Femme fashion, 1780-2004 : die Modellierung des Weiblichen in der Mode = the modelling of the female form in fashion

Name/Title

Femme fashion, 1780-2004 : die Modellierung des Weiblichen in der Mode = the modelling of the female form in fashion

Entry/Object ID

GT580.B73

Description

"Apart from giving an historical overview, this book also focuses on the current fashion situation. Fashion designer Eva Gronbach presents the work of such brilliant designers as Gucci, Yamamoto, and Miyake, as well as striking creations hot off the drawing-boards of the young generation of designers."

Context

Accompanies the exhibition "In. femme fashion 1780-2004: The modelling of the female form in fashion," Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Oct. 19, 2003-Dec. 14, 2003.

Collection

Carol Westfall Collection

Lexicon

Search Terms

fashion--history, women's clothing--history

Legacy Lexicon

Category

Exhibition catalog

Book Details

Editor

Patricia Brattig

Publisher

Arnoldsche

Place Published

City

Stuttgart

Date Published

2003

Call No.

GT580.B73

ISBN

389790201X, 9783897902015

Notes

Length: 224

General Notes

Note Type

Contents

Note

Che soave zefiretto : the chemise dress around 1800 / Luzie Bratner -- From 'elephant ear sleeve' to dinner-bell : fashions in the Biedermeier era / Patricia Brattig -- There is always flesh beneath the dress : sculptural bodies and shaping perceptions of the 1900 reform movement in clothing / Elke Gaugele -- Contours of modernism : constructs of regulated movement and controlled speed in 1920s clothing reform / Karen Ellwanger -- Documenta femaleness : clothing worn by Women Documenta visitors (1997 and 2002) / Ingrid Heimann -- From hemline to waistline : body construct and gender staging / Uta Brandes -- Fashion designers dress! : an interview with Eva Gronbach -- Afterthoughts / Gerhard Dietrich.