"The Library Is Open," starring Benny Drama and directed by Archive Founder Haile Lidow, is Lidow Archive's debut short fashion film showcasing the rental fantasyland's impressive collection of Marc Jacobs Platforms from the designer's Fall 2016 & Spring 2017 Collections and unveiling the Archive's custom-designed-and-built Shoe Library!
Benny Drama's "Benita" enters the Lidow Archive Shoe Library -- the wondrous Mecca containing fashion's finest footwear artifacts -- where she is guided by an eccentric Shoe Librarian, played by Archive Founder Haile Lidow. In a series of page-turning tales, the duo adventures through alternate realities across: Silent Film, Disco, Romance Novel and Jungle, where Marc Jacobs Platforms reign supreme and star as the main characters in these Lidow Archive sagas.
Cast & Crew:
Directed by: Haile Lidow
Written by: Haile Lidow & Kevin Starynski
Starring: Benny Drama as “Benita” &
Haile Lidow as the “Shoe Librarian”
Creative Direction & Story by: LIDOW ARCHIVE
Directors of Photography: Paige Hochstatter, Meredith Gunning, Antony Wilson
Set Decorator: Meredith Gunning
Make-up Artist: Cherie Combs
Custom High-Heel Wig: Annie Hardt
On-set Wig Stylist: Will Carillo
Nail Artist: Caroline Cotten of 1.800.NailMe
Assistant Director: Kevin Starynski
Video Editor: Ivy Tellin
Original Score: Pam Autouri aka TOMI
Re-recording Mixer: Ginge Cox
Stills Photography: Callum Hutchinson
Foot Models: Sasha Davis, Johanna Gerber, Meredith Gunning, Haile Lidow
Studio & Production Assistant: Kaity Whipple
Production Assistant: Andrea Savlov
Snake Wrangler: Jules Sylvester
Editorial Director: Danielle Combs
