Paul Smith: Gentleman Designer (2011) is, much like the clothing offered up by
this iconic British label, a bit on the flashy side. This 55-minute TV
documentary by Stphane Carroll - which follows Smith himself as he goes about
the everyday business as head of his trendy design house - is over before you
know it, giving the viewer little or no time to discover what really makes the
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number of his customers at the opening of the film. Smith himself emphasises
this when he explains that this was one of his earliest design innovations, the
inspiration for which came through necessity. Divided into three distinct parts,
the film chronicles the designer's work life, from team brainstorming at his
London headquarters, to casting the models for his latest collection in Paris
and visiting the company's newest flagship store in Tokyo. The film is most
interesting when it shows Smith and his designers during the originating a new
collection (in this case for the Winter 2011 season), or when it follows him as
he mooches round the clothing markets of Portobello Road on a Friday morning
picking up various vintage pieces for inspiration. In The September Issue
(2009), R. J. Cutler's much more insightful look at the fashion business, Grace
Coddington, the flame-haired Creative Director of American Vogue, says that she
always keeps her eyes open gathering inspiration from whatever she sees around
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slight interest in fashion can tell you there is very little original in the
world of clothing design, with much of what you see on the designer catwalks
gleaned and picked up from history - a tactic Smith subtly Paul
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point in Gentleman Designer, American Vogue's Hamish Bowles likens Smith's
intrinsic Britishness to Ralph Lauren, another historical style magpie, and his
influence on American culture. Which emphasises, as this ultimately
disappointing film does, that there really is nothing new under the sun,
particularly in the world of high fashion.
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