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Fashion is a popular style or practice , especially in clothing , footwear , accessories , makeup , body , or furniture . Fashion is a distinctive and often constant trend in the style in which a person dresses . It is the prevailing styles in behaviour and the newest creations of textile designers . Because the more technical term " costume " is regularly linked to the term " fashion ", the use of the former has been relegated to special senses like fancy dress or masquerade wear , while " fashion " generally means clothing , including the study of it . Although aspects of fashion can be feminine or masculine , some trends are androgynous . Sir Alan William Parker , ( born ___MASK9___ ) is an English film director , producer and screenwriter . Parker ' s early career , beginning in his late teens , was spent as a copywriter and director of television advertisements . After about ten years of filming adverts , many of which won awards for creativity , he began screenwriting and directing films . Full Metal Jacket is a ___MASK11___ British - American war film directed and produced by Stanley Kubrick . The screenplay by Kubrick , Michael Herr , and Gustav Hasford was based on Hasford ' s novel " The Short - Timers " ( 1979 ). The film stars Matthew Modine , Adam Baldwin , Vincent D ' Onofrio , R . Lee Ermey , Dorian Harewood , Arliss Howard , Kevyn Major Howard , and Ed O ' Ross . Its storyline follows a platoon of U . S . Marines through their training and the experiences of two of the platoon ' s Marines in the Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War . The film ' s title refers to the full metal jacket bullet used by soldiers . The film was released in the United States on June 26 , ___MASK11___ . Ridicule is a ___MASK28___ French film set in the 18th century at the decadent court of Versailles , where social status can rise and fall based on one ' s ability to mete out witty insults and avoid ridicule oneself . The story examines the social injustices of late 18th century France , in showing the corruption and callousness of the aristocrats . Empire Records is a ___MASK48___ American coming - of - age film that follows a group of record store employees over the course of one exceptional day . The employees try to stop the store from being sold to a large chain , and learn about each other along the way . The film was directed by Allan Moyle and stars Anthony LaPaglia , Robin Tunney , Rory Cochrane , Renée Zellweger , Ethan Embry , Johnny Whitworth and Liv Tyler . The film was a commercial and critical failure , generating largely negative reviews and losses at the domestic US box office . Being John Malkovich is a ___MASK50___ American magic realism comedy film directed by Spike Jonze and written by Charlie Kaufman . For both , it is their first feature film . The film stars John Cusack , Cameron Diaz and Catherine Keener , with John Malkovich and Charlie Sheen as themselves . The film follows a puppeteer who finds a portal that leads into Malkovich ' s mind . The Man Who Knew Too Little is a ___MASK75___ American - German spy comedy film starring Bill Murray , directed by Jon Amiel , and written by Robert Farrar and Howard Franklin . The film is based on Farrar ' s novel " Watch That Man ", and the title is a parody of Alfred Hitchcock ' s 1934 film " The Man Who Knew Too Much " and his 1956 remake of the same title . Matthew Avery Modine ( born March ___MASK86___ , 1959 ) is an American film actor . His best - known roles include Private Joker in Stanley Kubrick ' s " Full Metal Jacket ", the title character in Alan Parker ' s " Birdy ", high school wrestler Louden Swain in " Vision Quest ", oversexed Sullivan Groff on " Weeds ", and Dr . Martin Brenner on " Stranger Things ". Nicole Holofcener ( born March ___MASK86___ , ___MASK69___ ) is an American film and television director and screenwriter . She has directed five feature films , including " Friends with Money " and " Enough Said " as well as various television series . Holofcener was a student of director Martin Scorsese . Stanley Kubrick ( July 26 , ___MASK25___  March 7 , ___MASK50___ ) was an American film director , screenwriter , producer , cinematographer , editor , and photographer . He is frequently cited as one of the greatest and most influential directors in cinematic history . His films , which are mostly adaptations of novels or short stories , cover a wide range of genres , and are noted for their realism , dark