Versailles '73: American Runway Revolution
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In an era known for protests and sit-ins, the 1973 Grand Divertissement at Versailles, made a statement of its own - a fashion statement. The legendary event pitting the five lions of French couture Givenchy, Dior, Ungaro, Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Cardin with five American designers Halston, Oscar de la Renta, Anne Klein, Stephen Burrows and Bill Blass created a cross-stitch of change across fashion, race, business and catwalks. When African American models Bethann Hardison, Pat Cleveland, Alva Chinn, Billie Blair, Norma Jean Darden, Barbara Jackson, Jennifer Brice, Romana Saunders and Amina Warsuma boarded the plane to Paris, they had no idea they would help change the course of fashion and pull off its biggest coup. Versailles '73: American Runway Revolution tells this story
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Marisa Berenson
Self
Known for
Barry Lyndon
Cabaret
Karen Bjornson
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Deborah Riley Draper
Michael A Draper
Billie Blair
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Also in
Battle at Versailles
Tamara N Houston
Stephen Burrows
Self
Also in
Battle at Versailles
Shandra L McDonald
Alva Chinn
Self
Known for
On the Rocks
Dennis Christopher
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Known for
It
Django Unchained
Caralene Robinson
Pat Cleveland
Self
Also in
Rio Babilonia
Battle at Versailles
Deborah Riley Draper Director
United States release September 7, 2012
Production
Coffee Bluff Pictures
Production
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Original language
English
Release dates
United States · September 7, 2012
Theatrical
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