The Fashion Plate Magazine

The infamous fashion show “The Battle of Versailles” has been announced for film adaptation by HBO films, “Selma” director Ava DuVernay is attached to the project.

Based on the book of the same name by Robin Givhan, the pulitzer prize winning Fashion critique, the film will tell the story of  the 1973 fashion show that took place at the Palace of Versailles, pitting the top 5 French designers against 5 unknown Americans in front of an audience of the world’s social elite.

Critical player Eleanor Lambert, Fashion PR & Producer of The Battle of Versailles (1973)

Elizabeth Taylor (far left) at the Battle of Versailles (1973)

Marisa Berenson, Halston and Liza Minnelli at the Battle of Versailles (1973)

By the end of the night, American fashion would be born, racial and gender barriers broken and the industry would be left forever transformed.

By Robin Givhan $27