A Philosophy of Fashion Through Film: On the Body, Style, and Identity

ISBN-13: 9781350157002 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 208 str.

Laura T. Di Summa

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Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Defining Fashion Fashion: An Item Performs Fashion and the New Fashion and Bodily Identity Performance and Style Fashion as a Performance and the Movies Conclusions: Towards a Definition of Fashion 2. Repetition and the New Fashion: What’s New The Dynamic of Repetition and the New: Designing Fashion The Power of Repetition: Three Movies Cary's grey lady suit and the promise of the red dress A homage to Doug Sirk: Two Movies by Todd Haynes Twenty Qipaos Conclusions: Rethinking Repetition 3. The Body Exploring the Body Fashion and the Body: Staring and Strategies for Aesthetic Exploration Furiosa’s Strength Black Panther: Carter’s Superhero Costumes, Worn Everyday Moonlight: The Gold Grill Conclusions: Aesthetic Explorations 4. Couture and Costumes Acknowledging Costume Design Costumes? Fashion and Costumes: Avenues of Conversation Phantom Thread: Filming the Couturier Fashion and Costume Designers: Tom Ford and Arianne Phillips Historical Accuracy and Imaginative Freedom: Dressing Marie Antoinette 30 Years of Geoffrey Beene Conclusions: Two Industries 5. On Fashion and Identity The Episodic Self: Fashion and Identity Narrative Identity and its Shortcomings All Chanel: Personal Shopper McQueen: The Runway L’Année dernière à Marienbad: Fashion or Identity? Conclusions: Episodes and Fashion 6. Closing Thoughts: A Philosophy of Fashion – Through Film What is Fashion? Moving Pictures and Moving Bodies Reassessing Identity Fashion, Off-Screen Epilogue Notes References Index