The vital synergy between dress and the cinema has been in place sincethe advent of film. Broaching topics such as vampires, noir, and Marie Antoinettelooks, Fashion in Film uncovers the way in which the alliance of these twopowerhouse industries use myriad cultural influences -- shaping narrative, nationalidentity, and all points in between. Contributor essays address international filmsfrom early cinema to the present, drawing on the classic and the innovative. Thisabundantly illustrated collection reveals that fashion in conjunction with film mustbe understood in a different way from fashion tout simple.