Calendar Girl

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Calendar Girl

2020

1h 31m

Documentary

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A quintessential New York story. From 1945, for 69 years, the influential subscription-only Fashion Calendar with its iconic pink pages and red covers--designed to be easily noticed on someone's cluttered desk--laid out every fashion show and event in New York City, including New York Fashion Week. Behind it was founder Ruth Finley. In October 2014, Ruth sold the Fashion Calendar to the Council of Fashion Designers of America, known as the CFDA, ending an era, and Ruth retired at 95. Throughout, as a hands-on single mother who raised three boys while building her successful business in her home office, Ruth managed to create a perfect work-life balance. The documentary examines this momentous transition, and reflects on the life, work, and legacy of this trailblazer and the industry she helped create through her more than 70-year career.

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Glenn Kenny

New York Times

This affectionate portrait is also well grounded.

Mar 10, 2022

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Sheila O'Malley

RogerEbert.com

An engaging and sneakily profound film.

Rated: 3/4

Mar 8, 2022

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Sabina Dana Plasse

Film Threat

By so thoroughly documenting the instrumental value of the Fashion Calendar, Calendar Girl becomes an engaging historical piece.

Rated: 8.5/10

Mar 10, 2022

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Susan Wloszczyna

AWFJ.org

The documentary Calendar Girl isn’t about pin-ups or models. Instead, it focuses on the life of Ruth Finley, who changed the fashion world as we knew it.

Mar 9, 2022

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Carla Hay

Culture Mix

Calendar Girl is a noteworthy tribute to [Ruth] Finley, by showing that her name might not be well-known outside of the fashion industry because she remained humble and cared more about her work than she cared about being famous.

Nov 12, 2020

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Neely Swanson

Easy Reader (California)

A documentary in the same style as "The Times of Bill Cunningham," the iconic New York Times fashion photographer and "Iris"... It's a nice peek into a rarified window.

Nov 12, 2020

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A quintessential New York story. From 1945, for 69 years, the influential subscription-only Fashion Calendar with its iconic pink pages and red covers--designed to be easily noticed on someone's cluttered desk--laid out every fashion show and event in New York City, including New York Fashion Week. Behind it was founder Ruth Finley. In October 2014, Ruth sold the Fashion Calendar to the Council of Fashion Designers of America, known as the CFDA, ending an era, and Ruth retired at 95. Throughout, as a hands-on single mother who raised three boys while building her successful business in her home office, Ruth managed to create a perfect work-life balance. The documentary examines this momentous transition, and reflects on the life, work, and legacy of this trailblazer and the industry she helped create through her more than 70-year career.

Director: Christian D. Bruun
Producer: Christian D. Bruun, Natalie Nudell
Screenwriter: Natalie Nudell
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 8, 2022
Runtime: 1h 31m

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