PARIS. SUNDAY MARCH 25, 1984, 6:30
SAN FRANCISCO. THURSDAY APRIL 23,
Prêt Productions Inc.’s office at 79 Rue de la
P.M.
1992
Boëtie is humming.
SONIA RYKIEL’S FALL COLLECTION,
S.F. FILM FESTIVAL OPENS WITH
SALLE SULLY, JARDIN DES TUILERIES
ROBERT ALTMAN’S, ‘THE PLAYER.’
Anouk Aimée is on the phone displeased that there was no car to take her home after the
Robert Altman attends his first fashion show
“Have you seen ‘The Player’?” Robert Altman
party last night and she was obliged to take a
and decides that one day he will make a film
asks. “You’ll like it. It’s like your drawings.”
taxi. Sophia Loren had a car. Robert Altman walks in. “Taxi? Anouk uses taxis to my house.
about the world of Paris fashion. •
Sophia came in a car with someone.”
• PARIS. FRIDAY MARCH 4, 1994
John Fairchild is on the phone to apologize
TWO DAYS BEFORE ‘PRÊT-À-PORTER’
for an item. “I’m not angry,” replies Altman,
SHOOTING BEGINS.
“I’m just bored with the thing.”
Miramax wants Julia Roberts’ name at the top of a press release.
“No,” says Altman. “Alphabetical.”
4:30 p.m. Altman dispatches his actors to the collections in the Carrousel du Louvre hoping that the press will get used to them by Sunday.
Week One: CARROUSEL DU LOUVRE. BULGARI. DAILIES.
SUNDAY MARCH 6, 1994 GOODWILL TO ALL MEN
Designers Christian Lacroix, Sonia Rykiel, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Christian Dior and Issey Miyake have agreed to participate in the film. Inside their invitations there is a note:
“We would like to inform you that Mr. Robert Altman’s camera crew, as well as several members of his cast, will be among the guests at our fashion show, for the shooting of his next film, ‘Prêt-à-Porter.’ You may feature in some of the general shots. Therefore your presence during this event tacitly implies your ROSSY de PALMA played Pilar, the assistant of Anouk Aimée (Simone Lo) in YSL couture.
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