah Riley Draper Starring Karen Bjornson, Marisa Berenson

Release Date 07 Sep 2012

About Versailles '73: American Runway Revolution Movie

Versailles '73: American Runway Revolution, released in 2012, is a Documentary Movie from director Deborah Riley Draper. Featuring Marisa Berenson, Karen Bjornson, Dennis Christopher. 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