PROGRAM DESCRIPTION 　　This film uncovers the anachronistic and surprising fairytale world of haute couture through its players past and present, featuring rare archive from the BBC vaults. 　　Margy Kinmonth takes a journey from Paris to New York and California to meet both designers and customers in this much talked about but little explained pocket of the fashion industry. Haute couture’s traditional American customers are getting old and dying off now and fewer wealthy young women are taking their place to ensure its survival. She discovers how much has changed and surprisingly how much has stayed the same in this story of decadent decline. 　　Since its heyday after WW 2 the number of fashion houses showing haute couture in Paris has fallen from over a hundred to barely a dozen today. Margy Kinmonth goes behind the scenes at the haute couture giant Chanel as it prepares for the January shows in which its spring/summer collection is launched. We are given a rare interview and glimpse of the famous Karl Lagerfeld of Chanel at work drawing in his studio. We follow the making and complicated construction of one dress to fully understand what “hand made in Paris” really means. Margy interviews John Galliano,Dior’s designer, veteran Italian designer Valentino and French favourite Christian Lacroix. We are treated to vintage archive of early haute couture shows. 　　The film follows key haute couture customers as they visit Paris to see the shows and shop for dresses that can cost up to 100,000 dollars each. Kinmonth asks who are these women and why are they prepared to spend so much money on one dress? There are strict unwritten rules for belonging to this exclusive shopping club.What are they? Why is it all so hush hush? 　　We visit keen haute couture aficionado Betsy Bloomingdale in Los Angeles and see her large collection of haute couture. We meet one of the oldest multi- millionaire collectors in New York City - Carol Petrie whose wedding dress was made by Christian Dior himself in the late 1940’s. We see U. S designer Ralph Rucci’s collection in New York. He is one of the few foreigners allowed to show haute couture in Paris. 　　Texan oil and gas tycoon’s wife Becca Cason Thrash, Susan Gutfreund – wife of the 80’s bond dealer John Gutfreund and Daphne Guinness, a Brit with a passion for haute couture are all interviewed. They mingle on the front rows of the catwalk shows alongside celebrities such as Victoria Beckham. Insider Baroness Helene de Ludinghausen, who was for 31 years the directrice of Yves Saint Laurent, spills the beans about the subject no one ever mentions – how much this frocks cost. 　　Is haute couture now an art form? The customers all think so.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION 　　This film uncovers the anachronistic and surprising fairytale world of haute couture through its players past and present, featuring rare archive from the BBC vaults. 　　Margy Kinmonth takes a journey from Paris to New York and California to meet both designers and customers in this much talked about but little explained pocket of the fashion industry. Haute couture’s traditional American customers are getting old and dying off now and fewer wealthy young women are taking their place to ensure its survival. She discovers how much has changed and surprisingly how much has stayed the same in this story of decadent decline. 　　Since its heyday after WW 2 the number of fashion houses showing haute couture in Paris has fallen from over a hundred to barely a dozen today. Margy Kinmonth goes behind the scenes at the haute couture giant Chanel as it prepares for the January shows in which its spring/summer collection is launched. We are given a rare interview and glimpse of the famous Karl Lagerfeld of Chanel at work drawing in his studio. We follow the making and complicated construction of one dress to fully understand what “hand made in Paris” really means. Margy interviews John Galliano,Dior’s designer, veteran Italian designer Valentino and French favourite Christian Lacroix. We are treated to vintage archive of early haute couture shows. 　　The film follows key haute couture customers as they visit Paris to see the shows and shop for dresses that can cost up to 100,000 dollars each. Kinmonth asks who are these women and why are they prepared to spend so much money on one dress? There are strict unwritten rules for belonging to this exclusive shopping club.What are they? Why is it all so hush hush? 　　We visit keen haute couture aficionado Betsy Bloomingdale in Los Angeles and see her large collection of haute couture. We meet one of the oldest multi- millionaire collectors in New York City - Carol Petrie whose wedding dress was made by Christian Dior himself in the late 1940’s. We see U. S designer Ralph Rucci’s collection in New York. He is one of the few foreigners allowed to show haute couture in Paris. 　　Texan oil and gas tycoon’s wife Becca Cason Thrash, Susan Gutfreund – wife of the 80’s bond dealer John Gutfreund and Daphne Guinness, a Brit with a passion for haute couture are all interviewed. They mingle on the front rows of the catwalk shows alongside celebrities such as Victoria Beckham. Insider Baroness Helene de Ludinghausen, who was for 31 years the directrice of Yves Saint Laurent, spills the beans about the subject no one ever mentions – how much this frocks cost. 　　Is haute couture now an art form? The customers all think so.

超级太阳风暴导致的地震及火山喷发，引起了科学家梅雷迪思的关注。她对此十分担忧，并确信近期不断发生的地壳活动，是毁灭性灾难来临前的预兆。情况危急，得不到同事认可的梅雷迪思决心将情况上报给市政府，希望政府重视并对全人类做出警示。然而灾难的到来比梅雷迪思预料的更快，正当她到达市政厅，表明来意欲面见市长之际，海啸、地震、火山喷发等活动正在全球同时爆发，交通瘫痪，通讯中断，城市顷刻间变为人间地狱……

超级太阳风暴导致的地震及火山喷发，引起了科学家梅雷迪思的关注。她对此十分担忧，并确信近期不断发生的地壳活动，是毁灭性灾难来临前的预兆。情况危急，得不到同事认可的梅雷迪思决心将情况上报给市政府，希望政府重视并对全人类做出警示。然而灾难的到来比梅雷迪思预料的更快，正当她到达市政厅，表明来意欲面见市长之际，海啸、地震、火山喷发等活动正在全球同时爆发，交通瘫痪，通讯中断，城市顷刻间变为人间地狱……

为陪伴在家人的身边，丹尼尔出狱后，回到了家乡马赛。他的女儿玛蒂达，是一位刚成为母亲的实习销售助理，而他的伴侣尼古拉斯，则是每天疲于奔命的自由职业司机。某天夜里，一位因生意损失而心生怨恨的出租车司机袭击了尼古拉斯，他们平静的生活就此改变…

为陪伴在家人的身边，丹尼尔出狱后，回到了家乡马赛。他的女儿玛蒂达，是一位刚成为母亲的实习销售助理，而他的伴侣尼古拉斯，则是每天疲于奔命的自由职业司机。某天夜里，一位因生意损失而心生怨恨的出租车司机袭击了尼古拉斯，他们平静的生活就此改变…

11岁的阿姆拉生长在牧民家庭，他非常喜欢唱歌，一心想参加电视台《蒙古达人秀》的比赛。他的父亲忙于和朋友一起反对矿业公司侵占草原，同时也默默支持着阿姆拉的梦想。当父亲因车祸突然离世后，阿姆拉的梦想被迫中断，前路漫漫，他该何去何从？影片用朴素、写实的镜头语言描述了大工业背景下蒙古游牧名族的生存和环境危机。绝美的蒙古风景背后，藏着一个小男孩令人心碎的成长之旅。

11岁的阿姆拉生长在牧民家庭，他非常喜欢唱歌，一心想参加电视台《蒙古达人秀》的比赛。他的父亲忙于和朋友一起反对矿业公司侵占草原，同时也默默支持着阿姆拉的梦想。当父亲因车祸突然离世后，阿姆拉的梦想被迫中断，前路漫漫，他该何去何从？影片用朴素、写实的镜头语言描述了大工业背景下蒙古游牧名族的生存和环境危机。绝美的蒙古风景背后，藏着一个小男孩令人心碎的成长之旅。