
For decades, Diana Vreeland was one of the leading authorities in fashion through eccentric self-taught skill and a bold stylistic audacity. This film guides you through this fashion pioneer's long career from her youth in Paris until she became a leading magazine fashion columnist and editor. In this medium, Vreeland challenged its preconceptions to present a new definition of beauty and vivaciousness where nice clothes were just the beginning for something deeper. Even when... (Full plot summary below)
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For decades, Diana Vreeland was one of the leading authorities in fashion through eccentric self-taught skill and a bold stylistic audacity. This film guides you through this fashion pioneer's long career from her youth in Paris until she became a leading magazine fashion columnist and editor. In this medium, Vreeland challenged its preconceptions to present a new definition of beauty and vivaciousness where nice clothes were just the beginning for something deeper. Even when that vocation ended, Vreeland managed to gain a new museum profession to present clothing's history in her own inimitable way.
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| myfilmblogKam WilliamsA poignant portrait of an inveterate iconoclast who couldn't help but push the envelope. |
| NewsdayJoseph M. AmodioThe late, legendary fashion editor comes alive in "Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel," an awkwardly titled but engaging documentary. |
| honeycuttshollywood.comKirk HoneycuttIt quickly becomes clear in this film that "Diana Vreeland" invented herself. She is a marvelous creation and totally original. |
| Observer (UK)Philip FrenchIt's informative and not uncritical, touching as it does in an affectionate manner on her authoritarian personality and her somewhat cavalier attitude towards matters of fact and the history of fashion. |
| Chicago ReaderDrew Hunt[The film] squeezes an impressive amount of information into a relatively brief running time, yet it's blandly straightforward in its use of talking heads and archival footage. |
| Slant MagazineDiego SemereneThe film captures Vreeland's perhaps unwitting philosophical integrity just as much as it drowns us in the exuberance of her work. |
| Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaHer life, and her work, transcended what we think of as "fashion." |
| ColeSmithey.comCole SmitheyWhile not the most comprehensive documentary biopic about fashion maverick and bon vivant Diana Vreeland, this by-committee look at one of fashion's most visionary progenitors captures its subject's energy full-on. |
| New York PostFarran Smith NehmeThe filmmakers are clearly fans, and any of Vreeland's personal shortcomings - child-rearing, for instance - are only hinted at. |
| Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumThis is a pretty, surface-y documentary rather than the kind of exciting one Vreeland would have demanded, declaring, "You gotta have style!" |