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Advanced style

2015
Videos and DVDs
The recent emergence of street style as a cultural phenomenon has changed the way we look at fashion forever. In 2008, Ari Seth Cohen, a recent transplant to New York City, began a journey to document the style and stories of the city?s senior set. Advanced Style is a documentary that examines the lives of seven unique New Yorkers aged 62 to 95 whose eclectic personal style and vital spirit have guided their approach to aging. Director Lina Plioplyte follows these fashionable ladies? daily adventures of living in the city, capturing their most entertaining and poignant moments. From the instant that Cohen first meets these vibrant characters on the streets of New York, it is evident that they are destined for fame. From a glamorous 81-year-old dancer from the legendary Apollo theater, to an 80-year-old owner of a storied boutique on the Upper West Side with a penchant for over-the-top accessories, to a 93-year-old West Village artist known for her colorful ensembles and iconic red eyelashes crafted from her own hair, these ladies offer their own unique perspective on overcoming life?s obstacles with style and grace, proving that age is merely a state a mind. Advanced Style paints colorful and intimate portraits of independent, stylish women who are challenging conventional ideas about beauty, growing old, and Western culture?s increasing obsession with youth.
Main title:
Author:
Plioplyte, Lina, directorCohen, Ari Seth, producer
Imprint:
United States : Teenage Peanut LLC, ©2014.Australia : Distributed by Madman Entertainment, ©2015.©2014
Collation:
1 videodisc (DVD) (69 min.) : sound, colour ; 12 cm.
Notes:
Catalogued from container.Madman Entertainment: MMA9027.Special feature : Portrait gallery.
Credits:
Directed by Lina Plioplyte ; produced by Ari Seth Cohen.
Performers:
Lynn Dell, Ilona Royce Smithkin, Debra Rapoport, Tziporah Salamon, JacquieTajah Murdock, Joyce Carpati, Zelda Kaplan ; with appearances by Ari Seth Cohen, Iris Apfel, Dita Von Teese, Simon Doonan, Ricki Lake, Pat Taieb, Arianna Carpati, Stan Satlin, Marilyn Sokol, Sandy Cohen, Nancy King, and others.
Dewey class:
746.92
Language:
English
BRN:
357116
LocationCollectionCall numberStatus/Desc
St MarysDVD746.92 ADVAvailable
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