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- ISBN
- 9780262045841
- Book Title
- Dressing Up : the Women Who Influenced French Fashion
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Item Length
- 9.3 in
- Publication Year
- 2021
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.1 in
- Genre
- Design, History, Social Science
- Topic
- Women, Europe / France, Fashion & Accessories, Customs & Traditions
- Item Weight
- 30 oz
- Item Width
- 7.4 in
- Number of Pages
- 296 Pages
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How wealthy American women--as consumers and as influencers--helped shape French couture of the late nineteenth century; lavishly illustrated. French fashion of the late nineteenth century is known for its allure, its ineffable chic--think of John Singer Sargent's Madame X and her scandalously slipping strap. For Parisian couturiers and their American customers, it was also serious business. In Dressing Up , Elizabeth Block examines the couturiers' influential clientele--wealthy American women who bolstered the French fashion industry with a steady stream of orders from the United States. Countering the usual narrative of the designer as solo creative genius, Block shows that these women--as high-volume customers and as pre-Internet influencers--were active participants in the era's transnational fashion system.Block describes the arrival of nouveau riche Americans on the French fashion scene, joining European royalty, French socialites, and famous actresses on the client rosters of the best fashion houses--Charles Frederick Worth, Doucet, and Félix, among others. She considers the mutual dependence of couture and coiffure; the participation of couturiers in international expositions (with mixed financial results); the distinctive shopping practices of American women, which ranged from extensive transatlantic travel to quick trips downtown to the department store; the performance of conspicuous consumption at balls and soirées; the impact of American tariffs on the French fashion industry; and the emergence of smuggling, theft, and illicit copying of French fashions in the American market as the middle class emulated the preferences of the rich. Lavishly illustrated, with vibrant images of dresses, portraits, and fashion plates, Dressing Up reveals the power of American women in French couture.Winner of the Aileen Ribeiro Grant of the Association of Dress Historians; an Association for Art History grant; and a Pasold Research Fund grant.
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Publisher
MIT Press
ISBN-10
0262045842
ISBN-13
9780262045841
eBay Product ID (ePID)
21050033120
Product Key Features
Book Title
Dressing Up : the Women Who Influenced French Fashion
Number of Pages
296 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2021
Topic
Women, Europe / France, Fashion & Accessories, Customs & Traditions
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Design, History, Social Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
30 oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
7.4 in
Additional Product Features
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Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"This handsomely illustrated, anecdotal volume illuminates the symbiotic relationship between late-19th-century Parisian fashion houses and their well-to-do American clients. Block, a senior editor for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's publication department, writes winningly." -- the Washington Post, "This handsomely illustrated, anecdotal volume illuminates the symbiotic relationship between late-19th-century Parisian fashion houses and their well-to-do American clients. Block, a senior editor for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's publication department, writes winningly." -- the Washington Post Winner of the Victorian Society in America Book Award, 2022
Lccn
2020-036772
Dewey Decimal
391.00973
Lc Classification Number
Gt610.B56 2021
Table of Content
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
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