Funny Face
Pre-screening discussion with Harold Koda, Kohle Yohannan, and Carmen Dell'Orefice

Directed by Stanley Donen, with Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire, 1957, 103 min

Fashion photographer Dick Avery, in search for an intellectual backdrop for an air-headed model, expropriates a Greenwich Village bookstore. When the photo session is over the store is left in a shambles, much to salesgirl Jo Stockton's dismay. Avery stays behind to help her clean up. Later, he examines the photos taken there and sees Jo in the background of one shot. He is intrigued by her unique appearance, as is Maggie Prescott, the editor of a leading fashion magazine. They offer Jo a modeling contract, which she reluctantly accepts only because it includes a trip to Paris. Eventually, her snobbish attitude toward the job softens, and Jo begins to enjoy the work and the company of her handsome photographer.

In conjunction with the exhibition, The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion.

The exhibition is made possible by Marc Jacobs.

Additional support is provided by Condé Nast.