Mistress

Director: Barbet Schroeder, Barbet Schroeder

1976 / 112min / DCP

Lagerfeld had become a superstar via his work for the French fashion house Chloé when Schroeder called on him to design the costumes for his BDSM-steeped romantic comedy, in which amateur thief Gérard Depardieu stumbles into the dungeon of dominatrix Bulle Ogier, who takes the big lug as a lover, though he struggles to reconcile himself to her profession. The film’s abundance of rubber corsets, ballet boots, gas masks, and other fetish gear offer Lagerfeld a golden opportunity for flights of kinky fancy, while the daywear tends towards Peter Pan collars, pastels, and loose slacks. Look out for the cameo by the calla lilies-topped bottle of Lagerfeld’s then-new Chloé perfume in Ogier’s boudoir.