Fairy Tale Fashion - Couverture rigide

Hill, Colleen; Mears, Patricia; Sampson, Ellen; Vaclavik, Kiera

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0300218028 ISBN 13 : 9780300218022

Editeur : Yale University Press, 2016

Synopsis

A conceptually innovative and visually stunning investigation of the interconnected worlds of high fashion and fairy tales

Dress plays a crucial role in fairy tales, signaling the status, wealth, or vanity of particular characters, and symbolizing their transformation. Fairy tales often provide  little information beyond what is necessary to a plot, but clothing and accessories are frequently vividly described, enhancing the sense of wonder integral to the genre. Cinderella’s glass slipper is perhaps the most famous example, but it is one of many enchanted or emblematic pieces of dress that populate these tales.
                                                                                                                                   
This is the first book to examine the history, significance, and imagery of classic fairy tales through the lens of high fashion. A comprehensive introduction to the topic of fairy tales and dress is followed by a series of short essays on thirteen stories: “Cinderella,” “Little Red Riding Hood,” “The Fairies,” “Sleeping Beauty,” “Beauty and the Beast,” “Snow White,” “Rapunzel,” “Furrypelts,” “The Little Mermaid,” “The Snow Queen,” “The Swan Maidens,” Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Generously illustrated, these stories are creatively and imaginatively linked to examples of clothing by Comme des Garc¸ons, Dolce and Gabbana, Charles James, and Alexander McQueen, among many others.

Published in association with The Fashion Institute of Technology, New York

Exhibition Schedule:

The Museum at The Fashion Institute of Technology, New York
(01/15/16–04/16/16)

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Colleen Hill is associate curator of accessories at The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, and the author of Exposed: A History of Lingerie (2014) and co-author, with Valerie Steele, of Shoe Obsession (2013).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Yale University Press
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0300218028
• ISBN 13: 9780300218022
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 276
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible