10 Very Fashionable Films

A look at the upcoming movies that give fashion designers--from Banana Republic to Dolce & Gabbana--starring roles.

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1 Double Jeopardy

Model: Ashley Judd

Designer: Giorgio Armani

Fashionable plot: After spending six years in the slammer for supposedly murdering her husband, jail-hardened Judd jumps parole to track her undead spouse to New Orleans, where he's reinvented himself as a high-society hotelier. In need of a gown so swank she can slip into a chichi fundraiser to nail her man, Judd picks out a knock-'em-dead black Armani and breezes right in sans invitation.

2 Return to Me

Models: David Duchovny, Minnie Driver

Designers: Banana Republic, Oilily

Fashionable plot: For reasons we won't go into here, a building contractor (Duchovny) sets out to win the affection of a waitress (Driver) who happens to be the transplant recipient of his beloved dead wife's--yes--heart. With this motivation, no wonder he shows up in upscale, clean-cut Banana Republic khakis. To distract us from the fact that she's pilfered from the expired, Driver wears pretty flower-print skirts from Oilily (Holland's answer to Laura Ashley).

3 I Dreamed of Africa

Model: Kim Basinger

Designers: Gap, Jigsaw, Calvin Klein, DKNY

Fashionable plot: When Italian socialite Kuki Gallmann (Basinger) heads to Africa to help save endangered species in this true-life tale, she leaves behind her Valentino gowns--they just don't work when there's elephant poop around. The budding preservationist nevertheless avoids becoming a blight on the landscape by wearing "safari" fare from the Gap, Calvin Klein, DKNY and Jigsaw (England's answer to Banana Republic).

4 Anywhere But Here

Models: Susan Sarandon, Natalie Portman

Designers: Emporio Armani, Todd Oldham

Fashionable plot: Hoping to get a slice of the good life for pretty daughter Portman, speech therapist Sarandon trades Wisconsin for Beverly Hills (home of such classy girls as Monica Lewinsky and Heidi Fleiss). Predictably, once in the 90210 area, the two go on a shopping spree. Portman chooses a little white Emporio Armani dress; as in real life, Sarandon goes for colorful blouses by Todd Oldham.

5 Boiler Room

Models: Ben Affleck, Giovanni Ribisi, Nicky Katt, Vin Diesel

Designer: Canali

Fashionable plot: Affleck, Diesel and Katt play young smooth-talking stockbrokers who run illegal stock-trading operations, quote Wall Street's Gordon Gekko with sincerity and dress exquisitely in perfectly tailored Canali. Wowed by such high-powered style, gambler-turned-broker Ribisi inevitably follows suit.

6 The Bachelor

Model: Renee Zellweger

Designer: Donna Karan

Fashionable plot: An ambitious, young San Francisco-based photographer (Zellweger) has the good sense to be suspicious when her longtime boyfriend (O'Donnell) suddenly wants to get engaged. As a style-conscious shutterbug, she also has the good sense to stick to a wardrobe comprised exclusively of Donna Karan designs.

7 The World Is Not Enough

Models: Pierce Brosnan, Sophie Marceau, Maria Grazia Cucinotta

Designers: Brioni, Salvatore Ferragamo, Calvin Klein, Omega, Gucci, Philip Somerville, Sam de Teran, Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla, Emanuel Ungaro

Fashionable plot: Bond, as played by Brosnan, has always been a Brioni man, and he sticks to Brioni here too, punching the look up with Ferragamo belts, Calvin Klein sunglasses and Omega watches (it's no coincidence that he appears in their ads, too). The spotlight is stolen, though, by his two female adversaries. Cucinotta wears a leather Gucci pantsuit to chase him down the Thames in a hot-air balloon in the film's opening sequence. Marceau wears Bond-girl garb ranging from a fur hat by Somerville (who designs hats for the British royal family) to a ski suit by Teran (who used to make skiwear for Princess Diana), with Persian embroidered scarves by Jani and Khosla and an Ungaro lace top.

8 American Psycho

Model: Christian Bale

Designer: Nino Cerruti

Fashionable plot: Based on the infamous novel by Bret Easton Ellis, this tale of a Harvard grad who is a hardworking yuppie by day and a homicidal psychopath by night, is steeped in '80s excess. Bale stars, but his '80s attire is likely to steal scenes. We'll see him perpetrate his evil in slick suits hauled from the vaults of Nino Cerruti, the Italian designer who was favored by the Masters of the Universe in the Reagan years and still specializes in suiting up market mavens who have to make an appearance on Wall Street instead of wearing whatever to trade at home on the Internet.

9 Hanging Up

Models: Meg Ryan, Diane Keaton, Lisa Kudrow

Designers: Yves Saint Laurent, Thierry Mugler, Moschino, Donna Karan, Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein, Chanel, Dolce & Gabbana

Fashionable plot: Anna Wintour-like fashion magazine editor Keaton would rather be boiled in lip wax than leave her house in anything but designer clothes, which is why in every scene she wears Thierry Mugler, Yves Saint Laurent, Moschino or Chanel (for the '80s flashbacks). The sister played by Ryan is a professional party planner who does her Martha Stewart thing in Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein and Donna Karan. Youngest sibling Kudrow, a dilettante who changes styles with careers, hits a fashion high, especially during her soap opera-star phase when she dons a leopard coat (made by costume designer Bobbie Read) Jackie Collins would kill for.

10 The Next Best Thing

Models: Madonna, Rupert Everett

Designers: Chloe, Hugo Boss

Fashionable plot: A powerful businesswoman nearing her 40s (Madonna) wants to have a child but has no romantic prospects in sight, so she turns to her gay best friend (Everett) who obliges her with helpful sperm. All's well until she belatedly finds the man of her dreams (Benjamin Bratt) and can't convince Everett to grant her custody of their tyke. In the court battle that ensues, the Material Girl makes a valiant attempt to look like freshly minted mommy material by wearing feminine print dresses from Chloe. Wanting to look like a proper parent, Everett dons Hugo Boss suits.

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