Open from November 7th, 2019 to March 22nd, 2020, Marche et Démarche at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, presented a global history of shoes and examined the influence they have had in modifying our bodies and our perception of self.
All tagged Fashion History
Book Review: Writing Fashion in Early Modern Italy: From Sprezzatura to Satire
Ludovica Mucci reviews Eugenia Paulichelli’s Writing Fashion in Early Modern Italy: From Sprezzatura to Satire. The text is one of the first comprehensive studies of sixteenth and seventeenth century Italian fashion, exploring the way fashion shaped the social, political, and cultural landscape in Italy.
Book Review: Work! A Queer History of Modeling
In this thoroughly researched and accessibly written book, Elspeth H. Brown artfully weaves several narratives together to present a unique history of twentieth-century American culture and capitalism. Fundamentally, she argues that capitalist heteronormativity has been shaped largely by queer sensibilities.
Review: JAY JAXON: Fashion Designer, Le Couturier, Costumer
Jay Jaxon was not only the first American to head a Parisian couture house, but also the first black person to do so. Curiously, however, Jaxon’s name is often left out of the annals of fashion history. A recent exhibition at the Queens Library shines light on this often-overlooked figure.
Book Review: ISSUES: A History of Photography in Fashion Magazines
Marley Healy reviews Issues: A History of Photography in Fashion Magazines, Vince Aletti’s latest tome, exploring the 100 best fashion photographs seen in magazines.
Book Review: The Suit: Form, Function and Style
By Christopher Breward
Book Review: Sex and Suits: The Evolution of Modern Dress
By Anne Hollander
Exhibition Review: Lace in Fashion
Fashion Museum Bath (February 4, 2017 - January 1, 2018)
Book Review: How to Read a Dress
By Lydia Edwards
Book Review: Paris Refashioned: 1957-1968
By Colleen Hill