In this 1945 French classic Raymond Rouleau plays a top Parisian designer and womaniser who falls madly in love with the fiancée of his best friend, resulting in a plot which moves from farce to tragedy. Jacques Becker’s seductively energetic look at the world of haute couture. A classic film from 1945 also known as Paris Frills. Although made at a time of great deprivation, Becker’s seductively energetic look at the world of haute couture is regarded as one of the finest films about fashion. The charismatic Raymond Rouleau plays a top Parisian designer and seducer of women who falls crazily in love with the fiancée of his best friend, resulting in a plot which veers giddily from farce to tragedy.