In Fabric

Sheila places a personal ad that reads, "A happy, attractive woman in her fifties looking for a sensitive, responsible man for long walks and perhaps something more." She is looking for the right outfit in order to make a good impression on her date. She finds what she's looking for in an exclusive, somewhat old-fashioned—or perhaps just suspended in the past—fashion house: an extraordinary red dress, the only one in the store. It soon becomes clear that the main character in the story is not Sheila but rather the dress—cursed and demonic, no one has the power to resist it, as it takes control over the life of anyone who owns it. Peter Strickland presents a mystery whose power lies in the fact that it must remain unsolved. It is meant to seduce audiences, to lead them beyond the limits of the rational and the ordinary. In this extraordinarily elegant film, sensuality, amazement and subtle humor intertwine, and the texture of the intense, saturated images has a hypnotic power.