To coincide with the Golden Age of Couture, the cinema will screen three classic films, one per month, while the world class fashion exhibition is in town.

The first will be Funny Face, starring Fred Astaire and Audrey Hepburn, on Saturday, January 17 at 2pm.

In this entertaining musical Astaire’s character, a fashion photographer, transforms Audrey Hepburn into a chic Paris model.

Senior curator Leanne Fitzgibbon said the film had a direct link to the exhibition: one of the garments on display was identical to the one worn by Hepburn in the film.

“All of the films have a link to the fashion world,” she said.

The Golden Age of Couture is organised by the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and highlights the work of some of the world’s most esteemed designers in what was one of the most glamorous decades in fashion.

“We’ve screened classic films at the Star for exhibitions in the past and found it has worked really well,” she said.

“The Star has a lovely, old world feel and we’re really pleased to be involved with them in this way.”

Other films to be shown in the coming months are comedies Port-Porter (French for `Ready to Wear’) and the 2001 hit Zoolander, starring Ben Stiller.