Hollywood Fashion Program Premiering

From Clark Gable’s no T-shirt look in 1934’s “It Happened One Night” to Marilyn Monroe’s white halter dress in 1955’s “The Seven Year Itch” to Jennifer Beals’ off-the-shoulder torn sweatshirt in 1983’s “Flashdance,” fashion and film have always fed off each other.

“The Hollywood Fashion Machine,” premiering Tuesday on American Movie Classics and hosted by Jacqueline Bisset, examines the unique relationship between what people wear and what we see on the screen.

The one-hour documentary features clips from such trendsetters as “All About Eve,” “Gilda,” “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” “Annie Hall” and “Bonnie and Clyde.” Designers Isaac Mizrahi, Hubert de Givenchy, Bob Mackie, Theadora Van Runkle, fashion editor Polly Mellen of Allure magazine, director Stanley Donen and actress Ali MacGraw, who created her own fashion craze with her knit cap in 1970’s “Love Story,” offer their insight into the worlds of film and fashion.

“Both industries help each other,” says “Fashion Machine” producer Marcia Ely. “If one of the characters (in a movie) is wearing something that can potentially be a new style (the movie marketeers) push that. Sometimes a movie will actually launch a look like ‘Annie Hall.’