Manufacturing fashion: Access and alienation in The September Issue and Mademoiselle C

The following article examines the mechanisms structuring two thematically similar documentaries: The September Issue and Mademoiselle C. I consider both documentaries for their common fixation on the public and private lives of two prominent fashion editors: American Vogue’s Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour and CR Fashion Book’s Carine Roitfeld. Examining a few key scenes from these documentaries, I discuss the cinematic techniques that create illusions of access, discussing the resulting power dynamics structuring each production.