Dior presents the latest version of its Lady Dior film series with a comedy directed by John Cameron Mitchell and starring Marion Cotillard.

The new Dior film features Marion as a young Hollywood movie-star, frolicking pool-side for a Dior TV commercial.

The fifth installment of the Lady Dior films was inspired by a 1973 short film by famed fashion photographer Richard Avedon that starred model Lauren Hutton.

Following recent machine-inspired videos by Chanel and Dior, the latter has released yet another creative ad, this time for its Mise en Dior necklace.

Christian Dior’s creative director of accessories, Camille Miceli, was the visionary behind the film named after the first necklace she created.

Shot from the perspective of one of its pearls, the pinball-inspired film follows its journey along the steps of the creation of the necklace, with every completed detail being ‘rewarded’ with an iconic Dior piece, such as the Lady Dior bag.

Balmain is adapting to the rougher economic climate, launching a more affordable line called Pierre Balmain next spring.

The new line gets a preview in a film directed by Inez & Vinoodh that follows Pierre Balmain-clad model Abbey Lee Kershaw and her band, Our Mountain, across NYC.

Judging from the campaign, the new label will stay true to Balmain’s signature rock’n'roll feel established by former designer Christophe Decarnin, despite its creative direction taking place outside the fashion house.

The Wanderer is a new short film for Dior Homme, released along with the brand’s Fall/Winter 2011 Collection.

The video was conceived by creative director Kris Van Assche and shot by photographer Willy Vanderperre.

The campaign includes a series of nine photos that embody the spirit of the fall Dior Homme collection.

In the second installment of its Women’s Tales series, Miu Miu collaborated with director Lucrecia Martel on a film noir titled Muta.

“Muta” follows Zoe Cassavetes’s “The Powder Room” and depicts a crew of faceless and voiceless models aboard a spooky ship in the middle of a tropical sea, clad in Miu Miu’s fall and Noir sunglasses collection.

Two more short films by female filmmakers are to be released as part of the Women’s Tales series.

Following the success of “Black Swan,” actor Vincent Cassel and director Darren Aronofsky have joined creative forces once again on a short film to advertise Yves Saint Laurent best-selling men’s fragrance, La Nuit de L’Homme.