Paris, Capital of Fashion

ISBN-13: 9781350102941 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 216 str.

Valerie Steele

Opis

With contributions from leading fashion authorities and a host of spectacular images from the accompanying exhibition at the Museum at FIT, this book explores the history of Paris as the world's fashion capital.

Recenzje

Insightful ... One of the fundamental strengths of this publication is its multifaceted approach to Paris ... A valuable resource for students and academics of fashion and social history. The Journal of Dress History

Spis treści

Introduction: Valerie SteeleChapter 1: Paris, "Capital of Fashion"Valerie SteeleChapter 2: Paris, London, Shanghai: Touring the Fashion ImaginaryChristopher BrewardChapter 3: Paris, New York, London, Milan ... Paris and a world order of fashion capitalsDavid GilbertChapter 4: Paris and A Tale of Italian CitiesGrazia D'AnnunzioChapter 5: Between Beijing and Shanghai: fashion in the Party stateAntonia FinnaneChapter 6: The Cultural Value of Parisian CoutureSophie KurkdjianChapter 7: #parisienne: Social Media Stratification in Visions of Parisian WomenAgnès RocamoraNotesImage ListBibliographyNotes on ContributorsAcknowledgmentsIndex

O autorze

Valerie Steele, an internationally renowned authority on the history of fashion, is Director and Chief Curator of The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York. Described in The Washington Post as one of "fashion's brainiest women", she is a prolific author, cominbing serious scholarship with a rare ability to communicate with the general reader. She is the author of more than a dozen highly acclaimed books including A Queer History of Fashion: From the Closet to the Catwalk, Shoe Obsession, Gothic: Dark Glamour, The Corset: A Cultural History, Fifty Years of Fashion, Fetish: Fashion, Sex and Power, Women of Fashion: 20th-Century Designers. rom the Inside Out. She is also editor-in-chief of a three-volume Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion.