10 Very Fashionable Films

Influential fashion films

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A Place in the Sun (1951): When Elizabeth Taylor wore that pinch-waisted, daisy-patterned strapless gown to dance with Montgomery Clift at a swank summer party, every girl in America wanted an exact replica.

Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961): It took Givenchy and Edith Head to create the legendary shift dresses that are the height of fashion again right now, and to finish the look with saucer-shaped hats and pearls. It's a timeless look, but nobody'll ever do it the justice Audrey Hepburn did.

Bonnie and Clyde (1967): Costume designer Theodora Van Runkle's award-winning homage to '30s style--long skinny skirts, patterned silk scarves, saucy tams--sparked a Depression-era fashion revival in the prosperous '60s when lanky, gorgeous Faye Dunaway wore them to rob banks and vamp Warren Beatty in this gangster classic.

Annie Hall (1977): The world fell in love with Diane Keaton, and with her Katharine Hepburn-meets-secondhand-Rose sense of style. The combination of men's dress shirts, neckties, vests, retro '60s sunglasses and khakis looked fresh on Keaton--and went awry on many who lacked Keaton's touch.

Flashdance (1983): Even women with two left feet imitated the dance-studio gym-rat look that costume designer Michael Kaplan created for Jennifer Beals in this welder-by-day-dancer-by-night smash.

Out Of Africa (1985): When this piercingly intelligent romantic epic showed how beautiful Meryl Streep and Robert Redford could look in perfectly rumpled linen, earth-toned silk scarves and broad-brimmed hats, it was only a matter of time till Banana Republic invaded every mall.

Desperately Seeking Susan (1985): Madonna had already made wearing lacy undergarments as clothing a trend a year earlier when her Like a Virgin album debuted. Here she donned her naughty lingerie look again, but costume designer Santo Loquasto gave her more edge by adding vintage jackets and skirts.

Top Gun (1986): If underpants had actually needed any endorsement, the fly guys in this macho blockbuster would have boosted sales. As it happened, it was the bomber jackets worn by Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer and Kelly McGillis that set off a fashion trend.

Pulp Fiction (1994): Everything '70s was new again--pencil pants with flared legs, oversized white shirts, black suits, John Travolta--in Quentin Tarantino's opus, and everything '70s other than leisure suits has been in and around ever since.

Clueless (1995): It was good-bye grunge when rich girl Alicia Silverstone and her Beverly Hills crew sported brightly colored, playful little numbers that looked as if they'd been snatched from Barbie's closet. Short plaid skirts, kneesocks, strappy shoes, cool blazers and snug sweaters all made dressing like a "girly girl" fun again.

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