Elizabeth L. Block

Dressing Up: The Women Who Influenced French Fashion

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Produktbeschreibung

"A provocative look at late 19th-century French fashion, which discredits the couturier as "genius creator" and makes you think differently about the impact of the American women who influenced the market"--

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: MIT Press Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Oktober 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 189mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 838g
• ISBN-13: 9780262045841
• ISBN-10: 0262045842
• Artikelnr.: 62022831

Autorenporträt

Elizabeth L. Block

Inhaltsangabe

I. Power Dressing
1. Introduction: Dressing Up
2. Midcentury Tastemakers
II. Paris as the Center of Haute Couture and Coiffure
3. Connections among Coiffeurs, Couturiers, Milliners, and Perfumers
4. Couturiers and International Expositions
5. International Clientele
III. The U.S. Market for French Fashion
6. Maison Félix and Its U.S. Clients
7. Gowns and Mansions: French Fashion in U.S. Homes
8. Raising Prices: The Impact of U.S. Tariffs
9. The Underworld and Afterlife of French Couture in the United States
10. Conclusion: Follow the Dresses
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index