Fashionistas, The

**AVN Top 500** **2003 AVN Award Winner for Best Film** **2013 XRCO Hall of Fame Inductee** **2003 AVN Award Winner for Best Director** **2003 AVN Award Winner for Best Actress: Taylor St. Claire** **2003 AVN Award Winner for Best Editing - Film: Tricia Devereaux & John Stagliano** **2002 XRCO Award Winner for Best Film** **2002 XRCO Award Winner for Best Director** Legendary director John Stagliano crafted what many consider to be one of the best adult films ever made. He shot it on 35mm film with very high production standards and a budget to match. It was an ambitious project that was to create an erotic experience as much as a movie. It was not intended for the novice or casual viewer of adult films. Ironically, the release of Fashionistas became an unparalleled event and a milestone in the adult entertainment industry. Fashionistas went on to win 10 AVN awards that year and even spawned a highly successful, critically acclaimed Las Vegas stage show that ran on the Vegas strip for four years reaching a larger and more pervasive audience than the normal adult fare. This is a very high budget adult film with extensive story/action sequences, exquisite wardrobe, and cutting-edge, full-length, very hard sex scenes. There are also several full-on S&M scenes with very real action. These elements fit together in a dramatic mystery love story that takes our lead character Antonio (Rocco Siffredi), an Italian fashion designer, on a wild sexual ride into the underground S&M scene. His guide is Helena (portrayed by real-life dominant, Taylor St. Clair). His phantom obsession is Jesse (Belladonna, a woman with the most incredible sexual abilities I've ever seen). Shot on 35mm film, with the lighting and production elements of a mainstream motion picture, this is by far my most ambitious project. It is a highly charged erotic experience, not intended for the novice porno viewer. ~~-- John Stagliano~~