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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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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
Notes
Image List
Bibliography
Notes on Contributors
Acknowledgments
Index
Über den Autor / die Autorin
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.
Zusammenfassung
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.
Vorwort
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.
Zusatztext
Offering both historical context and contemporary analysis, Paris, Capital of Fashion is an engaging collection of essays from an international roster of noted scholars. It provides insight into the symbiotic relationship of Paris with other fashion capitals, explores the unique cultural heritage of the Parisian fashion industry, and questions the cultural touchstone of the fashionable Parisienne.
Bericht
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
