Three free showings of the film “The September Issue” will take place in March at three locations: Purdue North Central, LaPorte County Public Library, and Michigan City Public Library.
The film will be shown Tuesday, March 16, at 6 p.m. at LaPorte library; Sunday, March 21, at 2 p.m. at Michigan City library; and Thursday, March 25, at 6 p.m. at PNC’s Library-Student-Faculty Building Assembly Hall, Room 02.
The film, rated PG-13, takes a look inside legendary fashion magazine Vogue, filming the behind-the-scenes work that went into making the September 2007 annual fall fashion issue that will set the tempo for the year’s fashion. That issue became the biggest single issue in the magazine’s history, selling 13 million copies.
Vogue editor Anna Wintour, considered one of the most powerful figures in fashion, had never given anyone access to look inside the magazine. This documentary took more than eight months to film and shows Wintour as she visits Fashion Week shows and follows her into Vogue offices and fashion studios as she works with photographers, writers and models. Vogue had no stake in the movie, nor was paid for its involvement.
USA Today noted that “snarkiness and drama are in plain view” as the magazine’s inner workings are candidly shown. Wintour is seen as “undeniably fascinating” and is a woman with immense influence over the fashion industry. It has been said that she could put “10 percent of the female population into empire-waist dresses any season she chose.”
Public showings of the film are offered through a collaboration of the Purdue University North Central Odyssey 2009-10 Arts and Cultural Events Series, LaPorte County Public Library and Michigan City Public Library.
