Paris, capital of fashion 1st ed.

Author

Additional Author(s)

• Steele, Valerie

Publisher

London: Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2021

Language

English

ISBN

9781350102972

Series

Subject(s)

• FASHION DESIGN
• FASHION DESIGNERS
• FASHION--FRENCH INFLUENCES

Notes

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Abstract

Paris, Capital of Fashion accompanies a major exhibition at The Museum at FIT, New York's only museum dedicated solely to the art of fashion. This lavishly-illustrated book is edited by MFIT's director and chief curator, Valerie Steele, also the author of the acclaimed Paris Fashion: A Cultural History. This new book opens with an important essay on how and why Paris became famous as the international "capital of fashion."

Steele traces how the mythic "aura" of Paris fashion was constructed over generations, as the splendour of the court at Versailles came to be echoed by the spectacle of the haute couture. Yet Paris has faced repeated challenges from other fashion capitals, especially London, Milan, and New York. Essays by Christopher Breward, David Gilbert, Grazia d'Annunzio, and Antonia Finnane place Paris within a broader global narrative, while Sophie Kurkdjian investigates the cultural value of the Parisian couture, and Agnès Rocomora explores the online imagery of the chic Parisienne.

As The New Yorker recently put it, Paris is "the most glamorous and competitive of the world's fashion capitals." No other city has been branded "Fashion" as Paris has. By opening the study of Paris fashion to new approaches, this book explains why Paris still retains its position as the world's undisputed fashion capital.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

1 online resource (214 p.)

Dimension

-

Other Desc.

ill.

Summary / Review / Table of Content

Introduction: Valerie Steele --
Chapter 1: Paris, "Capital of Fashion" --
Valerie Steele --
Chapter 2: Paris, London, Shanghai: Touring the Fashion Imaginary --
Christopher Breward --
Chapter 3: Paris, New York, London, Milan ... Paris and a world order of fashion capitals --
David Gilbert --
Chapter 4: Paris and A Tale of Italian Cities --
Grazia D'Annunzio --
Chapter 5: Between Beijing and Shanghai: fashion in the Party state --
Antonia Finnane --
Chapter 6: The Cultural Value of Parisian Couture --
Sophie Kurkdjian --
Chapter 7: #parisienne: Social Media Stratification in Visions of Parisian Women --
Agnès Rocamora.

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