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Dance & fashion / edited by Valerie Steele.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New Haven ; London : New York : Yale University Press ; Fashion Institute of Technology, [2014]Copyright date: ©2013Description: 368 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0300208855 (hbk.)
  • 9780300208856 (hbk.)
Other title:
  • Dance and fashion
Subject(s):
Contents:
Dance & fashion / Valerie Steele -- From sylph to swan: the tutu and fashion / Patricia Mears -- Ballet shoes: function, fashion, and fetish / Colleen Hill -- Tangomania / Mary Davis -- On dance fashion and fashionable dances: remarks on the Berlin dance scene during the Weimar Republic / Adelheid Rasche -- Russia's icons of dance / Anna Winestein -- Movement, style, and something more: Martha Graham and modern dance / Melissa Marra -- Intersections of movement and style: African American dance and fashion in the twentieth century / Elizabeth Way -- When iconoclasts collide: Merce Cunningham and Rei Kawakubo's scenario / Emma McClendon -- In praise of sheer perfection: ballet, clothing, and Japanese culture / Masafumi Monden.
Production credits:
  • With contributions by Valerie Steele, Mary Davis, Colleen Hill, Melissa Marra, Emma McClendon, Patricia Mears, Masafumi Monden, Adelheid Rasche, Elizabeth Way, and Anna Winestein.
Summary: "Lavishly illustrated with both contemporary and historical images, the book features essays by ten fashion experts, who explore various aspects of the reciprocal relationship between dance and fashion, from the liberating effects of the tango to the influence of ballet on Japanese girl culture. Designers featured include Leon Bakst, Cristóbal Balenciaga, Comme des Garçons, Christian Dior, John Galliano, Jean Paul Gaultier, Halston, Barbara Karinka, Isaac Mizrahi, Rodarte, Yves Saint Laurent, Riccardo Tisci of Givenchy, Valentino, and Iris Van Herpen"--Publisher's website.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 793.3 D173 Available 33111008011955
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The first book to explore the synergy between dance and fashion, featuring a wide range of dance-fashion collaborations and inspirations

Dress and adornment have long played an important role in the visual allure of dance, and fashion designers have often been inspired by the way dancers look. The tutus and pointe shoes of the Romantic ballerina, for example, have influenced designers from Christian Dior to Christian Louboutin. Cristóbal Balenciaga was inspired by the drama of flamenco, Yves Saint Laurent by the Orientalism of the Ballet Russes, and Rick Owens by the dynamism of African-American steppers. Fashion designers are also increasingly collaborating with choreographers to create stylish new dance costumes--from the "bump" dresses by Comme des Garçons for Merce Cunningham to Valentino's "Bal de Couture" designs for New York City Ballet.

Lavishly illustrated with both contemporary and historical images, the book features essays by ten fashion experts, who explore various aspects of the reciprocal relationship between dance and fashion, from the liberating effects of the tango to the influence of ballet on Japanese girl culture. Designers featured include Leon Bakst, Cristóbal Balenciaga, Comme des Garçons, Christian Dior, John Galliano, Jean Paul Gaultier, Halston, Barbara Karinka, Isaac Mizrahi, Rodarte, Yves Saint Laurent, Riccardo Tisci of Givenchy, Valentino, and Iris Van Herpen.

This beautiful book explores for the first time the synergy between dance and fashion, and is an original and inspired contribution to the study of both art forms.

Published in association with the Fashion Institute of Technology.

Published in conjunction with the exhibition at the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology held Sept. 13, 2014-Jan. 3, 2015.

With contributions by Valerie Steele, Mary Davis, Colleen Hill, Melissa Marra, Emma McClendon, Patricia Mears, Masafumi Monden, Adelheid Rasche, Elizabeth Way, and Anna Winestein.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-368).

Dance & fashion / Valerie Steele -- From sylph to swan: the tutu and fashion / Patricia Mears -- Ballet shoes: function, fashion, and fetish / Colleen Hill -- Tangomania / Mary Davis -- On dance fashion and fashionable dances: remarks on the Berlin dance scene during the Weimar Republic / Adelheid Rasche -- Russia's icons of dance / Anna Winestein -- Movement, style, and something more: Martha Graham and modern dance / Melissa Marra -- Intersections of movement and style: African American dance and fashion in the twentieth century / Elizabeth Way -- When iconoclasts collide: Merce Cunningham and Rei Kawakubo's scenario / Emma McClendon -- In praise of sheer perfection: ballet, clothing, and Japanese culture / Masafumi Monden.

With contributions by Valerie Steele, Mary Davis, Colleen Hill, Melissa Marra, Emma McClendon, Patricia Mears, Masafumi Monden, Adelheid Rasche, Elizabeth Way, and Anna Winestein.

"Lavishly illustrated with both contemporary and historical images, the book features essays by ten fashion experts, who explore various aspects of the reciprocal relationship between dance and fashion, from the liberating effects of the tango to the influence of ballet on Japanese girl culture. Designers featured include Leon Bakst, Cristóbal Balenciaga, Comme des Garçons, Christian Dior, John Galliano, Jean Paul Gaultier, Halston, Barbara Karinka, Isaac Mizrahi, Rodarte, Yves Saint Laurent, Riccardo Tisci of Givenchy, Valentino, and Iris Van Herpen"--Publisher's website.

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