The headliner of Uniqlo’s newest line is Sofia Coppola’s cult films, which are perfect for International Women’s Day.
The Japanese retailer of basic clothing is releasing a five-piece capsule collection of graphic T-shirts and a tote bag ($25 to $30) to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Oscar-winning director’s debut. The Virgin Suicides, her first film, was released in 1999. It was based on the novel of the same name by Jeffrey Eugenides. Other films in the series include Marie Antoinette, Anywhere, and The Bling Ring.
The 51-year-old writer-director is well-versed in the world of fashion. Coppola frequently works with Chanel, the high-end fashion business where she interned under Karl Lagerfeld while she was a teenager and for whom she reconstructed Coco Chanel’s 31 rue Cambon apartment for the spring/summer 2020 catwalk show. She started her own clothing line in the 1990s called MilkFed, which is currently owned by a Japanese business and made and sold in Japan.
She also collaborated with Louis Vuitton and its then-creative director Marc Jacobs on a handbag collection in 2013 (you can still find pre-owned items at designer consignment stores like Fashionphile, Farfetch, Rebag, and TheRealReal). Years later, the American designer also paid homage to his filmmaker friend with his Y2K-inspired diffusion line, Heaven, which unveiled a fall/winter 2021 capsule collection inspired by The Virgin Suicides.Movie buffs can relive Coppola’s films by buying or renting them online at Amazon Prime Video (where The Virgin Suicides and the Oscar-winning Lost In Translation are free with Prime membership), HBO Max, Vudu, Paramount+ and other streaming video-on-demand platforms.
Coppola next is teaming up with A24 on Priscilla, a biopic based on Priscilla Presley’s best-selling memoir, Elvis and Me. The filmmaker is working directly with Presley, who will be played by Cailee Spaeny, while the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll will be portrayed by Euphoria‘s Jacob Elordi.
