SummaryDuring Diana Vreeland’s fifty year reign as the “Empress of Fashion,” she launched Twiggy, advised Jackie Onassis, and established countless trends that have withstood the test of time. She was the fashion editor of Harper’s Bazaar where she worked for twenty-five years before becoming editor-in-chief of Vogue, followed by a remarkable stint at t... Read More
Directed By:Lisa Immordino Vreeland, Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt, Frédéric Tcheng
Written By:Lisa Immordino Vreeland, Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt, Frédéric Tcheng
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
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69
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
69
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Nov 1, 2012
88
Her life, and her work, transcended what we think of as "fashion."
Sep 20, 2012
80
Remarkably, much of that sizzling sensibility was caught on film and has been stylishly stitched together with her personal history in the scrumptious new documentary, Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel.
Sep 27, 2012
75
A captivating 86-minute film by Lisa Immordino Vreeland, who is married to one of Vreeland's grandsons.
Sep 21, 2012
75
The filmmakers are clearly fans, and any of Vreeland's personal shortcomings - child-rearing, for instance - are only hinted at.
Sep 20, 2012
70
The mind may clamor for more, but the eye, traveling over this visual history of Diana Vreeland, is pleased.
Sep 20, 2012
60
While plenty of talking heads turn up to offer breathless praise, it's no surprise that the preeminent words of wisdom are, thanks to copious archival footage, Vreeland's own.
Sep 16, 2012
60
A fashion world Who's Who offer accolades, while Vreeland's vulnerabilities are revealed in interviews telling how, ridiculed by her socialite mother as ugly, she invented herself on her own terms.
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Oct 5, 2012
5
Vreeland was an extraordinary person, and I'm inspired by her life and her attitude. (She probably worked way too hard in her life, but I understand her passion for it.) But the way this documentarian captures her life just feels mailed in. There's a hundred ways you can present this type of material, and I just thought much of it was cheesy. Not bad, but just not nearly as good as it could have been. The final shot?? Animated Vreeland flying away in the Lindberg plane?? Didn't work for me. The final shot should have been dramatic, stylish, iconoclastic - but not childish. The extended Jane Pauly interviews were excellent. The George Plimpton discussions? Less so.
Production Company:
- Gloss Studio
Release Date:Sep 21, 2012
Duration:1 h 26 m
Rating:PG-13
Awards
Chicago International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Palm Springs International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Dorian Film Awards
• 1 Nomination
