Sunday, 18 Oct, 2026

The Ultimate 1990s Fashion Time Capsule Returns: Inside the 4K Restoration of Douglas Keeve’s ‘Unzipped’

For journalists and documentarians alike, romantic involvement with a subject has always walked a razor-thin ethical wire. While traditional reporting demands rigorous objectivity, documentary filmmaking frequently thrives on the kind of radical, unvarnished intimacy that only proximity can buy. When filmmaker and photographer Douglas Keeve pointed his lens at his then-boyfriend, rising American fashion star […]

Behind the Seams: Douglas Keeve on Directing His Ex, the 1990s Fashion World, and the 4K Restoration of ‘Unzipped’

For journalists and documentary filmmakers alike, entering into a romantic relationship with a subject is a notoriously perilous ethical tightrope. Yet, when executed with a certain degree of artistic transparency, this blurred boundary can yield a uniquely personal, unguarded, and deeply intimate perspective. Few films capture this phenomenon quite as vividly as Douglas Keeve’s 1995 […]