humor , unique cinematography , extensive set designs , and evocative use of music . Maxwell Caulfield ( born Maxwell Newby , ___MASK16___ November 1959 ) is a British - American film , stage , and television actor who is based in the United States . He has appeared in films such as " Grease 2 " ( 1982 ), " Electric Dreams " ( 1984 ), " The Boys Next Door " ( ___MASK95___ ), " The Supernaturals " ( 1986 ), "" ( 1989 ), " Waxwork 2 " ( 1992 ), " Gettysburg " ( 1993 ), " Empire Records " ( ___MASK48___ ), " The Real Blonde " ( ___MASK75___ ), and " The Man Who Knew Too Little " ( ___MASK75___ ). The Real Blonde is a ___MASK6___ movie directed and written by Tom DiCillo . It stars Matthew Modine , Catherine Keener , and Maxwell Caulfield . The film is a satire on New York ' s fashion and entertainment industries . Grease ___MASK76___ is a ___MASK81___ American musical romantic comedy film and the sequel to " Grease ", which is based upon the musical of the same name by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey . The film was produced by Allan Carr and Robert Stigwood , and directed and choreographed by Patricia Birch , who also choreographed the first film . It takes place two years after the original film at Rydell High School , with an almost entirely new cast , led by actors Maxwell Caulfield and Michelle Pfeiffer . Satire is a genre of literature , and sometimes graphic and performing arts , in which vices , follies , abuses , and shortcomings are held up to ridicule , ideally with the intent of shaming individuals , corporations , government , or society itself into improvement . Although satire is usually meant to be humorous , its greater purpose is often constructive social criticism , using wit to draw attention to both particular and wider issues in society . Catherine Ann Keener ( born March ___MASK16___ , 1959 ) is an American actress . She has been twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her roles as Maxine Lund in " Being John Malkovich " ( ___MASK50___ ) and Harper Lee in " Capote " ( ___MASK98___ ). Keener also appeared in the films " Into the Wild " ( ___MASK51___ ) and " Synecdoche , New York " ( 2008 ), which were well received by critics . Keener is also the noted muse of director Nicole Holofcener , having appeared in every work of hers to date . Synecdoche , New York is a ___MASK88___ American postmodern drama film written and directed by Charlie Kaufman , and starring Philip Seymour Hoffman . It is Kaufman ' s directorial debut . Fur is used in reference to the hair of animals , usually mammals , particularly those with extensive body hair coverage that is generally soft and thick , as opposed to the stiffer bristles on most pigs . The term " pelage " first known use in English c . ___MASK96___ ( French , from Middle French , from " poil " hair , from Old French " peilss ", from Latin " pilus ",) is sometimes used to refer to the body hair of an animal as a complete coat . " Fur " is also used to refer to animal pelts which have been processed into leather with the hair still attached . The words " fur " or " furry " are also used , more casually , to refer to hair - like growths or formations , particularly when the subject being referred to exhibits a dense coat of fine , soft " hairs ." If layered , rather than grown as a single coat , it may consist of short down hairs , long guard hairs , and , in some cases , medium awn hairs . Mammals with reduced amounts of fur are often called " naked ", as with the naked mole - rat , or " hairless ", as with hairless dogs . Nelle Harper Lee ( April ___MASK13___ , 1926February ___MASK32___ , 2016 ), better known by her pen name Harper Lee , was an American novelist widely known for " To Kill a Mockingbird ", published in ___MASK69___ . Immediately successful , it won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize and has become a classic of modern American literature . Though Lee had only published this single book , in ___MASK51___ she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her contribution to literature . Additionally , Lee received numerous honorary degrees , though she declined to speak on those occasions . She was also known for assisting her close friend Truman Capote in his research for the book " In Cold Blood " ( ___MASK24___ ). Capote was the basis for the character Dill in " To Kill a Mockingbird ". Thomas A . " Tom " DiCillo ( born August ___MASK54___ , ___MASK90___ ) is an American film director , screenwriter and cinematographer .