Watch the cinematic features by Prada, Salvatore Ferragamo, Marine Serre, Jil Sander and more that made the recent SS2021 collections come to life

Fashion and film&nbsp;are two artistic disciplines that have always maintained close ties, and the recently-concluded fashion month proved to be no exception. Many&nbsp;houses across the four fashion capitals chose the medium of film to showcase their Spring/Summer 2021 collections.

This creative choice makes sense amidst a largely runway-less&nbsp;season &mdash; film is an accessible way to get a cohesive sense of the creative process behind and the particular aesthetic of each line. Whether you desire a touch of intrigue with&nbsp;<a href="https://www.lofficielsingapore.com/fashion/salvatore-ferragamo-s-spring-2021-collection-was-a-hitchcockian-fantasy">Salvatore Ferragamo&#39;s Hitchcockian fantasy</a> or a glimpse into the minds of Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons, designers offered up plenty of cinematic fashion content in recent weeks.&nbsp;

Here&#39;s a breakdown of our seven favourites:

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Salvatore Ferragamo

The luxury house tapped Italian auteur Luca Guadagnino (he of Call Me By Your Name fame) to direct a short&nbsp;film that was shown right before its&nbsp;Milan runway.&nbsp;Guadagnino also headed this year&#39;s documentary about Salvatore Ferragamo himself,&nbsp;which premiered out of competition at the 2020 Venice Film Festival.&nbsp;

For the Spring/Summer 2021 collection, creative director Paul Andrew and Guadagnino sought to showcase the house&#39;s impeccable tailoring against the backdrop of deserted locations across Milan, with undertones of Hitchcock-inspired mystery and intrigue (drawing on Vertigo, The Birds and Marnie). With a focus on gesture, colour&nbsp;and atmosphere, the short film features models Mariacarla Boscono,&nbsp;Maggie Cheng, Jonas Gl&ouml;er, Samer Rahma&nbsp;and Anok Yai darting through an empty Milan clad in the house&#39;s suiting, leather and draping.&nbsp;

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Prada

<a href="https://www.lofficielsingapore.com/fashion/prada-debuts-first-ever-raf-simons-co-created-collection">Prada&#39;s Spring/Summer 2021 show</a> marked the eagerly awaited debut of <a href="https://www.lofficielsingapore.com/fashion/prada-philosophy-and-the-arrival-of-raf-simons">Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons</a> as co-creative directors. Premiered during Milan Fashion Week, the film captures the collection in a runway-like format, with models parading the streamlined looks amidst the whirring of overhead cameras. The presentation was followed by a conversation between Mrs Prada and Simons, who answered crowdsourced questions submitted by the label&#39;s huge following.&nbsp;

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Marine Serre

LVMH Prize-winning designer <a href="https://www.lofficielsingapore.com/fashion/green-is-the-new-black-the-brands-working-to-make-fashion-more-sustainable">Marine Serre</a> decided to go the fear-inducing route for her Spring/Summer 2021 video presentation, titled&nbsp;Amor Fati. The 11-minute film, directed by Sacha Barbin and Ryan Doubiago, feels more like a cut from a science-fiction or horror movie than&nbsp;a fashion show built solely for aesthetic pleasure. Opening with a shot of a nude woman lying on an examination table&nbsp;as she gets tattooed with Serre&#39;s <a href="https://www.lofficielsingapore.com/fashion/dua-lipa-ariana-grande-beyonce-and-jennie-are-all-fans-of-this-crescent-moon-print">signature crescent moon motif</a>, the film&#39;s tone matches the clinical, apocalyptic feeling that has characterised 2020 as a whole.

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Maison Margiela

British photographer Nick Knight documents John Galliano&rsquo;s all-encompassing creative process for Maison Margiela&nbsp;in&nbsp;S.W.A.L.K II, the sequel to July&#39;s original&nbsp;S.W.A.L.K. Created during the COVID-19 lockdown,&nbsp;the film utilises a variety of&nbsp;techniques &mdash; Zoom, body cameras&nbsp;and even drone footage &mdash; to capture the creation of Maison Margiela&#39;s latest&nbsp;co-ed collection.&nbsp;These methods work together to give a sense of voyeurism&nbsp;to&nbsp;S.W.A.L.K. II, where&nbsp;the audience&nbsp;becomes a fly on the wall observing&nbsp;the cutting-edge work that Galliano accomplishes with his team. Beyond the documentary aspect&nbsp;of the film,&nbsp;tango music serves as the soundtrack&nbsp;to a narrative drama about a South American wedding tragedy, which is dispersed throughout the 45-minute feature.

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Jil Sander

Jil Sander&#39;s Lucie and Luke Meier opted to present their runway collection sans audience in a film short by Stephen Kidd. Adapting the label&rsquo;s minimalism to the present moment, the designers leaned into easy silhouettes defined by both chic&nbsp;and comfort. In the&nbsp;film, models walk in a vast space, moving along the illuminated catwalk and sometimes through the darkness &mdash; the simple set complements Jil Sander&#39;s pared-back approach.

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Vivienne Westwood

Vivienne Westwood also released a short film in order to showcase its&nbsp;unisex, punk-inspired Spring/Summer 2021 designs. Shot on 8 mm, the two-minute video features close-up&nbsp;clips of models triking poses to the vibrant sounds of&nbsp;atmospheric music. Directed by Louis Simonon, son of Clash guitarist Paul Simonon, the film&nbsp;encapsulates the most notable features of the brand&#39;s new collection, echoing its fierce versatility&nbsp;and rock &#39;n&#39; roll aesthetic.&nbsp;

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Marni

For Marni&#39;s latest collection, creative director&nbsp;Francesco Risso organised a global livestream. The designer sent looks from his&nbsp;Spring/Summer 2021 collection to friends and family across&nbsp;Los Angeles, Detroit, Philadelphia, New York City, London, Milan, Paris, Dakar, Shanghai&nbsp;and Tokyo. Motivated to break down the barriers imposed by quarantine, he sought to create worldwide&nbsp;connectivity through the presentation, dubbed Marnifesto.&nbsp;

The 7 Best Films From Fashion Month Spring/Summer 2021

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