Burned by Robert Altman's READY TO WEAR? Don't let that scare you away from UNZIPPED, a flossy, crowd-pleasing documentary about
haute couture. The subject is designer Isaac Mizrahi, who's about to start a new collection and is desperately casting about for inspiration. It comes in the
form of Loretta Young, radiant in a snowdrift, in 1935's CALL OF THE WILD. "Think Eskimos!" squeals the irrepressible Mizrahi, and the race against time is on. Supermodels, celebrity friends, opinionated magazine editors: Mizrahi eclipses them all with his bitchy wit and camp-inflected dedication
to the ephemeral world of fashion. The only person who steals his spotlight is hi...
Released:
1995
Rated:
R
Length:
80 mins