Poiret, Dior and Schiaparelli : Fashion, femininity and modernity 1st ed.

Author

• Parkins, Ilya

Additional Author(s)

-

Publisher

London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2021

Language

English

ISBN

9781472572431

Series

Subject(s)

• DIOR, CHRISTIAN
• FASHION--SOCIAL ASPECTS
• SCHIAPARELLI, ELSA, 1890-1973

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Abstract

Through a highly original and detailed analysis of the memoirs, interviews and other life writings of Poiret, Dior and Schiaparelli, this book explores changing notions of femininity in the early decades of the twentieth century, when the democratization of fashion began.

Examining the idea of modernity, eternity and the ephemeral in the writings of these haute couturiers, the book reflects on fashion's ambivalent approach to women, which both celebrated and vilified them, presenting them as both ultra modern style leaders and irrational creatures stuck in the past.

This fascinating text is key reading for scholars and students of fashion, gender studies, cultural studies and history.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

1 online resource (xii, 188 p.)

Dimension

-

Other Desc.

ill.

Summary / Review / Table of Content

Introduction: Fashion, femininity and modernity in designer self-fashioning --
1. Fashion and the time of modern femininity --
2. Paul Poiret: classic and new in the struggle for designer mastery --
3. Elsa Schiaparelli: glamour, privacy and timelessness --
4. Christian Dior: nostalgia and the economy of feminine beauty --
Conclusion: fashioning self, reflecting ambivalence.

Exemplar(s)

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1.	01592/21	391.2 Par P	Online !	Available